Manuscripts

Subjects - Cost Reduction

Description: Approx. 12 items: memos, charts, reports and related material on the LAT cost containment and budget revision plan of 1988.
Type: Manuscripts(Opens in new tab)
Date: 1990
Call number: mssLAT
Creator: Los Angeles Times (Firm)(Opens in new tab)
Provenance: The Los Angeles Times,
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Subjects - Cost Containment (1 of 2)

Manuscripts

Approx. 20 items: collection of memos, charts, reports and other material on LAT's 1989 budget and related cost containment efforts. Among the major items are: 18-pp. headed "Management Information Summary of The Los Angeles Times" ; 30-pp. headed 1989 Budget Review Meetings.

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Subjects - Budget-fest II

Manuscripts

Approx. 18 items: memos, reports, lists and charts related to LAT salary expenses, security services expense. various cost containment plans, etc.

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Policy - Cost Containment Strategies

Manuscripts

Approx. 10 items. Material includes: 2 small cardboard flyers with information on LAT "Pull Together Sweepstakes Prizes"; 7/18/1988 Tom Johnson memo on "a series of steps designed to reduce expenses"; 8/11/1988 follow-up memo to previous Johnson memo by Tom Boswell announcing "Pull Together Sweepstakes" to generate cost-cutting suggestions from all LAT employees; related cost-containment memos; memo (7/18/1988) on Expense Reduction Videotape to be viewed by LAT employees; 9/19/1988 memo on "organizational changes" from Dick Schlosberg.

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Subjects - Employee Relations - New Programs

Manuscripts

Approx. 30 items: collection of memos, letters, charts and reports on a number of company issues including cost containment, annual budgets, ride sharing, LAT medical department, automation of records, (college) tuition reimbursement, etc.

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Subjects - Cost Containment (2 of 2)

Manuscripts

Approx. 30 items: collection of memos, lists, reports and related material within the wider subject of cost containment. More specific subjects include cost of employee recognition events, security services, medical department, history center, pc training lab costs, etc.

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Untitled (1 of 2)

Manuscripts

Approx. 65 items - letters and other material. Notable names and items include: 20-pp. booklet, "How newspapers are owned -- and does it matter?" - a lecture by C.K. McClatchy, Chairman, McClatchy Newspapers, 1/27/1988 ; letter, 6/25/1988, addressed to Robert Erburu, Queen Elizabeth (Gt. Brit.) and Margaret Thatcher (PM of Gt. Brit.) protesting LAT "discrimination against Northern Irish Protestants in coverage" ; Justice Stanley Mosk (CA Supreme Ct.) ; Otis Chandler note to Day (11/11/1988) in which he mentions the illness of his son Norman ; memo, "Cost containment...travel savings" - 9/1/1988 ; newspaper reader surveys ; circulation memos and information ; more cost containment material ; wide range of memos on mundane LAT operations and policies ; Abraham Lowenthal (USC prof.) ; more. Split into two folders.

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Subjects - Cost Reduction

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