Jayson Blair must be the new circulation manager for the Times. Even at that, it is comforting to note that the Wall Street Journal's circulation is nearly double that of the Times, and both are sold more or less nationally. And the continued plummeting of the LA Times is a thing of beauty -- they lost so many subscribers in the late 90s, I thought they had bottomed out, but maybe the bottom is still a long way down. Good news all around.
The L.A. Times won't recover their circulation until they switch to a Spanish edition. The writing is on the billboard.
LA Times lost me back in the 90's primarily for their screwy billing. Consecutive bills would overlap on the periods they were billing for. When I told them this they said they would fix the problem but they never did. So I told them in my best Donald Trump...
"Ya fiyahd!"
Whenever they've called since, I just hang up.