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L.A. Times better off with early deadline

Discussion in 'Journalism topics only' started by SF_Express, Feb 12, 2010.

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  1. fishwrapper

    fishwrapper Active Member

    Sports does not have their regular deadlines.
     
    fishwrapper, Feb 15, 2010
    #13
  2. MileHigh

    MileHigh Moderator Staff Member

    Interesting reaction from a former Times editor, and some details about sports deadlines.

    http://www.laobserved.com/archive/2010/02/ex-editor_rips_idea_that.php
     
    MileHigh, Feb 15, 2010
    #14
  3. printdust

    printdust New Member

    Which means nothing of an urgently relevant nature regarding news (read: Entertainment Tonight is considered major news sources in LA) happens after 5 p.m.
     
    printdust, Feb 15, 2010
    #15
  4. eyecu

    eyecu Member

    So basically they're doing what some other Tribune papers are doing. Deadlines so early that almost nothing late (anything that starts past 8 p.m.) gets in the paper.
     
    eyecu, Feb 15, 2010
    #16
  5. fishwrapper

    fishwrapper Active Member

    FWIW, Noel Greenwood is one of the best newsmen I've ever seen.
     
    fishwrapper, Feb 15, 2010
    #17
  6. Mr. X

    Mr. X Active Member

    An interesting test of the early deadlines will come with Monday's paper and the Academy Awards. I predict that the necessary changes will be made and there will be a color front-page photo accompanied by the customary front-page story reporting on all the Oscar winners.
     
    Mr. X, Mar 7, 2010
    #18
  7. SF_Express

    SF_Express Active Member

    You would think so, no doubt
     
    SF_Express, Mar 7, 2010
    #19
  8. JayFarrar

    JayFarrar Well-Known Member

    Isn't the Oscars winners list available with a iron-clad embargo?

    I thought that for some reason, but I don't know why.
     
    JayFarrar, Mar 7, 2010
    #20
  9. TigerVols

    TigerVols Well-Known Member

    Not at all available before the envelope is opened; meaning LAT won't know until about 9:00 to 9:15 local time.
     
    TigerVols, Mar 7, 2010
    #21
  10. BTExpress

    BTExpress Well-Known Member

    Two PriceWaterhouse Coopers accountants know before the envelopes are opened, but no one else.
     
    BTExpress, Mar 7, 2010
    #22
  11. MileHigh

    MileHigh Moderator Staff Member

    I'm actually in SoCal this week. And, of course, I picked up the paper because, well, I grew up here and with that paper. Color photo of Kathryn Bigelow led A1 (the real A1, not one with an Alice in Wonderland ad taking up the rest of the cover) with a the main story that jumped inside in the regular A section. No Oscar stuff in the LATExtra section. But ... many color pages in a 14-page Oscars special section. And, yeah, this thing ended at 9 p.m. out here, so I'm wondering if on certain events there are certain dispensations the LAT got to get a later press run.
     
    MileHigh, Mar 8, 2010
    #23
  12. OTD

    OTD Well-Known Member

    The extremely early deadlines apply only on Saturday night.
     
    OTD, Mar 8, 2010
    #24
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