Living section cut as Times revamps Calendar. (Media & Technology).The Los Angeles Times Los Angeles Times Morning daily newspaper. Established in 1881, it was purchased and incorporated in 1884 by Harrison Gray Otis (1837–1917) under The Times-Mirror Co. (the hyphen was later dropped from the name). will drop Southern California Southern California, also colloquially known as SoCal, is the southern portion of the U.S. state of California. Centered on the cities of Los Angeles and San Diego, Southern California is home to nearly 24 million people and is the nation's second most populated region, Living and debut a new Calendar section as it makes changes in its features coverage beginning this Sunday. As part of the move, the Sunday Calendar format will be changed from its 42-year-old tabloid format to broadsheet. Many of Southern California Living's features will be absorbed into Calendar, while others will be cut. "It's going to be an all-purpose cultural section with a much broader look at the cultural world than we've had before," said Lee Marguilies, deputy editor of the daily Calendar sections. Senior Times executives declined to be interviewed. With newspaper demographics increasingly skewing older, the changes are seen as an attempt to attract a younger audience. Entertainment and features coverage is considered key to capturing younger readers who often are considered more appealing to advertisers. After decades spent above the 1 million mark, the paper's circulation has fallen to just under 990,000, in part because of raising the newsstand price to 50 cents. Still, some large papers, including The New York New York, state, United States New York, Middle Atlantic state of the United States. It is bordered by Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the Atlantic Ocean (E), New Jersey and Pennsylvania (S), Lakes Erie and Ontario and the Canadian province of Times and the Washington Post, have managed to increase their numbers, while others have suffered Far smaller decreases than the Los Angeles Times. The changes at the Times come several months after other major papers made changes in their features coverage. The Wall Street Journal went through a redesign that included bringing more color onto its pages and introducing a new lifestyle-oriented section, Personal Journal. The New York Times added Escapes, a section about weekend activities, and expanded the circulation of its Dining In/Dining Out and House & Home sections. One of the Times' promotional ads announcing the changes touted the new Calendar as "more piercing" and featured a photograph of the punk band Blink 182. Also, the paper has taken in writers from alternative media, including movie critic Manohla Dargis from the LA Weekly and arts writer Scott Timberg, who used to write for New Times Los Angeles Los Angeles (lôs ăn`jələs, lŏs, ăn`jəlēz'), city (1990 pop. 3,485,398), seat of Los Angeles co., S Calif.; inc. 1850. . Besides changing to a broadsheet format, the Sunday Calendar will be split into two sections, one focusing on music and television and the other on the arts. The Weekend Calendar, which appears on Thursdays, will remain a tabloid. "We felt a little constricted con·strict v. con·strict·ed, con·strict·ing, con·stricts v.tr. 1. To make smaller or narrower by binding or squeezing. 2. To squeeze or compress. 3. having the big stories that we're doing on Sundays (and) having to squeeze them into that small, tabloid size," said one source. Much of the emphasis in the redesign has been on giving news stories more prominent placement. Among the frustrations with the old Calendar, said one newsroom staff member, was that "big news stories end up way in the back." John Montorio, deputy managing editor of features, and Features Editor Rick Baste developed a plan last spring to revamp re·vamp tr.v. re·vamped, re·vamp·ing, re·vamps 1. To patch up or restore; renovate. 2. To revise or reconstruct (a manuscript, for example). 3. To vamp (a shoe) anew. n. the features coverage. Editor John Carroll John Carroll may be:
Southern California Living, a hodgepodge hodge·podge n. A mixture of dissimilar ingredients; a jumble. [Alteration of Middle English hochepot, from Old French, stew; see hotchpot. of comics, columns, society coverage and stories for children, has become noticeably thin. The comics, Dear Abby Dear Abby column of moral or psychological advice; syndicated since 1956. [Pop. Culture: Payton, 185] See : Guidance , The Guy Chronicles and Bridge Club will move into Calendar, as will the fashion, design, media and society coverage. Al Martinez will keep his column, but sources said Sandy Banks will not. Beyond making room for these features, content in the Weekend and Sunday Calendar sections will be reorganized re·or·gan·ize v. re·or·gan·ized, re·or·gan·iz·ing, re·or·gan·iz·es v.tr. To organize again or anew. v.intr. To undergo or effect changes in organization. "to make it a bit more readable and a bit more logical," said one source. That means coverage of different areas, such as theater and television, will be packaged together. There also will be more coverage of media in L.A. and New York, an area in which the Times often gets beat by its national rivals. |
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