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New York Post
7 days ago
- Business
- New York Post
Billionaire LA Times owner announces he's taking the newspaper public
Billionaire Los Angeles Times owner Dr. Patrick Soon-Shiong announced on Monday that he would be taking the newspaper public sometime in the next year, calling it a move to democratize the paper. 'It's important for the paper to have the voices of all, and that's what I wanted to do, right?' he said on 'The Daily Show.' 'Whether you're right, left, Democrat, Republican, you're an American, so the opportunity for us to provide a paper that is the voices of the people, truly the voices of the people, so I'm going to announce something to you tonight… we're literally going to take the LA Times public and allow it to be democratized.' Soon-Shiong bought the newspaper for $500 million in 2018. He said the offering would allow the public to have ownership of the newspaper and a say on the board. He didn't delve into specifics as to how that would look in practice. 'I'm working with an organization that's putting that together right now,' Soon-Shiong told host Jon Stewart of the process of taking the newspaper public. 4 LA Times owner Dr. Patrick Soon-Shiong appears on 'The Daily Show' on July 21, 2025. The Daily Show/YouTube 4 The Los Angeles Times building in downtown Los Angeles, Calif. on Feb. 7, 2018. AP 'Ethics get cloudy if, in fact, the truth is not told,' Soon-Shiong said on Monday. 'Our institutions today, there's so much distrust. Unless you have truth and trust, those two words, I think we're not going to have any healing in the country… I live this American dream. I'm an immigrant here, right? So to me, this is really a wonderful opportunity for us to have the privilege of being an American.' The interview with Stewart mainly delved into Soon-Shiong's efforts to cure cancer. In addition to holding the Times, Soon-Shiong is a surgeon, medical researcher and biotech entrepreneur who's seeking to develop a cancer vaccine. The decision to go public comes amid news of the Los Angeles Times' financial struggles. In April, AdWeek reported the paper had lost $50 million in 2024, the same year it laid off 115 staffers. 4 Soon-Shiong shakes hands with President Donald Trump at the Lusail Palace in Doha on May 14, 2025. AFP via Getty Images 4 The decision to go public comes amid news of the Los Angeles Times' financial struggles. AFP via Getty Images Soon-Shiong's tenure has also been marked by discontent on the staff, particularly over his recent efforts to moderate its content. He defended his moves to reform the paper's left-leaning opinion pages in an interview with Fox News Digital earlier this year. 'I really wanted to make sure that we are a trusted source for all Americans,' Soon-Shiong said in January. 'Clearly, California is blue, very blue. When our opinion pages were so one-sided, and these are just opinions, I wanted to make sure that everybody had a chance to voice their own opinion. And more importantly, opinion based on facts, not on speculation.' He also incensed liberal media observers when, like Washington Post owner Jeff Bezos, he yanked a planned endorsement of Kamala Harris in the 2024 election. Soon-Shiong has expressed past willingness to work with the Trump administration on his cancer moonshot and disappointment at a lack of partnership from the Biden administration. Fox News Digital has reached out to the LA Times for additional comment.
Los Angeles Times
25-06-2025
- Politics
- Los Angeles Times
Letters to the Editor: This daughter of immigrants is glad her parents aren't seeing what's happening in L.A.
