Los Angeles Times

====Editorial changes and staff reductions====
In 2000, [[John Carroll (journalist)|John Carroll]], former editor of the ''[[Baltimore Sun]]'', was brought in to restore the luster of the newspaper.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/media/2015/jun/14/john-carroll-baltimore-sun-los-angeles-times-dies|title = John Carroll, former Baltimore Sun and Los Angeles Times editor, dies at 73|website = [[TheGuardian.com]]|date = June 14, 2015}}</ref> During his reign at the ''Times'', he eliminated more than 200 jobs, but despite an operating profit margin of 20 percent, the Tribune executives were unsatisfied with returns, and by 2005 Carroll had left the newspaper. His successor, [[Dean Baquet]], refused to impose the additional cutbacks mandated by the Tribune Company.

Baquet was the first African-American to hold this type of editorial position at a top-tier daily. During Baquet and Carroll's time at the paper, it won 13 [[Pulitzer Prize]]s, more than any other paper except ''The New York Times''.<ref>{{cite news |author=Pappu, Sridhar |title=Reckless Disregard: Dean Baquet on the gutting of the Los Angeles Times |url=https://www.motherjones.com/news/feature/2007/03/reckless_disregard.html |work=Mother Jones |date=March–April 2007}}</ref> However, Baquet was removed from the editorship for not meeting the demands of the Tribune Group—as was publisher Jeffrey Johnson—and was replaced by James O'Shea of the ''Chicago Tribune''. O'Shea himself left in January 2008 after a budget dispute with publisher [[David Hiller]].

The paper's content and design style were overhauled several times in attempts to increase circulation. In 2000, a major change reorganized the news sections (related news was put closer together) and changed the "Local" section to the "California" section with more extensive coverage. Another major change in 2005 saw the Sunday "Opinion" section retitled the Sunday "Current" section, with a radical change in its presentation and featured columnists. There were regular [[cross-promotion]]s with Tribune-owned television station KTLA to bring evening-news viewers into the ''Times'' fold.

The paper reported on July 3, 2008, that it planned to cut 250 jobs by [[Labor Day]] and reduce the number of published pages by 15 percent.<ref>{{cite news |last=Hiltzik |first=Michael A. |title=Los Angeles Times to cut 250 jobs, including 150 from news staff: The newspaper cites falling ad revenue in economic slowdown |url=https://latimes.com/business/printedition/la-fi-times3-2008jul03,0,1545512.story |work=Los Angeles Times |date=July 3, 2008}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last=Politi |first=Daniel |title=Today's Papers: "You Have Been Liberated" |url=http://www.slate.com/id/2194811/ |work=Slate |date=July 3, 2008}}</ref> That included about 17 percent of the news staff, as part of the newly private media company's mandate to reduce costs. "We've tried to get ahead of all the change that's occurring in the business and get to an organization and size that will be sustainable", Hiller said.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.wsj.com/articles/SB121503420966124113|title=Los Angeles Times to Cut Staff|work=[[The New York Times]]|author=Shiva Ovide|date=July 3, 2008|access-date=July 17, 2020}}</ref> In January 2009, the ''Times'' eliminated the separate California/Metro section, folding it into the front section of the newspaper. The ''Times'' also announced seventy job cuts in news and editorial or a 10 percent cut in payroll.<ref>{{cite web |last=Roderick |first=Kevin |url=http://www.laobserved.com/archive/2009/01/los_angeles_times_kills.php |title=Los Angeles Times kills local news section |publisher=LA Observed |date=January 30, 2009 |access-date=August 8, 2016}}</ref>

