In an effort to cut costs and mollify executives at its parent company, profit-conscious Tribune, the
Los Angeles Times has announced that it will eliminate its Outdoors section. The
decision, said the Times' new editor, Dean Baquet, was made entirely for financial reasons. In a story carried by his own paper, Baquet explains, "I made the decision that, instead of nibbling
around the edges of the paper, it made sense to make one thing go away. Something had to go. It was a question of what." The Outdoors section, produced by a staff of 10, was launched in 2003.
"There will be further cuts at The Times in coming weeks," Baquet told his staff, but no additional details were offered. Since having been purchased by Tribune, the L.A. newspaper's falling
circulation numbers, coupled with the general malaise throughout the industry, has resulted in a broad demoralization of the
Times' staff, chronicled almost daily by several L.A.
industry-watchdog blogs.
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