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Reports the problems at the newsroom of the 'Los Angeles Times' after a message from Otis Chandler, former publisher criticising the actions of the management. Special issue of the paper's Sunday magazine on October 10 as the cause for his outburst; Report by Jim Newton on Staples Center; Publisher Kathryn Downing's apology; Issue of editorial integrity; Reputation of editor Michael Parks tarnished by the Staples Center controversy.

Reports the corporate reorganization of the Los Angeles Times in California. Takeover of the Tribune Co.; Termination of the services of chief executive officer Mark H. Willes and publisher Kathryn M. Downing; Information on the scandals surrounding the company; Recruitment of Miriam Pawel as editor; Potentials in the multimedia industry.

Examines how the `Los Angeles Times,' America's fourth-largest daily newspaper, is re-examining its hiring and promotion policies, as well as its news coverage. `Diversity' memo distributed to staff by Editor Shelby Coffey III; Attempts to make the `Time's' coverage better reflect the ethnically diverse city.

Reports on the changes in the management structure at `Los Angeles Times' newspaper after control of the paper's parent company passes to Tribune Co. Controversy over a revenue-sharing deal that hurt publisher Kathryn M. Downing and editor Michael Parks; Appointment of executives John Puerner and John Carroll as publisher and editor, respectively; Career highlights.

Reports that managing editor Leo Wolinsky was promoted to handle the day-to-day operations of the `Los Angeles Times' newspaper in Los Angeles, California. Recognition of employees' sentiments that authority was too centralized; Other management changes.

Reports on former `Los Angeles Times' periodical publisher Otis Chandler's rebuke of the paper's leadership for its ill-fated decision to share profits from a Sunday magazine with the Staples Center sports arena, the magazine's subject. Credibility-damaging potential of the deal; Chandler's emergence from self-imposed silence.

Reports on the recruitment of Mike Ramirez as staff editorial cartoonist for the `Los Angeles Times,' to replace Paul Conrad. Reason for Ramirez's appointment; Background on Ramirez; Ramirez's comment about his appointment.

Reports that some of the strongest statements yet by `Los Angeles Times' editors over the controversial Staples Center deal came out in a `San Francisco Examiner' story. Reaction to the the paper's deal to share revenues; Proof that corporate people have taken an operative role in the newspaper; Comments from Times' sports editor Bill Dwyre.

Reports that the L.A. Times has been helping libraries obtain needed publications. Literacy which is a problem in Los Angeles, California; Lorne Street School which received donations.

Reports on the marketwide advertising campaign launched by DDB Needham Worldwide for the `Los Angeles Times.' Description of the advertisements; Comments of advertising and marketing heads Janis Heaphy and Jeffrey S. Klein about the advertisements; Emphasis of the advertisements around the paper's editorial content.

Reports the increase in the daily newsstand price of Los Angeles Times. Cause of the price increase; List of other metropolitan dailies; Reflection of the journalism of Times.

Reports on Times Mirror chief executive officer Mark Willes' defense of `Los Angeles Times' publisher Kathryn Downing over her newspaper's revenue-sharing deal with the Staples Center arena in Los Angeles, California.

Reports that California's `Los Angeles Times' will eliminate 500 business division positions in a second phase of its cost-cutting program. Announcement of three expense-reduction phases; Elimination of door-to-door operations; Job cuts in the advertising department.

Focuses on a deal made by the `Los Angeles Times' newspaper, wherein it will share ad revenue with the Staples Center arena of Los Angeles, California. Impact of the issue on the newspaper; Comments from Melissa Pordy, senior vice president/print director at the Zenith Media.

Reports on the plans of former Los Angeles, California, Mayor Richard Riordan, popular among journalists, to put $5 million of his fortune towards starting a new weekly newspaper in Los Angeles, the 'L.A. Examiner.' Editors Ken Layne and Matt Welch, two experienced newspapermen who were pioneers in the online world of weblogs, have put together a colourful 52-page tabloid full of articles by an array of seasoned L.A. journalists and a few well-known outsiders, such as Billy Crystal. The aim, says Mr Layne, is to reflect the cultural energy of the city and, naturally, to cover local stories better than the existing media does. This is a reference to the 'Los Angeles Times,' the dominant local daily. Until October, 2002, Los Angeles had two free weekly "alternative" papers, the 'Los Angeles Weekly' and the 'New Times LA.'

