Perhaps no company had it as bad, though, as the Los Angeles Times. While this mostly affected the Times' Los Angeles headquarters, a number of its bureaus were hit hard as well. But is the culling of the Los Angeles Times a problem caused by its own mismanagement, or is it indicative of a problem in the media industry that is going to continue? Sign upThe layoffs at the Los Angeles Times are "particularly brutal for a newspaper this size ... but we've seen this story to some way before," media correspondent David Folkenflik told NPR. A 2021 law passed in Australia made Google and Facebook negotiate news content contracts with media outlets.

Source: Los Angeles Times January 25, 2024 19:55 UTC