Los Angeles Times
"What this moment in the life of the Los Angeles Times requires is recognition that the paper's social, intellectual and political value to readers needs to be unlocked and not just its monetary value to investors," says
Tim Rutten.
"Unless the real interests of all the stakeholders are respected, everybody will end up with a handful of nothing -- maybe not tomorrow, but in the not-too-distant future."
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"The two publics that are served by many of the nation’s newspapers are no longer getting along so well," writes
Richard Siklos. "One is the public market -- that is, Wall Street -- which cares only about an attractive return on its investment. The other is the so-called public good that newspapers serve by professionally gathering and reporting news for their communities."
(New York Times)