To the editor: I can't get over the Los Angeles Times' front-page image of the masked Border Patrol agents (''Who are these people?' Masked immigration agents challenge local police, sow fear in L.A.,' June 24). I am the daughter of immigrants and an immigrant myself. My parents survived the Holocaust and a childhood of hate toward them for being Jewish. They came to the United States for the opportunity it would provide them to live free, to practice their religion without fear and to give their children a good life. I am happy they are not here to see the ugliness of the uniformed, armed and masked men taking over our streets. My parents would have quickly been reminded of their past. What I see in the picture are dictatorships and authoritarian regimes. I do not see a democracy. I shake my head and ask, 'Why?' Esther Friedberg, Studio City .. To the editor: Given the picture on the front page, one could be convinced that Immigration and Customs Enforcement is going after the 'worst of the worst.' But have we seen or heard about any of that? I never feared that a gardener in my neighborhood was hiding an AK-47 in his lawn mower or that the men outside Home Depot were armed and ready to confront ICE. And you know what? We've seen no evidence that such threats exist. If federal authorities say they're going after the worst, then they should do that. But carrying two or three guns to confront a housekeeper is really overkill. Monty Armstrong, Irvine
Miami Herald
22-06-2025
- Politics
- Miami Herald
Newsom's podcast sidekick: a single-use plastic water bottle
LOS ANGELES — Johnny had Ed. Conan had Andy. And Gov. Gavin Newsom? A single-use plastic water bottle. In most of the YouTube video recordings of Newsom's new podcast, 'This is Gavin Newsom,' a single-use plastic water bottle lurks on a table nearby. Sometimes, it is accompanied by a single-use coffee cup. Other times, it stands alone. Typically, such product placement would raise nary an eyebrow. But in recent weeks, environmentalists, waste advocates, lawmakers and others have been battling with the governor and his administration over a landmark single-use plastic law that Newsom signed in 2022, but which he has since worked to defang - reducing the number of packaged single-use products the law was designed to target and potentially opening the door for polluting forms of recycling. Anti-plastic advocates say it's an abrupt and disappointing pivot from the governor, who in June 2022, decried plastic pollution and the plague of single-use plastic on the environment. 'It's like that whole French Laundry thing all over again,' said one anti-plastic advocate, who didn't want to be identified for fear of angering the governor. Newsom was infamously caught dining without a mask at the wine country restaurant during the COVID-19 lockdown. Newsom's efforts to scale back SB 54, the state's single-use plastic recycling law, has dismayed environmentalists who have long considered Newsom one of their staunchest allies. 'Our kids deserve a future free of plastic waste and all its dangerous impacts ... No more,' Newsom said in 2022, when he signed SB 54. 'California won't tolerate plastic waste that's filling our waterways and making it harder to breathe. We're holding polluters responsible and cutting plastics at the source.' Asked about the presence of the plastic water bottle, Daniel Villaseñor, the governor's deputy director of communications, had this response: 'Are you really writing a story this baseless or should we highlight this video for your editor?' Villaseñor said via email, attaching a video clip showing this reporter seated near a plastic water bottle at last year's Los Angeles Times' Climate Summit. (The bottles were placed near chairs for all the panelists; this particular one was never touched.) After this story was first published, the governor's office said the plastic water bottles seen on the podcast were placed there by staff or production teams and not at Newsom's request, and that the governor remains committed to seeing SB 54 implemented. More than a half-dozen environmentalists and waste advocates asked to comment for this story declined to speak on the record, citing concerns including possible retribution from the governor's office and appearing to look like scolds as negotiations over implementing SB 54 continue. Dianna Cohen, the co-founder and chief executive of Plastic Pollution Coalition, said that while she wouldn't comment on the governor and his plastic sidekick, she noted that plastic pollution is an 'urgent global crisis' that requires strong policies and regulations. 'Individuals — especially those in the public eye — can help shift culture by modeling these solutions. We must all work to embrace the values we want to see and co-create a healthier world,' she said in a statement. On Thursday, Newsom dropped a new episode of 'This is Gavin Newsom' with independent journalist Aaron Parnas. In the video, there wasn't a plastic bottle in sight. Copyright (C) 2025, Tribune Content Agency, LLC. Portions copyrighted by the respective providers.
