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Daily: 10 A.M.–5 P.M.
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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
Ten memos comprising 37 pages, pertaining to Times' marketing strategy and direction. These memos were apparently generated at the request of Tom Johnson, and include memoranda from a variety of senior personnel in various departments, including Bill Thomas, Bill Niese, and others. Important collection of memos with candid assessments of The Times' strategic direction.
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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.
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5 items: letters from Norman Chandler to Ruth Chandler Crocker and Frank L. King on the subject of a Times Mirror share increase in 1961 ; archiving note.
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Approx. 30 items: memos, reports and other material related to LAT's San Diego Bureau. Includes: approx. 20-pp. "draft" of "San Diego Strategic Plan," stamped "Confidential" (n.d.) ; 1/28/1988 report looking at "a different decision structure" in San Diego, and "need for...direction" ; multi-page report, 2/19/1987, on "San Diego Edition Focus Groups" ; various material on an "expanded San Diego County Edition" ; etc.
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Nine items comprising one hundred thirty-seven pages pertaining to You Magazine marketing research, containing letters and memos.
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Forty-five times comprising sixty-nine pages pertaining to Larry Dietz, comprising of letters, memos, and both newspaper and magazine clippings.
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