Does The LA Times’ Content Make Its Circulation Problem Better, Or Worse?
L.A. Observed says that exiting Los Angeles Times Editor John Carroll told the Columbia Journalism Review that
… the paper’s circulation is not dropping because of anything to do with how or what it reports (or doesn’t report) the news. Instead, he asserts that if anything the content has diminished the loss of readers. Many readers might disagree, especially on the political right and in areas of Southern California where the Times made an editorial strategy (and budgetary) decision to reduce news coverage.
Add us to that list of “many readers.”
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The quality and the circulation may be unconnected. The Times has cut local coverage; seen the NYT invade its turf; and faces the same competition from free news that other newspapers do.