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The L.A. Times Wars

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By Timothy Noah|Posted Friday, Sept. 22, 2006, at 1:26 AM ET

Community leaders in Los Angeles sent a letter on Sept. 22 to the Tribune Co. expressing the worry that the Chicago-based media company was bleeding the Los Angeles Times to death. Below and on the following seven pages are that letter and the response from Tribune Co. chairman Dennis FitzSimons.

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Timothy Noah is a former Slate staffer. His book about income inequality, "The Great Divergence," will be published by Bloomsbury in 2012.