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Tuesday, February 27, 9-10:30 pm ET
The third part of the "News War"series takes us inside the
newsroom of the
Los Angeles Times
, where an epic battle over the future of
news is pitting editors and reporters against corporate owners.
See the conclusion of the "News War"series on
FRONTLINE/World
"News War: Stories From a Small Planet,"
airing 3/27/07
9:00-10:00 p.m.
The third part of "News War"puts viewers on the front lines of
an epic battle over the future of news. America's major network
news divisions and daily newspapers are under siege, facing
mounting pressure for profits from corporate owners, and growing
challenges from cable television and the Internet, which are
remaking the economics of the business and transforming the very
definition of news. FRONTLINE talks to network executives,
journalists, Wall Street analysts, bloggers, and key players at
Google and Yahoo! who are all battling for survival and market
dominance in a rapidly changing world of news. FRONTLINE also
goes inside the embattled newsroom of the
Los Angeles
Times , one of the last remaining papers in the country still
covering major national stories. Under severe pressure from Wall
Street to cut costs and to compete for "eyeballs" in a new media
world, editors at the paper are urgently trying to figure out what
this means for their future news coverage and their public service
mission.
FRONTLINE correspondent Lowell Bergman interviews key figures
in print and electronic press for FRONTLINE's "News
War"series. Watch select interviews at pbs.org/frontline/newswar
.