Dawn Chmielewski and Jessica Guynn of The LA Times today posted an interesting article on the evolving relationship between Facebook and the film industry suggesting that "Hollywood's friendship with Facebook is showing signs of strain.". Read More

Even the Internet suffered from the effects of Hurricane Sandy, due to elements of the infrastructure becoming inoperable or dangerous to use. Read More

Nerdist Industries has partnered with the Los Angeles Times on "Hero Complex: The Show," an original program for the Nerdist Channel on YouTube that debuts Monday. Read More

Los Angeles – The Los Angeles Times Media Group said on Wednesday that it has formed a joint venture with U.S. Local News Network (USLNN), to create two local news sites aimed at readers in Orange County. The venture will see the companies share content and advertising across the two sites, TheOCNow.com and OCLNN.com, and Times-owned newspapers the Coastline Pilot, Daily Pilot and the Huntington Beach Independent. The companies have invested about $1 million in the venture, USLNN CEO Neil Senturia told the Times.

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Chicago - Publisher and broadcaster Tribune announced on Friday that it will combine the operations of its Zap2It entertainment listings service with the entertainment news division at its Los Angeles Times. Zap2It, which counts an audience of 4 million unique monthly visitors, will remain a standalone site. Leading the new operation will be LATimes.com entertainment editor Richard Rushfield and executive producer Joseph Kapsch. The combined operation is expected to draw a monthly online audience of 9 million unique visitors and 65 million page views.

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Chicago - Tribune, the publisher of eight major daily newspapers, including the Los Angeles Times and Chicago Tribune, on Monday became the first major newspaper publisher to file for Chapter 11 Bankruptcy protection, the Associated Press reported. Tribune, which signaled the move in recent days by hiring Lazard as its financial advisor and law firm Sidley Austin as its special legal counsel, listed $13 billion in debt, and just $7.6 billion in assets.

The company has been significantly hurt in recent months by sluggish ad sales and high [...].

San Diego - Eventful, a site that aggregates local event listings, said on Wednesday that it will provide a selection of regional events to The Guide, a new resource on live music, book signings, art galleries, restaurants and other activities offered by the Los Angeles Times. San Diego-based Eventful said The Times is among 1,200 companies using its API to create targeted event listing calendars.

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