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FishbowlLA — The Week in LA Media, May 29, 2026
By FishbowlLA Staff A short, dense week in LA media. The story that animated Town in May – what happens to public radio after the federal money turns off – moved from theory to memo this week, with NPR taking a knife to its own newsroom. The Croisette wrapped with a familiar name on the…
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FishbowlLA — The Week in LA Media, May 22, 2026
The debut edition of FishbowlLA’s weekly LA media roundup: CBS News Radio signs off after nearly a century, KNX cuts its last cord to CBS, NPR sends out buyouts, LA’s independent newsrooms band together, and Hollywood ghosts Cannes.
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FishbowlLA — The Week in LA Media, May 15, 2026
By FishbowlLA Staff Catching up to the present: the first half of May was awards season for the people who cover everyone else. LA journalism shows up on the 2026 Pulitzer list The 2026 Pulitzer Prizes brought some Los Angeles recognition. LA Taco — the scrappy independent food, culture and news site — landed a…
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July 2011: a Hollywood Reporter parent-company CEO denies his days are numbered
By Owen Reyes · Republished 2026-05-16 · Originally reported by Richard Horgan on FishbowlLA, July 2011 In late July 2011, FishbowlLA covered a piece of trade-press inside baseball: a reported internal memo at Prometheus Global Media — parent of The Hollywood Reporter, Adweek, and Billboard — said CEO Richard Beckman was giving up day-to-day duties,…
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FishbowlLA — The Week in LA Media, April 24, 2026
By FishbowlLA Staff Catching up on April: a fortnight that belonged to the next generation of LA journalists — with a couple of dial changes in Santa Monica and a very large book party in between. A USC student’s newsletter quietly built an audience of 12,000 The most interesting LA media startup of the month…
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July 2012: a TV director answers Kim Dotcom’s open letter to Hollywood
By Maya Trent · Republished 2026-05-16 · Originally reported by Richard Horgan on FishbowlLA, July 2012 In late July 2012, FishbowlLA covered a satirical exchange in The Hollywood Reporter: TV writer-director Bruce Leddy had published a tongue-in-cheek response to Kim Dotcom’s open letter to Hollywood. The original framing noted that, video piracy being no laughing…
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The American Film Market’s 29th edition unspools in Santa Monica — November 2008
By Cassidy Lee · Republished 2026-05-16 · Originally reported by Dan Cox on FishbowlLA, November 2008 In early November 2008, FishbowlLA covered the opening of the 29th American Film Market — the annual film-sales market that takes over Santa Monica’s Loews Beach Hotel for a week. The original framing, by Dan Cox, captured the market’s…
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FishbowlLA — The Week in LA Media, April 3, 2026
By FishbowlLA Staff A catch-up edition covering the back half of March: press freedom on the streets of downtown, the book festival gearing up, and the LA Times inching a little closer to Wall Street. A journalist gets kettled covering LA’s ‘No Kings’ protest Press-freedom monitors flagged Los Angeles again. On March 28, independent journalist…
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February 2013: a report on former KABC anchor Anna Chavez’s retirement
By Cassidy Lee · Republished 2026-05-16 · Originally reported by Richard Horgan on FishbowlLA, February 2013 In late February 2013, FishbowlLA picked up a Rich Lieberman report concerning the retirement of former KABC television news anchor Anna Chavez. Lieberman’s San Francisco-Bay-Area media blog had shared what the original FishbowlLA framing called a chastening bit of…
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FishbowlLA — The Week in LA Media, March 13, 2026
By FishbowlLA Staff The Week in LA Media is catching up. Before the franchise settles into its Friday rhythm, here’s a look back at a stretch that was rough on the city’s television and public-radio newsrooms — and, improbably, kind to its independent press. KTLA loses a generation of on-air talent In late February, KTLA…