In September 2015, [[Austin Beutner]], the publisher and chief executive, was replaced by [[Timothy Ryan (newspaper publisher)|Timothy E. Ryan]].<ref name = NYT9915 >{{cite news |author=Somaiya, Ravi |title=Austin Beutner Ousted as Los Angeles Times Publisher |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2015/09/09/business/media/publisher-is-being-dismissed-from-los-angeles-times.html |agency=The New York Times |date=September 8, 2015}}</ref> On October 5, 2015, the [[Poynter Institute]] reported that "{{'}}At least 50' editorial positions will be culled from the ''Los Angeles Times''" through a buyout.<ref>{{cite web |last=Mullin |first=Benjamin |url=http://www.poynter.org/news/mediawire/376841/tribune-publishing-ceo-announces-buyouts/ |title=Tribune Publishing CEO announces buyouts |publisher=Poynter |date=October 5, 2015 |access-date=August 8, 2016 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151208222816/http://www.poynter.org/news/mediawire/376841/tribune-publishing-ceo-announces-buyouts/ |archive-date=December 8, 2015}}</ref> In June 2009, with foresight, the ''Los Angeles Times'' reported, "For the 'funemployed,' unemployment is welcome."<ref>{{cite news |url=https://latimes.com/local/la-me-funemployment4-2009jun04-story.html |title=For the 'funemployed,' unemployment is welcome |newspaper=LA Times |date=June 4, 2009 |access-date=August 8, 2016}}</ref> Nancy Cleeland,<ref name="buyout">{{cite news |author=E&P Staff |title=Pulitzer Winner Explains Why She Took 'L.A. Times' Buyout |url=http://www.editorandpublisher.com/eandp/article_brief/eandp/1/1003591028 |work=Editor & Publisher |publisher=Nielsen Business Media, Inc. |date=May 28, 2007 |access-date=May 28, 2007}}</ref> who took O'Shea's buyout offer, did so because of "frustration with the paper's coverage of working people and organized labor"<ref name="huffington">{{cite web |author=Cleeland, Nancy |title=Why I'm Leaving The ''L.A. Times'' |url=https://huffingtonpost.com/nancy-cleeland-/why-im-leaving-the-l_b_49697.html |publisher=Huffington Post |date=May 28, 2007}}</ref> (the beat that earned her Pulitzer).<ref name="buyout"/> She speculated that the paper's revenue shortfall could be reversed by expanding coverage of [[economic justice]] topics, which she believed were increasingly relevant to [[Southern California]]; she cited the paper's attempted hiring of a "celebrity justice reporter" as an example of the wrong approach.<ref name="huffington" />

On August 21, 2017, [[Ross Levinsohn]], then aged 54, was named publisher and CEO, replacing [[Davan Maharaj]], who had been both publisher and editor.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://latimes.com/business/hollywood/la-fi-ct-los-angeles-times-20170821-story.html |title=Ross Levinsohn is named the new publisher and CEO of the L.A. Times as top editors are ousted |first=Meg |last=James |date=August 21, 2017 |access-date=August 21, 2017}}</ref> On June 16, 2018, the same day the sale to Patrick Soon-Shiong closed, [[Norman Pearlstine]] was named executive editor.<ref name=":0" />

On May 3, 2021, the newspaper announced that it had selected [[Kevin Merida]] to be the new executive editor. Merida is a senior vice president at [[ESPN]] and leads ''[[The Undefeated (website)|The Undefeated]]'', a site focused on sports, race, and culture. Previously, he was the first Black managing editor at The Washington Post.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Robertson |first1=Katie |title=Los Angeles Times Hires Its Next Top Editor: Kevin Merida, of ESPN |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2021/05/03/business/media/Los-Angeles-Times-Kevin-Merida.html |access-date=May 3, 2021 |work=The New York Times |date=May 3, 2021}}</ref>

