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October 25, 2005
VVM "pwned" by New Times
I wasn't going to say anything, but since everyone else already has...
New Times is back in town. The company bought out Village Voice Media, which owns the LA Weekly.
What this means for me, I do not know yet. But it'll probably be good.
Posted by LYT at October 25, 2005 1:47 AM [Message Board]
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Yeah, I read this yesterday and immediately thought of you. Hopefully there is some kind of LYT Will Slowly Engulf the World clause written in.
Posted by: justin stone at October 25, 2005 8:42 AM
"pwned?" Pawned? Or is it "owned?" Typographical error, I think...
Though, "pawned" would be funny...
Posted by: ED209 at October 25, 2005 9:47 AM
No, it's 'pwned'... look it up in Wikipedia. Hey, thass cool, LYT. Do they own the OC Weekly, too? You could hang with Commiegirl...
Posted by: David N. Scott at October 25, 2005 10:44 AM
W00t!
Posted by: Julie Scott at October 25, 2005 10:52 AM
Awesome news... my fingers crossed for you, and the paper. I have so missed New Times L.A. City Beat is cool, but it's never been as satifying as NT was end to end. NT even managed to get me to consistently read sections that I traditionally never bother with. It's time the L.A. Weekly got a shake up. It got better when some New Times refugees settled in there, but most of the time, it was only good for movie showtimes, and for writing phone numbers on, when randomly running into friends. This is great news for the writers, the readers, and Los Angeles print media.
Posted by: Jaye at October 25, 2005 12:38 PM
VALLEYBEAT rocks up here in the SFV! Though, not as extensive as CityBeat. I think the OC Weekly and LA Weekly are both now with New Times.
Posted by: ED209 at October 25, 2005 4:07 PM
if you were really excited, you could even get away with 'totally pwnzzored' but that might be going a bit to far.
totally cool news, man.
Posted by: sean (connery) at October 25, 2005 8:04 PM
Did the New Times ambush the Village Voice Media from all sides?
Posted by: Ku Feng at October 26, 2005 10:30 AM
Actually it was more like them, and them, they fighted, and people thought they knew whowouldwin, but were wrong.
Posted by: LYT at October 26, 2005 4:00 PM
In other words, NT's investment bankers beat up VVM's investment bankers. Not precisely a victory for the little guy, dude.
Posted by: condiment at October 26, 2005 5:02 PM
Ain't no little guys in corporate mergers, condiment.
It's a victory for me, though. And having spent half my income this year on surgery bills, I could use one.
Posted by: LYT at October 26, 2005 5:04 PM