Los Angeles Times

The Los Angeles Times, also known as the LA Times, is a daily regional newspaper that first appeared in Los Angeles in 1881. It is the sixth-largest newspaper by circulation in the United States, as well as the largest in the western United States, and has been based in the Los Angeles County city of El Segundo since 2018. The publication has received over 40 Pulitzer Prizes. Patrick Soon-Shiong owns it, and the Times Mirror Company publishes it. The newspaper's coverage has recently shifted away from national and international headlines and toward stories about California, particularly Southern California.

The paper gained a reputation in the nineteenth century for civic boosterism and opposition to labor unions, the latter of which resulted in the bombing of its headquarters in 1910. Under publisher Otis Chandler, who adopted a more national focus in the 1960s, the paper's profile grew significantly. The paper's readership has declined in recent decades, as has that of other regional newspapers in California and the United States, and it has also been plagued by a series of ownership changes, staff reductions, and other controversies.

The paper's staff voted to unionize in January 2018, and their first union contract was signed on October 16, 2019. The newspaper relocated from its historic headquarters in downtown Los Angeles to a facility in El Segundo, near the Los Angeles International Airport.

Founded: 1881
Headquarters: Los Angeles, California, US
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