Comments on: Blood, meet stone – L.A. Times laying off 75 http://blogging.la/2008/10/06/blood-meet-stone-la-times-laying-off-75/ Lizard people dude. Seriously. Thu, 09 Feb 2012 03:54:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Mack Reed http://blogging.la/2008/10/06/blood-meet-stone-la-times-laying-off-75/comment-page-1/#comment-21583 Mack Reed Tue, 07 Oct 2008 03:31:40 +0000 http://la.metblogs.com/?p=15824#comment-21583 I think asphyxiation is a rather kind choice of metaphor for the rampant slash-and-burn strategy Zell's following. And I think eecue's right - if you don't like journalism, or at least don't care about it - then it's just another cost, like the mail room or the pension fund. I think asphyxiation is a rather kind choice of metaphor for the rampant slash-and-burn strategy Zell’s following. And I think eecue’s right – if you don’t like journalism, or at least don’t care about it – then it’s just another cost, like the mail room or the pension fund.

]]> By: davelafontaine http://blogging.la/2008/10/06/blood-meet-stone-la-times-laying-off-75/comment-page-1/#comment-21582 davelafontaine Tue, 07 Oct 2008 01:48:29 +0000 http://la.metblogs.com/?p=15824#comment-21582 It's not a case of liking/disliking journalism. It's just not relevant to trying to make a buck. There are sincere efforts being made to reinvest and reinvent there, but these latest cuts are not going to help. Which is sad, because a great, almost universally recognized brand is being slowly asphyxiated. There is still time to use what market position the Times possesses to turn things around, but the sands are trickling through the hourglass like ... well not like the days of our lives, but I was thinking a bit of the scene from Wizard of Oz, where Dorothy (the LA Times staff) was stuck in the room with the hourglass. And no, Zell is not the Wicked Witch. Flying monkey, maybe. It’s not a case of liking/disliking journalism. It’s just not relevant to trying to make a buck. There are sincere efforts being made to reinvest and reinvent there, but these latest cuts are not going to help. Which is sad, because a great, almost universally recognized brand is being slowly asphyxiated. There is still time to use what market position the Times possesses to turn things around, but the sands are trickling through the hourglass like … well not like the days of our lives, but I was thinking a bit of the scene from Wizard of Oz, where Dorothy (the LA Times staff) was stuck in the room with the hourglass.

And no, Zell is not the Wicked Witch.

Flying monkey, maybe.

]]> By: Dave Bullock / eecue http://blogging.la/2008/10/06/blood-meet-stone-la-times-laying-off-75/comment-page-1/#comment-21581 Dave Bullock / eecue Tue, 07 Oct 2008 01:01:40 +0000 http://la.metblogs.com/?p=15824#comment-21581 Sadly, I think he simply dislikes Los Angeles and journalism in general. Sadly, I think he simply dislikes Los Angeles and journalism in general.

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