By: E&P Staff The Los Angeles Times is folding its daily national edition effective Dec. 31, the paper confirmed Friday.
This week, staffers at the Times' Washington and New York City bureaus were informed of the imminent end of the national edition, which is printed by The Sun in Baltimore, a Tribune Co. sibling, and delivered to D.C. and New York.
Times spokesperson Martha Goldstein said the Times is exploring "some paper version of a national edition," but that it would likely be electronically delivered in the style of remote print editions such as NewspaperDirect. The Los Angeles editions of the Times are available now by NewspaperDirect.
The national edition started as a Washington edition in 1992. "It had a very specific mission, which was to get our journalism in front of key Washington, D.C., and New York audiences," Goldstein said. The paper was a victim of budget cuts in 1995, but was soon revived and became a national edition in 1998.
"Over time, other electronic ways of reaching those audiences became more plentiful," Goldstein said. In addition to the remote printing, the Times produces the daily push e-mail "Top of the Times" that highlights about 20 different stories from the day's newspaper.
The Times does not break out the separate circulation or revenue figures for the national edition, Goldstein said. She said no jobs will be lost as a result of the folding of the edition.
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