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''New Times LA'' is a now-defunct alternative weekly newspaper that was published in Los Angeles, California by the New Times Media corporation from 1996 until 2002.〔Weiner, Jon. "(End of an Era at the LA Weekly )" ((Archive )). ''The Nation''. June 27, 2007. Print date: July 16, 2007.〕 ==History== It was formed by the purchase and merger of the ''Los Angeles View''/''Los Angeles Village View'' and the ''Los Angeles Reader'',〔Brooks, Nancy Rivera. "(Phoenix Firm Buys Los Angeles Reader )." ''Los Angeles Times''. August 3, 1996. Retrieved on January 11, 2014.〕 and fired the staff members of both papers.〔"The Weekly Standard." ''Los Angeles Magazine''. Emmis Communications. December 2005. Volume 50, No. 12. p. (74 ).〕 The editor-in-chief for its entire run was Rick Barrs. Writer Jill Stewart was the paper's controversial political columnist. ''Los Angeles Magazine'' stated that the ''New Times Los Angeles'' "blasted" the ''LA Weekly'' "as often as it remembered to—calling its staff dunderheads, beret wearers, throwbacks, and ass kissers. That's the nice stuff."〔 Howard Blume of the ''LA Weekly'' stated that the ''New Times LA'' was "a quirky and inconsistent, yet valuable, journalistic voice".〔Blume, Howard. Contributor: Joe Donnelly. "(The End of New Times )." ((Archive )) ''LA Weekly'', October 4, 2002.〕 ''Los Angeles Magazine'' stated that the ''New Times Los Angeles'' "never got a foothold".〔 In 2002, New Times Media entered into a non-competition agreement with Village Voice Media, another national publisher of alternative weeklies, whereby the two companies agreed to stop publishing ''New Times LA'' (a product of New Times Media) and ''Cleveland Free Times'' (a product of Village Voice Media), so that the companies would not publish two competing newspapers in any single city. The competing paper in Los Angeles was the ''LA Weekly''. New Times Media continues to publish other New Times-titled publications, including ''Miami New Times'', ''New Times Broward-Palm Beach'', and ''Phoenix New Times''. This agreement and phasing out of the two newspapers led to an antitrust investigation by the U.S. Department of Justice. The investigation resulted in a settlement, requiring the companies to sell off assets and the old newspapers' titles to any potential competitors. The assets included such things as "office furniture, telephone systems", "all rights to the print and electronic archives of ''New Times LA'' publications", "permits and licenses for individual distribution racks and boxes", and "all customer lists, contracts, accounts, and credit records".〔(Hold Separate Stipulation and Order : ''U.S. v. Village Voice Media, LLC and NT Media, LLC'' ) ((Archive )) from the United States Department of Justice.〕 At the time of closing, 100 employees worked for the newspaper.〔 ''New Times LAs assets were bought by Southland Publishing, Inc., who publish various local newsweeklies. Among the assets included news racks, which allowed Southland to start two new papers: ''Los Angeles CityBeat'' and ''ValleyBeat''.〔Ferri, John (July 1, 2003) ("Southland Won't Compete Head-to-Head With LA Weekly" ), ''Association of Alternative Newsmedia'' ((Archive ))(Accessed June 1, 2008)〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「New Times LA」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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