Bad News

Newspaper are in trouble. Some rejoice in their falling fortunes. I'm not sure why--there's nothing like a good paper (even if it's online). And I think the LA Times is one of the best. That's why it's too bad they've announced job cuts.

Papers are losing readers everywhere, as kids grow up without the habit. But there's a particular problem with the LA Times, according to its editor: "The number one reason that people cancel the L.A. Times is, they tell us, they don't have enough time to read the paper that we give them every day. We're going to be more picky about the stories we choose to write long and a lot more picky about the ones we write shorter."

But their long stories are one of the glories of the paper. If you don't like it, that's what USA Today is for.

So not only are jobs disappearing, but they're planning to make the paper worse. (I'm guessing they're not going to lower the price, either.)