NYT Music Industry Reporter Laid Off

I've just been told that Jeff Leeds, the Los Angeles-based music industry reporter who was poached by The New York Times from the Los Angeles Times back in 2004, newyorktimes_logo.pngis now a victim of the Gray Lady's ongoing round of layoffs. I feel badly for him because he's always had a good handle on his beat. He also writes regularly and breaks news. "It came as a surprise. H was upset to be cut," an insider tells me. "But it's an odd beat to cut because it's not like there's overlap. It says a lot about how the paper views the music biz." 

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4 Comments »

  1. The NYT should cut its op-ed staff.

    It’s become an embarrassment and unreadable.

    Comment by NYT Op-Ed Joke — May 9, 2008 @ 6:12 pm

  2. Dowd, Krugman, Kristol are all idiots, but the music biz doesn’t need a dedicated reporter at the paper of record. That’s what the lame LAT is for.

    Comment by T. — May 9, 2008 @ 8:07 pm

  3. fuck the nyt

    Comment by djpinklady — May 12, 2008 @ 10:10 am

  4. C’mon people!! Who’s with me in standing up for the always classy and without rival NYT?

    *crickets chirping*

    Actually, I knew that. No, I really did. All it takes is to read just one article to know that this waste of ink, paper and the trees that made said paper is finally relegated to the unimportant and irrelevant stature it so richly deserves.

    Speaking of rich, you forgot to mention the greasy sleazebag Frank Rich from you list of ne’er do well’s there, “T”…

    Cheers!!

    Comment by Thirteenburn — May 12, 2008 @ 3:25 pm

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