Wednesday, May 4, 2011

May 4, 2011 NEWS




May marks the the 4th anniversary of this blog!

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Curbed LA Editor Dakota Smith moves over to the Daily News.


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Gary Scott reports on a bunch of position eliminations at the Long Beach Press Telegram, some of which will be assumed by the Daily Breeze. From his post:

The P-T's features department will be eliminated, which means Al Rudis is out of a job.


Another report from the Long Beach post has additional information. It names Leo Smith as the LBPT features editor, but I believe Smith is at the Daily Breeze, so check that out before you delete him from your database.


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LA Observed and Fishbowl LA both had posts on Elvis Mitchell's departure as Movieline's film critic.


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LA Observed also announced the debut of Donna Perlmutter's dance review contributions to its Native Intelligence section.


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The Hollywood Reporter had an interesting piece titled "12 Talent Bookers Who Keep New York Talking" about the folks who book guests on shows including "Today," "The View," "Good Morning America" and more.