The Los Angeles Times Olympic Boulevard printing press was not purchased by Soon-Shiong and was kept by the original Tribune before being sold to developers in 2016, who plan to build sound stages on the property.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Yee |first=Gregory |date=November 4, 2022 |title=The Times' downtown L.A. printing facility will shut down in 2024 |url=https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2022-11-03/los-angeles-times-olympic-printing-plant-closure |access-date=July 12, 2023 |website=Los Angeles Times |language=en-US}}</ref> It was opened in 1990 and could print 70,000 96-page newspapers an hour.<ref>{{Cite web |last1=Curwen |first1=Thomas |last2=Molina |first2=Genaro |date=March 10, 2024 |title=Storied presses print L.A. Times for the last time as production moves to Riverside |url=https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2024-03-10/olympic-plant-last-day |access-date=March 10, 2024 |website=Los Angeles Times |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title= Times-Mirror Company, Los Angeles Times Olympic Printing Plant, Los Angeles, CA |url=https://pcad.lib.washington.edu/building/1865/ |access-date=July 12, 2023 |website=PCAD |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230712063317/https://pcad.lib.washington.edu/building/1865/  |archive-date=July 12, 2023  }}</ref> In preparation for the closure and editorial reasons for refocusing sports coverage, daily game and box score coverage was eliminated on July 9, 2023. The sports section features less time sensitive articles, billed as similar to a magazine.<ref>{{Cite web |date=July 11, 2023 |title=L.A. Times makes changes to printed sports section |url=https://www.sportsbusinessjournal.com/Daily/Issues/2023/07/11/Media/la-times-sports-new-york-athletic-sports-desk-switch.aspx |url-access=subscription |access-date=July 12, 2023 |website=Sports Business Journal |language=en |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230712063317/https://www.sportsbusinessjournal.com/Daily/Issues/2023/07/11/Media/la-times-sports-new-york-athletic-sports-desk-switch.aspx |archive-date=July 12, 2023 }}</ref> The change caused consternation from the [[History of the Jews in Los Angeles|Los Angeles Jewish community]], who often found reading box scores in the morning a [[Shabbat]] ritual.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Keene |first=Louis |date=July 10, 2023 |title=New LA Times sports section has Sabbath-observant fans feeling boxed out |url=https://forward.com/news/sports/553712/times-sports-section-change-boxes-out-jewish-fans/ |access-date=July 12, 2023 |website=The Forward |language=en}}</ref> The last issue of the Times printed at Olympic Boulevard was the March 11, 2024, edition.<ref>{{Cite web |date=March 11, 2024 |title=Photos: The day the presses stopped running {{!}} A farewell to the Los Angeles Times Olympic plant |url=https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2024-03-11/photos-the-day-the-presses-stopped-running-a-farewell-to-the-los-angeles-times-olympic-plant |access-date=March 14, 2024 |website=Los Angeles Times |language=en-US}}</ref> The ''Times'' will be printed in [[Riverside, California|Riverside]], at the [[Southern California News Group]]'s ''[[The Press-Enterprise|Press-Enterprise]]'' printer, which also prints Southern California editions of the ''New York Times'' and ''Wall Street Journal.''<ref>{{Cite web |last=Wolf |first=Scott |date=July 9, 2023 |title=It's The End Of An Era In Los Angeles |url=https://insideusc.blog/2023/07/09/its-the-end-of-an-era-in-los-angeles/ |access-date=July 12, 2023 |website=InsideUSC with Scott Wolf |language=en}}</ref>

On January 23, 2024, the newspaper announced a layoff that would affect at least 115 employees.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Taylor |first1=Sarah Grace |title=LA Times slashes newsroom as paper struggles under billionaire owner |url=https://www.politico.com/news/2024/01/23/los-angeles-times-cuts-newsroom-washington-00137301 |website=Politico |access-date=January 26, 2024}}</ref> It named Terry Tang its next executive meditor on April 8, 2024.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Kilkenny |first=Katie |date=2024-04-08 |title=Los Angeles Times Officially Names Terry Tang Its Executive Editor |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/business/business-news/los-angeles-times-names-terry-tang-executive-editor-officially-1235868891/ |access-date=2024-04-08 |website=The Hollywood Reporter |language=en-US}}</ref>