Los Angeles Times cutting 74 positions

[Deskgrunt50]

Probably my favorite vignette is when Keaton starts rewriting some of Clint Howard's copy, who winces, saying, "don't ... Oh! that's good!"

"I'VE GOT A BETTER WORD FOR ALL OF THEM!" Clashic.

And his reaction on the phone when he loses the job at the other paper...

 

[Tarheel316]

This thread is reminding me of the 1994 Ron Howard film "The Paper." It has a brief scene in Robert Duvall's office where the water in a glash starts vibrating, a signal that the presses have started up. One of the screenplay writers, one of the Koepp brothers, lifted that image from his days as a journalist at the Waukesha Freeman, where the aging building had the shakes.

Of course there's the climactic scene where Michael Keaton trades fisticuffs with Glenn Close while trying to Stop The Presses.

They Didn't Do It was a great headline.

 

[matt_garth]

"People take the Sun with a grain of salt. We'll run yours tomorrow."

 

[Deskgrunt50]

"How about 'Gotcha' with a banger?"

"Heaven forbid this paper run a headline without an exclamation point."

 

[garrow]

"You know the doctor found nicotine in my urine again."
"Then keep your d*ck out of my ashtray."

 

[Baron Scicluna]

Then I'm one thousand and one.

Hearing the press crank up and then grabbing a paper off the line to get that fresh ink on your hands was the daily affirmation of our love story with the paper. Too bad it never loved us back.

I missed that too. Finish up work, go downstairs on my way out the building, stop off at a press, grab one, and bring it home. It felt pretty cool to be able to read a fresh newspaper at 2:15 a.m. when nearly everyone else would have to wait.

 

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