Los Angeles Times
21-06-2025
- Politics
- Los Angeles Times
Newsom's podcast sidekick: a single-use plastic water bottle
Johnny had Ed. Conan had Andy. And Gov. Gavin Newsom? A single-use plastic water bottle. In most of the YouTube video recordings of Newsom's new podcast, 'This is Gavin Newsom,' a single-use plastic water bottle lurks on a table nearby. Sometimes, it is accompanied by a single-use coffee cup. Other times, it stands alone. Typically, such product placement would raise nary an eyebrow. But in recent weeks, environmentalists, waste advocates, lawmakers and others have been battling with the governor and his administration over a landmark single-use plastic law that Newsom signed in 2022, but which he has since worked to defang — reducing the number of packaged single-use products the law was designed to target and potentially opening the door for polluting forms of recycling. Anti-plastic advocates say it's an abrupt and disappointing pivot from the governor, who in June 2022, decried plastic pollution and the plague of single-use plastic on the environment. 'It's like that whole French Laundry thing all over again,' said one anti-plastic advocate, who didn't want to be identified for fear of angering the governor. Newsom was infamously caught dining without a mask at the wine country restaurant during the COVID-19 lockdown. Newsom's efforts to scale back SB 54, the state's single-use plastic recycling law, has dismayed environmentalists who have long considered Newsom one of their staunchest allies. 'Our kids deserve a future free of plastic waste and all its dangerous impacts ... No more,' Newsom said in 2022, when he signed SB 54. 'California won't tolerate plastic waste that's filling our waterways and making it harder to breathe. We're holding polluters responsible and cutting plastics at the source.' Asked about the presence of the plastic water bottle, Daniel Villaseñor, the governor's deputy director of communications, had this response: 'Are you really writing a story this baseless or should we highlight this video for your editor?' Villaseñor said via email, attaching a video clip showing this reporter seated near a plastic water bottle at last year's Los Angeles Times' Climate Summit. (The bottles were placed near chairs for all the panelists; this particular one was never touched.) More than a half-dozen environmentalists and waste advocates asked to comment for this story declined to speak on the record, citing concerns including possible retribution from the governor's office and appearing to look like scolds as negotiations over implementing SB 54 continue. Dianna Cohen, the co-founder and chief executive of Plastic Pollution Coalition, said that while she wouldn't comment on the governor and his plastic sidekick, she noted that plastic pollution is an 'urgent global crisis' that requires strong policies and regulations. 'Individuals — especially those in the public eye — can help shift culture by modeling these solutions. We must all work to embrace the values we want to see and co-create a healthier world,' she said in a statement. On Thursday, Newsom dropped a new episode of 'This is Gavin Newsom' with independent journalist Aaron Parnas. In the video, there wasn't a plastic bottle in sight.
Hamilton Spectator
16-06-2025
- Climate
- Hamilton Spectator
U.S. issues travel alert for Canada. Here's why — and what travellers should know
U.S. officials are warning American citizens about Canada's already active wildfire season if they're considering travel across their northern border. Canada was affected by 'record-breaking wildfires' in all 13 provinces and territories last year, the U.S. Embassy notes in its advisory, issued by the U.S. Department of State on June 11. In its wildfire outlook, released June 12, the government of Canada said Canadians could face a severe wildfire season. An estimated 225 wildfires are currently burning in Canada, including 121 of deemed 'out of control,' U.S. officials explained. Overall July and August, the summer trend is expected to be generally drier and warmer than normal conditions . 'With this, we anticipate greater than average fire risk in July and August,' explained Liam Buchart, fire weather specialist with the Canadian Forest Service. American visitors to Canada are advised to follow the federal government's guidance on what to do before, during and after a wildfire. 'We urge U.S. citizens visiting or living in Canada to be aware of wildfire conditions in their area and follow guidance from local authorities,' the U.S. Embassy added. More than 3.7 million hectares of land has burned so far this year, with thousands of firefighters working to contain them. At the same time, Canadians are urged in an updated travel advisory to 'stay away from demonstrations' happening in Los Angeles and other major U.S. cities . Large demonstrations have been taking place in Los Angeles since June 6, with demonstrations spreading to other major cities, shortly after. Protesters have demonstrated across the U.S. in opposition to immigration raids ordered by U.S. President Donald Trump. Hundreds of U.S. marines were deployed to L.A. by Trump following the protests that erupted. Additional security forces have been deployed and a curfew is in effect for most of downtown Los Angeles from 8 p.m. to 6 a.m. — additional curfew orders may be imposed on short notice, the Canadian government warns. According to the Los Angeles Times' live coverage , the protests have slowed. If you are in an affected area, the Canadian government says to stay away from demonstrations, follow the instructions of local authorities, including curfew orders, and monitor local media for the latest information. — with files from Mike Pearson Error! Sorry, there was an error processing your request. There was a problem with the recaptcha. Please try again. You may unsubscribe at any time. By signing up, you agree to our terms of use and privacy policy . This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google privacy policy and terms of service apply. Want more of the latest from us? Sign up for more at our newsletter page .
