New Times LA

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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 until 2002.

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 (commonly known as New Times BPB), 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.

[edit] References

  • Howard Blume, The End of New Times, LA Weekly, October 4, 2002[1]
  • Savannah Blackwell, New Times Nailed: SF Weekly's Parent Company Charged with Violating Antitrust Law, San Francisco Bay Guardian, January 29, 2003[2]
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