<p>The Times veterans should not be suing Zell. They should be suing
themselves. Oh, I, too, am angry at the state of newspapers in America
but I’m angry at the right people. The LA Times’ problems — like those
of other papers — were caused by by decades of egotistical and
willfully ignorant neglect by the owners, managers — and staff — at the
paper.</p>
Jeff Jarvis, Buzz Machine
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<p><strong><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/a-barth/" title="Link to Alex Barth's photostream"><strong>Alex Barth</strong></a></strong></p>
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<p>My <a href="/politics-and-media/things-i-must-i-be-okay" target="_self">column</a> on <em>Esquire</em>'s latest cover doesn't offer a counter-solution for the magazine. It's safe to say there is no silver bullet for print media, that each outlet is going to have to develop a nuanced and individual reincarnation. But <em>Esquire</em> is doing fine—and in the industry "fine" means "not completely tanking"—comparatively. But a newspaper like the <em>Los Angeles Times</em> is in bloody turmoil. Part of the Tribune Company now headed by Sam Zell, the <em>LAT</em> recently filed a lawsuit against Zell, “<a href="http://www.portfolio.com/views/blogs/mixed-media/2008/09/16/la-times-refugees-v-sam-zell-the-complaint">accusing</a> him of recklessness in the takeover and management of the newspaper’s parent, the Tribune Company.” Jeff Jarvis of Buzz Machine, though, sees this lawsuit as a dagger that should be pointed the other way.</p>
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