Manuscripts

Rankings

Description: 2 items: clipping of 4/2/1960 Editor & Publisher magazine article consisting of LAT in "Nation's ...15 superior newspapers"; 5/14/1987 Tom Johnson memo (5/14/1987) mentioning a 4-28-1987 article in Adweek which "ranked the Los Angeles Times as the second best newspaper in the United States" behind only NYT.
Type: Manuscripts(Opens in new tab)
Date: 1960, 1987
Call number: mssLAT
Creator: Los Angeles Times (Firm)(Opens in new tab)
Provenance: The Los Angeles Times,
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Miscellaneous

Manuscripts

5 items: LAT memo, 3/30/1987, regarding "Upcoming feature...'Notes of a counterrevolutionary' (in LAT Mag)" - memo notes that writer "Arturo Cruz is available to discuss his upcoming (LATMag) article on your program," aimed at radio/tv stations ; multi-page "Media questions and answers: Los Angeles Times Magazine" ; 2-pp. article copy, Adweek, 5/13/1986, "Can downsizing fatten Sunday magazines?" ; 6-pp. article copy, Columbia Journalism Review, 7-8/1986, "Sunday magazines: do they deserve to survive?" ; LAT memo, 3/20/1987, :LAT Magazine, preview of "Upcoming features - "A Latter Day tale of greed, forgery and deceit," and "The California Power Move."

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Awards - Pulitzer Prize 1987 - Richard Eder and Michael Parks

Manuscripts

3 items: LAT article copy, 4/17/1987, "Times wins 2 Pulitzers for foreign reports, criticism"; Among Ourselves article copy, 5/1987, "The Times wins 2 Pulitzers...Michael Parks honored for foreign coverage, Richard Eder for criticism"; full-page LAT ad, 4/17/1987, "Winning Times Two," related to Pulitzer wins.

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Departments - Promotion and Public Relations - Tours Of Los Angeles Times

Manuscripts

7 items: 2 sheet, article, "The Old Guard...the latest new printing press is viewed by throngs of invited guests," copied from Sunday Times, 7/14/1895; 2 sheets, article copied from LAT, 12/5/1912, "New Times building is happily dedicated"; 2-pp. article + photos copied from Among Ourselves, 4/1950; 2 copies of (LAT) "Lobby Exhibit & Tours," (ca. 1993); (in plastic sleeve) tear sheet, Downtown News, 5/25/1987, "The Downtown Lunchbox - the Belly of the Beast," by Riva Rothschild, a humorous spin on a tour of the LAT building.

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Departments - Promotion and Public Relations

Manuscripts

Approx. 10 items: clipping, LAT, 1/17/1926, "Words of fire blaze in skies...Read The Times appears in huge electric letters"; article copy, Among Ourselves, 5/1964, "Promotion, research win 3 E&P awards"; clip, 1/14/1980, M.A.C. Western Advertising News, "L.A. Times uncorks consumer effort"; dupe of previous article in ADWEEK / West; copy of ad from Advertising Age, 8/16/1984, "Which newspaper provided...the best coverage of the Democratic Nat. Convention? - The L.A. Times..."; packet of AIDS coverage material in plastic sleeve - form letter signed by Tom Johnson, 2/17/1987, reprint from Among Ourselves - "Misconceptions about AIDS...", 8-pp. reprint of The Surgeon General's Report on (AIDS) 12/7/1986; Management Bulletin, 11/2/1988 memo on changes in various departments, including JoEllen Kitchen appointment as Director of Public Relations; 2 copies of brochure, "How to get your press release into the right hands at the Los Angeles Times," 3/1990.

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Employees - Hulse, Jerry

Manuscripts

4 items: copy LAT article, 6/28/1987, "French President honors Times Travel Editor Hulse"; clip LAT ad, 7/14/1987, "The Latest Legionnaire," citing Hulse' winning of the Legion of Honor award (and pointing out "there's only one place to find him - Los Angeles Times)"; clip of LAT article, "Hulse receives legion of honor"; LAT obit tear sheet, 1/26/2002, "Jerry Hulse, 77 - Times Travel Editor."

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Employees - Isenberg, Steven L

Manuscripts

3 items: Management Bulletin, 9/12/1990, which opens, "Steven L. Isenberg, associate publisher of Newsday, will join (LAT) as executive vice president, marketing, effective 1/1/1991"; LAT clip, 9/13/1990, (same story as previous); article copy, AdWeek, 5/4/1992, "Return of the Native....Steve Isenberg has come back to...Los Angeles."

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