Wednesday, June 07, 2006

Scooping LAO; and the 51st's 60th!

OK. OK. I know it's lame, but I am a City Nerd. I wanted to scoop something that may be picked up by other blogs before they did. It may be somewhat pathetic, but once in a while, my competative side comes out.

So, here goes:

In media news, it was announced today that Los Angeles will see another newspaper emerge at the end of the month. The Kaplan/Proffer team that brought us the Studio City Sun and then the Sherman Oaks Sun will be launching the Encino Sun on June 24th. This new weekly paper will cover all that is Encino the way that its sister-papers have done in the neighboring communities to the east.

I wonder, though, has K-Rod not reported on this because the Sun Community Newspapers are banner sponsors on his site, Valley Observed (he does disclaim that his site sponsors don't necessarily or automatically get editorial coverage on the site), or does he not consider this form of community newspaper a newsworthy media? Also, did you notice the "Valley Observed" icon and link are gone from LAO's main page (as of 11pm)? I don't know what's going on, but you heard it here first, folks: a new regional newspaper is coming to serve about 20,000 households in the Valley! Well, at least you read it here first... on an LA-centric blog, that is.

And in other (Valley) News, the San Fernando Valley Fair opens Thursday for its 60th Anniversary. I'm not familiar with any other area of Los Angeles having a fair or an Agricultural District, for that matter. (This is the state's 51st Agricultural District!)

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