Who Owns LA Weekly?
KEITH PLOCEK | NOVEMBER 29, 2017
This story originally appeared on LAWeekly.com.
Who owns the publication you’re reading right now?
It’s a question you should ask no matter what you’re reading. In Latin there’s a phrase cui bono, which roughly translates as “who is benefiting?” It’s a good idea to know who is profiting in any situation. Why? So you can make educated decisions.
The new owners of LA Weekly don’t want you to know who they are. They are hiding from you. They’ve got big black bags with question marks covering their big bald heads.
These new owners just laid off nine hardworking journalists. Why? For sport? To start anew? To fulfill a blood vendetta that is centuries old?
Maybe they have a good reason. Maybe they don’t.
We don’t know. You don’t know. No one knows but them.
Who owns this publication?
It’s a fair question.
Who is benefiting?
You deserve to know.
Who owns LA Weekly?
This story originally appeared on LAWeekly.com the night after the publication’s unnamed owners laid off most of the staff. The new owners left it up for a few months. Then it disappeared.
