Changes at L.A. Land

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A few changes at L.A. Land, worthy of a short note.

First, as some of you noticed over the weekend, the blog has some new contributors -- reporters and editors who cover real estate and related issues for the Los Angeles Times. This is good news. It will lead to a more diverse, more interesting and more informative blog. As always, you’ll still get the full dose of my grumpy take on real estate and the housing bubble. But now, for no extra charge, you’ll get additional news, information and analysis from the experts in the Times newsroom.

Second, more good news: Beginning this Sunday, a ‘greatest hits’ version of the blog will appear weekly in the print edition of The Times, in the Business section (you Web-only cheapskates had better subscribe, ASAP). The paper will ‘reverse-publish’ the best posts from that week for those of you who missed it, or for those print readers who might not have ever come to this blog.

Third, a bit of controversy for you to chew on: The latimes.com website is in the process of tweaking its blog comment policy ever so slightly, in hopes of encouraging more thoughtful, sincere, well-reasoned discussion and debate. You can still be silly, or mean and ornery; just be silly, or mean and ornery, while making a relevant point.

My hope is that these changes will make this blog more interesting and more valuable to its readers. You have my thanks, as always, for participating in the blog. As one of the higher-ups here told me (he meant it as a compliment, but I didn’t hear it that way): ‘Pete, the best thing about your blog is the comments.’

Your thoughts? Comments? E-mail story tips to peter.viles@latimes.com
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