Los Angeles Times Sets Early Press Time for First Section and Starts Late News Pages.

For generations, newspapers have tried to cut the time between printing and delivery, giving readers the latest news -- especially on big stories that often land on the front page. The Los Angeles Times is about to take a big step in the other direction. The Times is moving the printing schedule for its weekday front section forward -- to about 6 p.m. from 11 p.m. -- while creating an inside section just for late-breaking news, to go to press at 11:30 p.m. or later. Defying long-standing convention, a result will be that the Times's front page cannot have the newest material in the paper. The page could be more dated than the front pages of The New York Times and The Wall Street Journal that are delivered to Los Angeles readers. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]