Times Mirror Merger
Re “Times Mirror Agrees to Merger With Tribune Co.,” March 13: I am in mourning over the selling of my Los Angeles Times to an outsider. That’s right, I said “my” and I know thousands of Angelenos feel it is theirs too. To us, The Times is like family. It is the first thing that greets us every morning. I am upset and feel a sense of loss and betrayal.
But I guess economics motivated even the Chandlers to sell out. They and others gave their loyalty to money rather than to the community. There must be a profound regional restructuring that accounts for no Fortune 500 company basing itself in downtown L.A. It is probably systemic rather than personal. I pray that the most powerful institution in Los Angeles will continue its civic responsibility to the area. I hope that after the merger, The Times can remain our watchdog, educator, source of truth and common link for all Angelenos.
CALVIN NAITO
Los Angeles
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What sadness I felt when I heard that The Times was being sold to a Chicago paper. I am a native Californian, grew up in Glendale and even though I now live 125 miles away from Los Angeles, I still subscribe to The Times. The March 14 Paul Conrad cartoon and Robert Scheer commentary (“Yo, Chicago, This Isn’t Just Another Paper”) sum up everything with the deep disappointment that I am feeling.
What can Chicago possibly know and reveal about our diversified culture and happenings in and around Los Angeles? The final blow is Conrad’s “Los Angeles Tribune.”
DEANNE J. McCORKLE
Palm Desert
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So The Times has been sold to the Chicago Tribune. Bummer! Somehow I feel like someone just cut down the family oak tree that was planted by great-great-great granddad and then sold it for firewood.
MIKE HAHN
Highland
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Please spare us the inevitable articles and editorial pieces about The Times. Yes, yes, the Tribune Co. is buying The Times. This does not mean your long-suffering readers wish to see daily philosophizing about the deeper meaning of this business transaction. You’re not nearly as important as you think you are. Just self-important.
PETER BROUSSINOS
Hermosa Beach