Tuesday, August 22, 2017

22 August 2017




When I did the first year of mixed media daily way back in 2011, the Los Angeles Times went through a change in leadership. Well, this year they're doing it all over again. Ross Levinsohn is taking over as publisher. He's not a newspaper guy, and he doesn't sport a moustache (if you were one of the three avid readers of this blog back in 2011, you might find that funny). The weirdest thing about this story is its connection to what is still the most bonkers story of this year, Carmen Puliafito's  epic, USC-sponsored meth bender. According to a story in Variety, it was the previous Publisher's reluctance to send that USC piece to press that led to a mutiny in the newsroom, which ultimately ushered in this new era of moustache-free leadership (trust me, it really is funny if you---ah, just forget it). So here we are. And all because of one man's lust for heavy narcotics. Don't do drugs, kids! And, uh, stay in school. But not the schools where the deans do drugs. Try to avoid those.



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