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Truce declared.


LAVoice.org's Mack Reed, who had previously issued a scathing critique of LA.com, has revisited the site and awarded it a favorable fa·vor·a·ble  
adj.
1. Advantageous; helpful: favorable winds.

2. Encouraging; propitious: a favorable diagnosis.

3.
 review.

"A bug or two still mars the mix," Reed wrote earlier this month, "and the style sheet hasn't settled down.... But those are tiny blemishes on an otherwise well-constructed portal. Their listings look spot-on for their target audience's sweet spot. And they've secured some more solid-looking sponsorships and partnerships."

Earlier this year, Reed had called the site a "rather pungent pun·gent  
adj.
1. Affecting the organs of taste or smell with a sharp acrid sensation.

2.
a. Penetrating, biting, or caustic: pungent satire.

b.
 bubble A bit in bubble memory or a symbol in a bubble chart.  of overperfumed and disappointingly airheaded grrrl-power."

LA.com's publisher, Lynda Keeler Keel´er

n. 1. One employed in managing a Newcastle keel; - called also keelman ltname>.
2. A small or shallow tub; esp., one used for holding materials for calking ships, or one used for washing dishes, etc.
 said Reed's criticism was born of his interest in the medium. She enjoys his site, too. "I like his observations on city life in L.A.," Keeler said. "That's the joy of having all these great bloggers."
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Title Annotation:The LABJ's L.A. Stories; LAVoice.org; LA.com
Author:Silkin, Steve
Publication:Los Angeles Business Journal
Article Type:Brief Article
Geographic Code:1U9CA
Date:Apr 19, 2004
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