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Manuscripts

Strategic and Marketing Issues

Description

Seventeen memos and correspondence comprising 108 pages, pertaining to materials related to strategic concerns of the Times, largely related to the apparently threatening growth of the Woodland Hills-based Daily News. Also included are the results to an employee survey, thoughts about discontinuing the L.A. Times Magazine and about the expansion of boundaries of the Valley Edition.

Type
Manuscripts(Opens in new tab)
Date
1986 - 1991
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.
Rights
The Huntington Library does not require that researchers request permission to quote from or publish images of this material, nor does it charge fees for such activities. The responsibility for identifying the copyright holder, if there is one, and obtaining permission rests with the researcher.
Associated people
Bassett, James E., (1912-1978.)
Chandler, Norman, (1899-1973.)
Chandler, Otis, (1927-2006.)
Conrad, Paul, (1924-2010.)
Johnson, W. Thomas, (1941-)
Owens, Charles H.
Associated organizations
Los Angeles Times (Firm).
Los Angeles Times History Center.
Times Mirror Company.
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