Opening Hours
Daily: 10 A.M.–5 P.M.
Closed on Tuesdays
1151 Oxford Road
San Marino, CA 91108
Manuscripts
Daily: 10 A.M.–5 P.M.
Closed on Tuesdays
1151 Oxford Road
San Marino, CA 91108
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Manuscripts
Approx. 23 items. Materials include: 7-pp. report, "Time line and description of past and current ethnic-related projects, The Los Angeles Times," (time line covers 1922 - 1988); 2 versions of 1-pp. "Marketing Research Report Summary"; 30-pp. Los Angeles Times Marketing Research Department Employee Handbook," 4/1973; 2-pp. report, "The Many Faces of Marketing Research," (1973); 3-pp. memo/report, "Readership of Free Newspapers," 8/8/1962; 13-pp. report, "Profile of Readers," (Newspaper Audience Characteristics), 4/1964; 5-pp. "October 1965 TV Report"; 1/31/1950 LAT clipping, "Times-Mirror research work told to planners"; 13-pp. Los Angeles Times Marketing Research" (history, leadership, organization, etc.), 1/1982; 26-pp. booklet, Los Angeles Media Facts, 1986"; 10-pp. segment of employee handbook on "Marketing Research Department," 4/1973; 11/1987 questionnaire to LAT readers regarding their opinion of LAT Magazine; booklet, 3/1977, "Dynamic / Diverse - Los Angeles and Orange County Market"; 13-pp. booklet, "1977 Report to Times Classified Advertisers"; (10/1976) 17-pp. "Los Angeles Recruitment Guide"; full-color cover, HOME (mag) - 13-pp., 10/1976; 10-pp. spiral-bound booklet, "Los Angeles Times Net Paid Circulation," 1988; 2 copies, The Market and the Media, 1987; 10-pp. info packet, titled "1995 Gallup Los Angeles Media Study"; related marketing research materials. Binding removed. Split into two folders.
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Approx. 23 items. Materials include: 7-pp. report, "Time line and description of past and current ethnic-related projects, The Los Angeles Times," (time line covers 1922 - 1988); 2 versions of 1-pp. "Marketing Research Report Summary"; 30-pp. Los Angeles Times Marketing Research Department Employee Handbook," 4/1973; 2-pp. report, "The Many Faces of Marketing Research," (1973); 3-pp. memo/report, "Readership of Free Newspapers," 8/8/1962; 13-pp. report, "Profile of Readers," (Newspaper Audience Characteristics), 4/1964; 5-pp. "October 1965 TV Report"; 1/31/1950 LAT clipping, "Times-Mirror research work told to planners"; 13-pp. Los Angeles Times Marketing Research" (history, leadership, organization, etc.), 1/1982; 26-pp. booklet, Los Angeles Media Facts, 1986"; 10-pp. segment of employee handbook on "Marketing Research Department," 4/1973; 11/1987 questionnaire to LAT readers regarding their opinion of LAT Magazine; booklet, 3/1977, "Dynamic / Diverse - Los Angeles and Orange County Market"; 13-pp. booklet, "1977 Report to Times Classified Advertisers"; (10/1976) 17-pp. "Los Angeles Recruitment Guide"; full-color cover, HOME (mag) - 13-pp., 10/1976; 10-pp. spiral-bound booklet, "Los Angeles Times Net Paid Circulation," 1988; 2 copies, The Market and the Media, 1987; 10-pp. info packet, titled "1995 Gallup Los Angeles Media Study"; related marketing research materials. Binding removed. Split into two folders.
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Approx. 25 items: many loose, 1-pp. reports on circulation; 10-pp. report, "L.A. Times Net Paid Circulation, 1960-1989"; 10-pp. report, "L.A. Times Net Paid Circulation, 1955-1983"; 10-pp. report, "L.A. Times Net Paid Circulation"; 9-pp. report, "L.A. Times Net Paid Circulation, 1976-1980 and Jan. - Sept. 1981"; 9-pp. report, "(LAT) Net Paid Circulation, - 1981-1984 and Jan. - Sept. 1985"; 10-pp. report, "LAT) Net Paid Circulation, 1955-1984"; 10-pp. report, "LAT) Net Paid Circulation, 1959-1988"; (incomplete) "L.A. Times Net Paid Circulation," - 1955-1979 and Jan. - March 1980"; 5-pp. report, LAT, "Circulation and Classified,"Circulation Gains and Losses since 1931"; 10-pp. report, title handwritten at top of page 1 - "Street Sale Circe. Stats, selected months, 1990-94." Compiled by Marketing Research department.
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5 + items (one edge water-damaged on entire stack, no text lost): 4 Audit Reports (by Audit Bureau of Circulations) "for 12 months ending March 31, 1959," for Herald & Express (L.A.), Examiner (L.A.), Mirror News (L.A.), and Times (L.A.); additional 10-pp. with columns of figures related to circulation for the same newspapers. Audit Bureau of Circulations, "Newspaper Publisher's Statement - for 6 months ended Sept. 30, 1994 - Los Angeles Times." Report provides information on total circulation, and on many different aspects of the newspaper's sales, promotion, marketing and distribution.
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Approx. 25 items: 4" x 7" 3-ring notebook with title page reading, "Los Angeles Times: Dominating newspaper in America's 4th largest market"; sheet titled "Summary -- all advertising (Morning and Sunday total)," covering years 1966 - 1974; blue, spiral-bound booklet, "Advertising Ratios, 1961," (10 pp., binding removed); multi-page reports with cover page reading "Advertising Ratios, 1958," and "Advertising Rations, 1959"; various clips on LAT ranking in ad linage; ad marketing reports with info on 1930s through 1970s; report headed "Top Ten newspapers in total advertising linage" (1968-1969); special section of Sales and Marketing Management, 6/1986, which ranked Times Mirror #1 in the Publishing & Printing category of "America's Best Sales Forces"; other clips and information relating to LAT advertising and newspaper advertising in general. Notebook removed to Reference File - Oversize.
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The Marketing Research department started in the 1930s and was tasked with producing information based on survey data, such as demographic information and readership statistics, and presented internally and to the public through booklets, studies, maps, and other research material. This series is organized by product. Date range is circa 1926-1990.
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