Romenesko

Los Angeles Times
That's something newspaper owners don't seem to get, says Steve Lopez. "In my 5 1/2 years here, two publishers and two editors who believed staff cuts were bad for business were pushed off the roof," writes the LAT columnist. "Those of us who are still here have a message for the brain trust in Chicago -- or for any of the local billionaires itching to buy the joint: Even the most old-school curmudgeons among us know we've got to learn new tricks and do more with less if the newspaper business is going to thrive again. But the bones of this operation are still pretty strong, and severing limbs won't do the journalism or the bottom line any good."