"A lot of journalists are losing their jobs … But Journalists by nature are resourceful people, so despite feeling very badly for my former colleagues, let’s look at where they’re headed next."

"[LATimes.com GM Robertson] Barrett says that the paper’s strategy is to realign resources to power both print and online more effectively … focus more on the entertainment news franchise … and take advantage of the Web to focus on hyperlocal opport

David Lazerus: "blogs will continue sprouting like crab grass throughout the electronic ether. Soon, the line separating quality journalism from utter hokum will be too blurry to discern." (I discern some hokum!)

The LA Times is using Google Maps to track its reporting of the fires in southern California.

"The LA Times plans to add about 100 people to its digital operations, with “a good chunk” of them to come from the print side," according LAT publisher David Hiller.

"While I applaud Google News for trying to do something to add to the voices connected to news stories — especially wire stories — there are still a lot of “ifs” related to the feature."

The Times is offended by the notion that the people who contribute comments to Google News will be making them “unedited.” … This is exactly the kind of idiotic hubris that causes the public to hate journalists and, by extension, the journalism they

Scott Karp: "the Web is not a static medium, and therefore journalism on the Web is not static — it is a dynamic process that never ends. That’s why the LA Times is wrong to argue that the new comment feature of Google News is not journalism."

Jeff Jarvis: "I say Google is the new newsstand. It is a way to be found and read. It is a reporting tool. It is a presentation tool (with maps and such). It is now a means of continuing the journalistic process by getting response and with it more viewpo

"Why … is The [LA] Times attacking this technology which would plug holes in stories, correct mistaken impressions, enable readers to ask questions of reporters and provide a check on reporting flaws?"

"The quality British papers, particularly in their online editions, are much farther down the road toward what looks like the future of newspaper journalism, one that places a much higher premium on analysis and opinion than do serious American newspapers

"I despise the internet. It’s irresponsible and, often, a net of hate. And I don’t have time for Blogopops. But here’s a tale of two gutless newspapers which explains why more and more people are Googling rather than turning pages."

Did the LA Times spike a column proposing that it should follow the Mail on Sunday’s lead in giving away new music?