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Wednesday, March 19, 2008

LA Press Club Waxes Nostalgic on the Herald Examiner

This may be somewhat esoteric for anyone who grew up on Land of the Lost, loves the Smurfs and/or listens to Depeche Mode, but there was a time when the Herald Examiner was the place to be here in Los Angeles. Last Thursday, the Los Angeles Press Club hosted “A Return to Corky’s: The Ultimate Herald Examiner Almost-20th Reunion Party.”

Herald Examiner Panel 1

Journalists from all over the world were there to recall a Southern California publishing tradition that dated back to 1871. Several notables from the local political/journalism scene were there: Santa Monica Councilmember Bobby Shriver, former KCBS Political Editor Linda Breakstone, LA Daily News Editor Ron Kaye, LA Times Top of the Ticket Editor Don Frederick, Show Business Historian Alex Ben Block, famed critic Peter Reinhart, LA Observed's Kevin Roderick, and the legendary former HerEx editor, James G. “Jim” Bellows.

It was a packed house, to say the least, and there were many stories to be shared. By far, my favorite was the one told by Don Frederick (videos 2 and 3) on his hanging up on a somewhat inebriated Bill Hearst.

(Full Disclosure - I am the Publicist for the Press Club, did outreach for the event and shot the video.)

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6 Comments:

Anonymous Anonymous said:

What's the crack about Depeche Mode supposed to mean, exactly? Even generally, vaguely? They're a cool band that's totally relevant and had a great world tour last year after more than 25 years in the business.

Unlike the HerEx, they're very much alive, kicking and making money.

March 19, 2008 1:37 PM  

Blogger Edward Headington said:

No worries. It wasn't a crack. DM is my favorite band. Check out Dave Gahan's new solo album, Hourglass, if you haven't already.

March 19, 2008 1:54 PM  

Anonymous Anonymous said:

Normally no one would give a rat's ass about journalists talking to/about other journalists.

The Herald Examiner was different, though. It was a GREAT paper: punchy, opinioniated, different,and fun.

Greatest sports section EVER, with Alan Malamud, Doug Krikorian, Bob Hunter, and loads of other great columnists.

Any paper that Jim Healy liked, YOU KNOW was a great paper.

Too bad the evil empire on Spring Street won the war.

March 19, 2008 10:19 PM  

Anonymous Anonymous said:

Roderick reports that Zell is trying something new in Fort Lauderdale, moving "his" local TV company into the offices of the Sun-Sentinel, to force synchronicity and save money.

He's making noises about doing the same with KTLA and the Times.

The old way of doing this was so tradition-bound, "sleepy" and stuffy.

Yeah, not a lot of talk from the Chandlers about how much they like p-ssy and strip clubs as all- American.

The guys in your photo here won't win beauty contests, they're "faces for the print media or the radio," but that's fine, writers are writers not media stars. Sounds like Zell is working towards making media stars out of some Times writers -- well, tv talking heads already pretend to be reporters. Bloggers claim to be reporters -- quality and consistency has been replaced by the irreverent and occasionally clever, often dumb.

March 20, 2008 12:12 AM  

Anonymous Anonymous said:

Herald's Sports Page will always be the beast!! Does anyone remember the old tabloid pull out??

March 20, 2008 10:28 PM  

Anonymous Anonymous said:

Nothing could suck the life out of a room except retired jounalists talking of the good old days awith fond memories of paragraph structure.

March 21, 2008 1:03 PM  

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