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Reorganizations and Shakeups
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Articles
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Approx. 15 items: packet of LAT memos, 5/2/1995, plus a news release with bio info on Mark Willes and Robert Erburu; article copy, Editor & Publisher, 5/13/1995, "Willes to succeed Erburu as CEO of Times Mirror Co."; column copy, Boston Globe, 5/1995, "News ways to satisfy your appetite," by Mike Barnacle; article copy, 5/8/1995, "CEO Willes touts brand new ways at (TM)"; article copy, Advertising Age, 6/5/1995, "Times Mirror shifts course," with cover note from Laura Morgan; article copy, AdWeek, 6/26/1995, "Times Mirror tries to deliver its future"; article copy, Wall St. Journal, 7/17/1995, "New York paper's end is...the beginning for Times Mirror CEO...Mark Willes mulls changes in executive ranks and at Los Angeles Times"; LAT article copy, "7/19/1995, "Los Angeles Times to reduce its work force by 700 in 1995"; article copy, (L.A.) Daily News, "L.A. Times to cut 470 positions - profits trail industry average"; Wall St. Journal and New York Times articles, same day, same story; article copy, American Journalism Review, 7-8/1995, "General Mills gift to journalism"; a collection of news articles, 9/12 - 9/19, during 1997, on Mark Willes being named LAT publisher (replacing Richard Schlosberg), from publications and services such as AP, Reuter, Dow Jones, N.Y. Times, Denver Post, Washington Post, Newsday, Hartford Courant, Orange County Register, Chicago Tribune, Wall Street Journal, et al.
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Articles on, 1993 - 1995
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Approx. 10 items. Several articles, various publications, on LAT's alleged struggles of the early 1990s--David Laventhol, Shelby Coffey, and Richard Schlossberg are mentioned. Article from L.A. Weekly, 9/3, "Palace Coup--How corporate managers wrested control of the Times from Otis Chandler"; letter to L.A. Weekly by Otis Chandler 10/8, criticizing the "errors...and wrong conclusions" of previous Charles Rappleye story ("Palace Coup") on LAT; article from Frontiers (gay newsmag.), 10/8/1993, "Gay Life at the West's Largest Newspaper." 3 items: article from Columbia Journalism Review, Nov-Dec/1994, "Are New Ideas Killing the L.A. Times?"; clipping from LAT (date?), "Times Mirror shows old rules may no longer apply"; article from Grunion Gazette (Long Beach), 9/8, "From the Publisher's Notebook." 1 item. New York Times article (photocopy), "A family struggle for the soul of Times Mirror," 11/27/1995. Personal names: Otis Chandler, Robert Erburu, Mark Willes, Shelby Coffey III, Philip Chandler.
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Coffey, Shelby
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Approx. 20 items: memos, transcripts, tear sheets and article copies related to Editor Shelby Coffey, 1987 - 1988. Includes: approx. 25-pp. transcript of Q&A with Coffey, headed "Bureau Breakfast with Shelby Coffey," (6/10/1988) ; numerous news clips and copies on the selection of Coffey as Executive Editor of LAT ; etc.
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Coffey Speculation
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Eight items comprising fifteen pages pertaining to speculation of Shelby Coffey, III working at the Los Angeles Times, containing memos, letters, original and photocopies of newspaper clippings.
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