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Gottlieb, Robert
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Gottlieb, Robert
Manuscripts
Approx. 35 items: clips from LAT, University Times (Cal. St.), The Quill, Weekly News, correspondence, flyers, transcripts of conversations and other material related to author Robert Gottlieb, who's "unauthorized" book about LAT, Thinking Big, was highly critical of the newspaper. Gottlieb taught for UCLA extension, weaving his thoughts on LAT into his lectures.
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History - Publications - "Thinking Big" Reviews
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Approx. 20 items. Reviews of the 1977 book, Thinking Big: the Story of the Los Angeles Times, its Publishers, and their Influence on Southern California. Clips, photocopies, and reprints from Newsday, Chicago Tribune, Baltimore Sun, N.Y. Times, Columbia Journalism Review and others, plus a memo by Robert Erburu reacting to the coverage.
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Harris, Robert E.G
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4 items: 30-pp. booklet, A Report from Spain -- The Press in an Authoritarian State by Robert E.G. Harris, 1964 ; cover note about the booklet sent years later (1975) from Harris to James Bassett ; 16-pp. transcript of "...an interview with ROBERT E.G. HARRIS, formerly of UCLA Journalism School and a writer for the L.A. Times," 2/4/1975 ; brief biography of Harris (single yellow sheet) and handwritten notes.
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Articles on, 1975 - 1978
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6 items. Three reprints from Advertising Age of article (11/17) titled "L.A. Times: Giant in big media jungle"; article from Cal. State L.A.'s University Times, "Author plans expose of L.A. Times"; article from L.A. Free Press, 11/7-13/1975), "At the Times: speak your mind and lose your job"; memo from Robert Flannes to Otis Chandler on Robert Gottlieb lecturing at UCLA, and being highly critical of LAT, with attached page from UCLA class catalog. 1 item: article copy, 2-pp., U.K. Press Gazette, "Innovate to invigorate," by Douglas Brown, reports on LAT's circulation and editorial success of the 1960s and 1970s. Approx. 15 items. Major article from Los Angeles (mag), 12/1977, "The changing of the guard," about Otis Chandler, the "easing out" of Dorothy "Buffy" Chandler, and emergence of Tom Johnson (20 + pp. - photocopies); article from Fortune (6/1977) titled "The big play in newspaper stocks may be over"; text of interview with Robert Gottlieb and Irene Wolt (given here as Wolfe), authors of Thinking Big (a critical history of LAT), aired on KCOP-tv in 12/1977; NY Times article, "Coast paper (LAT) defends stand on land law"; complete issue of The Green Banner (Amer. Linen Supply Co.) 5/1977, including the article, "Interesting Customer...Los Angeles Times"; Los Angeles (mag) 3/1977), "Can the Times ad censors cope with the new morality?"; other clippings on porn movie ads being banned from LAT; two articles on Rupert Murdoch vs. Otis Chandler feud; etc. Approx. 10 items. Long article on LAT from Los Angeles (mag) titled "Changing of the Guard." (It is labeled "1978" on the margin, elsewhere same article labeled "Dec. 1977). Also "Invasion of the Copy Snatchers," from California (mag), 7/1978, on LAT expanding into San Diego market. Article from Human Behavior, "Inside the Front Page," on LAT, Wash. Post, etc. Article from Spotlight, 7/3/1978, "Managing News, Not Reporting..." on LAT. Several clippings of brief articles on the newspaper industry in general and LAT in particular.
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Scheer, Robert - Jews of Los Angeles Article Responses
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Letters written in response to a three part article published in the Los Angeles Times entitled "Jews of Los Angeles" by Robert Scheer.
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Carson, Rubin
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A two page transcript entitled "The UCLA Poll of 1967."
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