New Times LA
New Times LA was an alternative weekly newspaper that was published in Los Angeles, California by New Times Media from 1996 to 2002. History It was formed by the purchase and merger of the Los Angeles View/Los Angeles Village View and the Los Angeles Reader, and fired the staff members of both papers. The editor-in-chief for its entire run was Rick Barrs. Writer Jill Stewart was the paper's controversial political columnist. Los Angeles Magazine stated that the New Times Los Angeles "blasted" the LA Weekly "as often as it remembered to—calling its staff dunderheads, beret wearers, throwbacks, and ass kissers. That's the nice stuff." Howard Blume of the LA Weekly stated that the New Times LA was "a quirky and inconsistent, yet valuable, journalistic voice". Los Angeles Magazine stated that the New Times Los Angeles "never got a foothold". 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.