Discusses the controversy surrounding the `Los Angeles Times' newspaper's deal to split profits with the Staples Center arena in Los Angeles, California, from a Sunday magazine issue devoted to the arena itself. Confirmation of fears that the closeness of the news and advertising sides of the newspaper threatens its editorial integrity; Failure of the newspaper's editors to react promptly to the issue.

Talks about the fiasco surrounding the `Los Angeles Times' revenue sharing scheme with Staples Center. Reason behind the wall dividing editorial and business operations; Why the industrywide debate about the wall is necessary and urgent; Certain practices that editors and publishers disagree on.

Reports on the `Los Angeles Times' newspaper's rollout of its national edition during the week of October 12, 1998. Entities handling the printing on the East and West Coast; Launching of an advertising campaign for the new edition in trade journals as well as inside the `Times'; Newspaper's total circulation.

Comments on a charge against the 'Los Angeles Times' that it breached journalistic ethics when it agreed to split advertising income from a special issue with the issue's subject, the sports palace called the Staples Center located in downtown Los Angeles. How the advertising split fulfilled an obligation that the 'Times' undertook when it agreed to become a corporate underwriter; How many newspapers view downtown real estate; The downtown bias that infects many metropolitan dailies.

Reports on a television advertisement created by Newport, California-based Heil-Brice Retail Advertising for the 'Los Angeles Times' newspaper. Purpose of the campaign; Features of the campaign.

Reports that the 'Los Angeles Times' newspaper claims to possess documents proving that record labels have paid fees in exchange for songs being added to radio station playlists. Opinion that labels circumvent federal payola laws by claiming that payments are not connected to specific songs; Mention of logs detailing payments made to promoter Michele Clark; Investigation of independent promoters by the United States attorney's office in Los Angeles, California.

Editorial. Pays tribute to the late Afro-American journalist Robert Richardson of the 'Los Angeles Times' newspaper who died on December 22, 2000. Coverage of race riots in 1965; Problem with alcoholism; Pioneering of diversity in the newspaper industry.

Focuses on the personal display advertisement placed by Santa Monica, California resident and self-syndicated columnist Amy Alkon in the February 13, 2000 issue of `Los Angeles Times.' Responses elicited by the advertisement; Value of the advertisement.

The author thinks that know why Boston, Massachusetts should get all the publicity. Hollywood, Los Angeles, California threw a tea party of its own last night, and some two hundred of the movie colony's leading lights attended, yet there is not a mention of it his morning in the newspapers Los Angeles Times. Of course that should have been the end of the whole matter, but a second mistake was made women were put on the committee. All of this is going to take a little money, so committee decided to throw a sedition party and get the Hollywood people to come and contribute to the cause.

Comments on the controversy surrounding the `Los Angeles Times' newspaper's profit-sharing deal with the Staples Center arena in Los Angeles, California. Questions on the journalistic integrity embodied by the newspaper; Concerns on the growing closeness between advertising and journalism.

Reports on `The Los Angeles Times' newspaper of Los Angeles California's launching of `Reading by 9,' a new column in the publication that will focus on children that have not learned to read competently at the age of nine. Features of the column; Newspaper's news and feature coverage's direction of public attention to the merits of early literacy and identification of current problems in such area.

Report that the `Los Angeles Times' newspaper will cut 250 jobs, or about four percent of its staff. Consolidation of its daily Valley and Ventura editions into its B section; Comments by Kathryn M. Downing, chief executive officer.

Announces the retirement of Richard Eder as book critic for the `Los Angeles Times' in California. Achievements in criticism.

Describes DDB Needham's advertising campaign for the `Los Angeles Times' newspaper. Details about the television commercial; Testing of the campaign in August 1998; Persons involved in the creation of the ads.

Reports on the joint venture of the `Los Angeles Times' and the Los Angeles Convention & Visitors Bureau (LACVB) to produce a series of official guides to the city through Times on Demand. Coverage of the guides; Number of copies to be distributed; Features for the guides.

Profiles `Los Angeles Times' newspaper publisher Otis Chandler. Contributions to `Los Angeles Times'; Character and personality which was the opposite of his public image.