New Times LA
| Type | Alternative weekly |
|---|---|
| Format | Tabloid |
| Owner(s) | New Times Media |
| Editor | Rick Barrs |
| Founded | August 22, 1996 |
| Ceased publication | 2002 |
New Times LA is a now-defunct alternative weekly newspaper that was published in Los Angeles, California by the New Times Media corporation from 1996 until 2002.
It was formed by the purchase and merger of the Los Angeles View/Los Angeles Village View and the Los Angeles Reader, and fired the staff members of both papers. The editor-in-chief for its entire run was Rick Barrs. Writer Jill Stewart was the paper's controversial political columnist.
Los Angeles Magazine stated that the New Times Los Angeles "blasted" the LA Weekly "as often as it remembered to—calling its staff dunderheads, beret wearers, throwbacks, and ass kissers. That's the nice stuff." Howard Blume of the LA Weekly stated that the New Times LA was "a quirky and inconsistent, yet valuable, journalistic voice".Los Angeles Magazine stated that the New Times Los Angeles "never got a foothold".
In 2002, New Times Media entered into a non-competition agreement with Village Voice Media, another national publisher of alternative weeklies, whereby the two companies agreed to stop publishing New Times LA (a product of New Times Media) and Cleveland Free Times (a product of Village Voice Media), so that the companies would not publish two competing newspapers in any single city. The competing paper in Los Angeles was the LA Weekly. New Times Media continues to publish other New Times-titled publications, including Miami New Times, New Times Broward-Palm Beach, and Phoenix New Times.
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