TJ Simers on changes in Los Angeles Times sports section going into effect Monday

TJ's next column: How to get around the firewall.

 

My brother (76 years old and visually impaired) was on the phone first thing this morning asking if I knew this Iliana broad and why has she ruined the Times. I tried to explain. No I don't know her, but it's the newspaper game these days. She is just following orders.

He likes Dodgers, Trojans and soccer ... and the daily Sudoku. He has a strong friendship with an older female delivery person. He gives her his recyclables and she makes sure to put the paper on his side porch so he can easily find it.

 

A good column.

But I was stuck by this line:

"there apparently still are six months remaining to address this, to figure it out, to save this once-great institution from being the final cautionary tale in the book about the end of print journalism"

There are not six months to save print journalism. Box scores in the print edition have not saved subscriptions from declining by close to 90% at the LA Times. Print journalism is on it's deathbed. And newspapers better figure out how to get more electronic advertising dollars pretty damn quick or there will be a lot of casualties.

 

Then end the print edition. Or go Sunday only.

What I wouldn't do is turn the print edition into some dumb-ass thing the print readers don't really want.

 

Wow. Alden must be celebrating bigtime with the chance to pillage SD.

 

Hmmm, my head is spinning.
At least the U-T gets to keep box scores. OCR columnist Jim Alexander posted on Facebook yesterday that the Register and all of the SCNG papers were going to continue to run box scores.

 

LA Times: We’re dropping gamers and box scores from the sports section.

NY Times: Hold my beer.