by: Jason McIntyre | Big Lead Sports

The LA Times, in a bold move, has decided to stop covering USC and UCLA football practices. On the surface, this seems like a puzzling decision – readers will be outraged! – but the media landscape in 2012 is significantly different than it was 10 or 20 years ago. Athletic programs used to want to be chummy with the media in hopes of maybe getting more favorable coverage.

That’s not the case anymore.