Where can a news consumer in L.A. go these days for trustworthy, up-to-date, and comprehensive news and cultural coverage that matters to local residents?
The answer contains fewer and fewer options after a messy month in the dwindling ranks of the free press in Los Angeles. Here’s a run-down of what’s happened in recent months and weeks in Southern California news media:
LAist
Local-obsessed site LAist abruptly shut down on November 2. The staff found out they had lost their jobs when that afternoon the site stopped loading and was replaced with a message from Joe Ricketts, owner of the Gothamist and DNAinfo site network.