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Happy 30th anniversary to Fonzie and the shark! - VIDEO
Published 9/27/2007 by Bob Sassone at TV Squad
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The Next Iron Chef and 90 Blogs
Published 10/8/2007 at Trial and Error
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Fired LAT Editor John Montorio: "It Was My Destiny"
Published 2/19/2008 at mediabistro.com: FishBowlLA
... , where his enthusiasm for the LAT's star on the Walk of Fame is used as an example of his lack of synch with editorial types. Cheezy as the "ceremony" may have been, at least he got out of the office. LAO shakes a veiny finger at Hiller's "grabbing" of the paper's Oscar tickets, which should have been donated to the homeless or kids living on Skid Row, no doubt. As if anyone in show biz cares who the editor of the paper may be. John Kobin , in the NY Observer , takes a far ...

KCBS Cuts Back--Greene and Martin Leaving
Published 4/2/2008 at mediabistro.com: FishBowlLA
... . Tuesday Apr 01, 2008 KCBS Cuts Back--Greene and Martin Leaving KCBS has decided to let Harold Greene (LAObserved has Harold Levine in the text, but Greene in the hed) and Ann Martin walk away when their contracts expire. EP Matt Kallinger reporters Jennifer Sabih, Jaime Garza, Jennifer Davis, and Greg Phillips are also signing off. Kallinger's the guy who coordinated the strike training at the station, and staffers are sad to see him go, we hear. Variety reports on the ...

KTLA Gets Temp Boss With Alleged Temper
Published 5/19/2008 at mediabistro.com: FishBowlLA
... From LA Oberved.com: Staffers at KTLA expect news director Rich Goldner to be named ND at KSBW in San Diego and for the Channel 5 slot here to be filled on an interim basis by Steve Charlier, vice president of news at Local TV LLC. The Sacramento Bee in 2005 called him controversial for an "aggressive management style that included jumping on desks, browbeating staffers and, once, spray painting 'Interrupt the news for news' on the newsroom wall." ...

Speaking of Memorials...
Published 5/26/2008 at mediabistro.com: FishBowlLA
We think that posting depressing and morbid stories today about people losing their jobs is our way of celebrating Memorial Day. We do this thinking that we don't post depressing and morbid stories about people losing their jobs everyday. But we found this on LA Observed and had to post some of it here. It's Alan Mittelstaedt the now former editor of CityBeat in a letter to his writers. When the scrappy paper is relaunched in its new and fresh orbit June 12, I will not be on board. Rebecca (Rebecca ...

Joel Sappell Says Good-Bye in AJR Piece
Published 6/3/2008 at mediabistro.com: FishBowlLA
... Then came Zell's visit to Washington, where he gruffly informed reporters and editors that their operation was bloated, a drain on the company. Almost instantaneously, e-mails began flying into the home office with a blow-by-blow of Zell's performance, correctly described in the blog L.A. Observed (laobserved.com) as a "psychic bloodbath." ...

"Take Back The LA Times": Back To What?
Published 7/26/2008 by Nikki Finke at Nikki Finke's Deadline Hollywood Daily
... which, along with LAObserved , has been chronicling the newspaper's demise. (I've given up trying to cover every twist and turn. It's a full-time job. And I already have one covering the business of Hollywood.) It sucks that real estate mogul Sam Zell so far has laid off or fired over 200 reporters, photographers, copy editors and editors. Few of the cuts have affected the TV and movie departments -- yet. But I'm sure the time is coming soon when the moguls dictate their own coverage, and the reporters and editors merely act as stenographers. Oh wait: that began happening ...

Kevin Roderick Vs. Eric Longabardi: Two People You Don't Want to See in a Bikini Mud Wrestling Match
Published 8/13/2008 at mediabistro.com: FishBowlLA
We're not sure what bloggers Kevin Roderick and Eric Longabardi have against each other, but we know they won't be sharing a toothbrush any time soon. Longabardi, over at ERSNews.com, reports that K-Rod is grossly exaggerating his claims to two staff-awarded L.A. Times Pulitzers. For his part, L.A. Observed's Roderick periodically dismisses the longtime journo as a guy with a grudge. Seeing how Mike Phelps is momentarily not on television ...

UPDATE: Kevin Roderick Vs. Eric Longabardi
Published 8/14/2008 at mediabistro.com: FishBowlLA
... We love court side seats to mud-slinging matches. So grab your rain slicker and protective goggles, and come join us! ...

citybeat down
Published 10/9/2008 by noreply@blogger.com (-) at DANCEBLOGGA: dance music news
LAObserved reports today that the publisher of LA CityBeat, the alt-weekly paper where I was a founding staff member, is "leaving." It's sad, not for him, but for a paper he left in ruins. Not to slight any of the remaining staffers who, as always, work too hard for too little money, but the CityBeat we started is not the CityBeat of today. That's largely because the publisher, boasting that he would make the paper better, laid off its most-valuable assets, people like it's founding editor-in-chief, while slashing salaries and forcing some staff members to take on two positions. ...

Get Out and Vote!
Published 17 days ago by tiffanystone at Breakfast At Tiffany's
... Election Day parking rules are in effect in Los Angeles, within a block of a polling place: no time limits, no preferential parking permits, no money in the meter and no street cleaning restrictions, says the mayor's office. (via LA Observed) ...