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January 5, 1962: Examiner, Mirror Fold; L.A. Becomes Two-Newspaper Town

Posted on January 5, 2026 by lmharnisch

January 5, 1962: A dark day in the world of Los Angeles journalism. Overnight, the city loses two of its daily papers, Hearst’s morning Examiner and the Times evening Mirror. Continue reading →

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Examiner, Mirror Fold; L.A. Becomes Two-Newspaper Town

Posted on January 5, 2018 by lmharnisch

Note: This is an encore post from 2012. Jan. 5, 1962: A dark, painful day in the history of Los Angeles journalism. Virtually overnight, the city becomes a two-newspaper town. The evening Mirror ceases publication Jan. 5, merging with The … Continue reading →

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Examiner, Mirror Fold; L.A. Becomes Two-Newspaper Town

Posted on January 5, 2012 by lmharnisch

Jan. 5, 1962: A dark, painful day in the history of Los Angeles journalism. Virtually overnight, the city becomes a two-newspaper town. The evening Mirror ceases publication Jan. 5, merging with The Times, and the morning Examiner merges with the … Continue reading →

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Newspaper wars

Posted on June 19, 2007 by lmharnisch

June 19, 1957 Los Angeles These numbers tell a story, but what is the story? According to the graphs, circulation for Hearst’s daily and Sunday Examiner began falling after World War II. The Times, according to these statistics, passed the … Continue reading →

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