| | FOR SALE: Journalistic Integrity | Misc. | J-Log Journalism Blog |
 | | So the wall protects the integrity of both the journalistic content and the advertising content while allowing the people on both sides of the wall to pursue their separate but mutually supportive goals. |
 | | After his retirement, however, the enterprise began to drift, and by 1995 the directors, mostly Chandler family members, were desperate for new leadership: The operating margin was at 6.5 percent, down from the mid-twenties; the stock price had skidded from $42 to $18; and circulation was down almost 20 percent. |
 | | The story, and the resoundingly negative reaction to it from journalists and journalism ethicists across the country, made the clear point that the work of the Los Angeles editors and reporters had been compromised -- not only on the magazine project, but also on any future coverage of the arena and its various partners. |
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