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more about #latimes more comments → MrInBetween: Great post, Richard. If a local TV station had the balls to turn The Jay Leno Show into a live Mystery Theater 3000, with silhouettes of snarky commen... more » Dave J.: So far the station's news performance is flat compared with a year ago Sat-Sun although there are "still days in which you squirm a little" M-F #t... more » Uncle_Billy_Slumming: A boy named Brooke? #thejaylenoshow more » reddingofish: I remember how my local newscasters sounded very blas'e whenever they tried to read a promo for the Leno show. So far I have only been able to sit th... more » Island of Misfit Toys: What exactly are their options? Can they refuse to show Jay Leno? What would they show instead that would garner better results? Old reruns? Aren'... more » Airvault: There are simple solutions for the affiliates "squirmy days." Just turn their late news broadcasts into scripted shows. For instance imagine a disclai... more » Island of Misfit Toys: Why are people putting coins on top of MM's name plate? more » Zanzibar Buck-Buck McFate: That's hilarious. Take advantage of ridiculous people where you can. more » The Lone Scout: Menage a crypt? more » The Lone Scout: Mausoleum a trois? more » Aaron Altman: This post is hereby dedicated to those whose bodies are dessicated and their tombs, desecrated while death in honor's denigrated. more » The Real JR: Won't her dead body ever get any respect and peace? This is why I'm totally Team Cremation. This is tacky. more » Pope John Peeps II: "He said, 'If I croak, if you don't put me upside down over Marilyn, I'll haunt you the rest of my life.' " Of course, her response should have been ... more » Mount_Prion: Necrophilia: Don't knock it till you've tried it. more » SidAndFinancy: Looks like Jack Cafferty is finally taking matters into his own hands. more » -
#lenowatch
The Peacock's First Rumblings of Discontent with the Jay Leno Experiment
The ones most likely to suffer in NBC's plan to replace big budget shows (what people historically come to networks for) with a schedule of cheap-o chat shows are the local affiliates. Now they're getting angry. More » -
#media
Bloomberg and the WaPo have struck a content deal that will shame the LA Times.
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#graverobbers
Widow Resurrects Marilyn Monroe for Sales of the Crypt
Wanna spend eternity on top of Marilyn Monroe? The widow who owns the crypt in the mausoleum above the star's final resting place has put the plot up on eBay, even though her husband is interred there. Creepy! More » -
#photography
The Horror of Pre-Photoshop Editing
Here, perhaps the single most bootleg photo editing job ever, which spared 1971 LA Times readers the horror of seeing Charlton Heston bare-chested. Click to enlarge it right this instant. [LAT via Sociological Images] -
#politicalart
Obama 'Joker' Artist a Palestinian Arab from Chicago
You know those posters of Obama looking like the Joker from Batman with the word "socialism" underneath? The creator of that creepy image has emerged, and it's not some "real" American from a red state. Far from it.
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#trendwatch
Newspapers Purging Websites of 'News'
The LA Times has a new website! So does Newsday! And you know both these papers are in some serious trouble, so these redesigns better work. What's their secret success formula? Not so much boring "news." More » -
#comingsout
Perez Hilton Will Not Apologize For Being An Awful Person
Perez Hilton got a fawning LA Times profile today. Instead of taking the opportunity to win fans back after recent publicity snafus, he used it as a platform to define his brand going forward: that of a professionally insufferable dick.
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#mediacrack
Donny Deutsch, Howard Dean Also Journalists Now
In your woozy Tuesday media column: MSNBC pulls in the crazies for airtime, Gallant former journo beats Goofus current journo, NYT family members catch the swine flu, and the LA Times is all fucked up. More » -
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#printisdead
LA Times: 'What If TMZ Got Michael Jackson's Death Wrong?'
Well you knew this was coming after the LA Times got scooped in their own backyard—An article went up yesterday on their website wondering, "How would we have reacted if TMZ had been wrong about Michael Jackson's death?" More » -
#college
UCLA Finds a Commencement Speaker That Makes James Franco Look Like an Intellectual Heavyweight
Remember last week when James Franco canceled his UCLA commencement address scheduled for this Friday so he could attend a kegger or something? Well, the school announced Franco's replacement today and it's, well, just plain awful. More » -
#newspapers
LA Times Sells Front Page for Spare Parts
There's really nothing we can think of that the LA Times would not do to make a buck, right now. They will inevitably sink ever lower! Too bad, since today's front page is verrrrrrrry low. More » -
#callingbullshit
New Media Landscape Is Political Hack Wonderland
So the fact that nothing is ever "edited" or "fact-checked" anymore because of "the internet" is so great because of citizen journalism and no gatekeepers etc! But the down side is all the bullshit. More » -
#mediacrack
Layoffs at Men's Health and Women's Health?
In your blizzardy Monday media column: rumored layoffs at Men's Health, David Simon is righteously angry again, Ladies Home Journal's integrity—its most valuable asset, next to yarn—is questioned, and more! More » -
#mediacrack
Alt-Weeklies Doing Way Better than Time Warner
In your frostbitten Wednesday media column: Time Warner burns billions, the Daily Beast loses luster, alt-weeklies miraculously manage, and more! More » -
#rumormonger
LA Times May Outsource Its National and Foreign Coverage
We all know that the LA Times is a dim shadow of a once-great paper owned by a bankrupt company. But now they may want to fire, basically, every non-local reporter. Problematic! More » -
#picoftheday
Give The Gift Of Snow
Here's one of the LA Times' suggestions for "D.I.Y. Gifts" this holiday season. Uh...crack? [LAT]
