Romenesko

New York Magazine
Kurt Andersen suggests the Times learn from how the Washington Post covers government. "The L.A. Times should treat the entertainment industry as its equivalent to the government -- own that story, flood that zone -- but also cover the whole Los Angeles basin as the Post reports on the District and Virginia and Maryland, with depth and vigor." THE PROBLEM: There's no glory "to be the guy who takes the [L.A.] Times local," says one of Andersen's sources.