Manuscripts

Subjects - Newsday

Description: 4 items: booklet, "Newsday and New York Newsday...Moving toward the Future" (ca. 1989) ; memo from Diane McNulty to David Laventhol on how her office (Meida Relations) had been dealing with inquiries from the press about rumors of coming layoffs at Newsday, 1/8/1990 ; Management Bulletin from Dick Schlosberg on "changes effective February 19, 1990, plus cover sheet ; memo from Laura Morgan to Jeff Klein, 1/22/1990, on "Newsday faxing."
Type: Manuscripts(Opens in new tab)
Date: 1989 - 1990
Call number: mssLAT
Creator: Los Angeles Times (Firm)(Opens in new tab)
Provenance: The Los Angeles Times,
Restrictions: Open for use by qualified researchers and by appointment. Please contact Reader Services at the Huntington Library for more information.

Newsday

Manuscripts

Ten pieces of correspondence between Otis Chandler and employees of Newsday. The first set of letters are congratulatory and thank you letters between Otis Chandler and Tom Darcy, Newsday's political cartoonist, regarding Darcy's award for best cartoon from the Overseas Press Club, and Paul Conrad's recent Pulitzer. The second set of letters are correspondence between William (Bill) Attwood, Newsday's President and Publisher, and Otis Chandler, regarding syndication. The last set of letters are correspondence between Otis Chandler, Nick Thimmesch [Los Angeles Times Syndicate Columnist], Freddie [Frederica] Miller [Otis Chandler's Secretary], and Dave Laventhol [Newsday's Editor], which included a copy of the syndicate agreement between Nick Thimmesch and Newsday.

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Newsday

Manuscripts

Approx. 40 items: letters, memos and clippings related to Newsday, the (TM) newspaper on Long Island, NY.

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Newsday correspondence

Manuscripts

Approx. 35 items: memos and reports relating to many aspects of the operation of TM affiliate, Newsday. Notable item: 20-plus pp. packet titled "Newsday Five-year objectives." A range of material is included here to keep LAT executives aware of Newsday operations.x

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Board of Directorships

Manuscripts

"A memo, with a four page photocopy of an article attached, from Otis Chandler to James F. Chambers, Jr., Felix R. McKnight from The Dallas Times Herald, William Attwood, David Laventhol from Newsday, Robert N. Weed, and Thomas Keevil from Orange Coast Daily Pilot. The memo is regarding Board of Directorships in which Chandler is asking for everyone's opinion. He originally posed the question to Nick Williams and Bob Donovan. Their response are part of the memo. The opinions of all the recipients of the memo are included in this folder except for William Attwood and David Laventhol."

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Newsday

Manuscripts

Memos and letters pertaining to Newsday.

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Subjects - Budget Cuts

Manuscripts

2 items: memo, 11/30/1988, from Boswell to Linda Lloyd Da Silva on Dick Schlosberg asking staffers to "take another look at (the) 1989 budget to see if further reduction could be made" ; memo, 12/16/1988, on "further budget reductions."

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Subjects - Newsday

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