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This article reports on the changing culture of West Marin County, California, as reflected in the fortunes of the weekly newspaper, the "Point Reyes Light," which was owned for 30 years by Dave Mitchell until its 2005 purchase by Robert Plotkin. The paper's changes for the worse under the out-of-towner with money and ambition but little feel for community journalism is documented, including his reliance on unpaid interns fresh from journalism school, and the disappearance of local flavor that alienated readers and staff and eventually resulted in the launch of a competing weekly, the "West Marin Citizen."

This article features the local media in Los Angeles, California. The Los Angeles television and radio markets rank second in terms of DMA size behind New York, with 5.5 million TV households. BIA Financial Network puts the market's spot TV billings at $1.7 billion for 2004, up from $1.5 billion in 2003. The local media market in Los Angeles is a crowded field with more than two dozen broadcast television stations. However, just six companies control the vast majority of the market's TV revenue: NBC Universal, 24 percent; News Corp., 22.8 percent; Viacom/CBS, 17.8 percent; Disney/ABC 13.4 percent; and Univision Communications 9.5 percent.

Assesses the status of the media market in Fresno-Visalia, California as of June 2, 2003. Dominant local media companies in the area; Cable penetration in the Fresno-Visalia market; Information on the radio broadcasting market in Fresno-Visalia.

Focuses on the advertising business of San Francisco and Oakland, California. Factor that has tempered the San Francisco-Oakland market's rapid growth and has curtailed advertising spending in many local media; Most significant change on the local media scene; Comparison of the two cities in terms of media usage.

Reports on the developments in the local media of San Francisco, California. Purchase of the newspaper `San Francisco Chronicle' by Hearst Corp; Sale of the newspaper `San Francisco Examiner' magazine to the Fang family; Updates on the radio market.

Provides information on local mass media in the United States as of April 10, 2000. Expansion of `Quest,' a luxury lifestyle magazine in metropolitan New York; Termination of the radio programs hosted by Art Bell due to his retirement; Hunger strike staged by employees of Univision-owned KFTV-TV in Fresno, California.

The article reports that the 2003 wildfire in San Diego County, California has offered valuable lesson to local media outlets. John Decker, program director at the National Public Radio (NPR) affiliate KPBS-FM, said that the station has inadequate workers when it launched the coverage of 2003 fires, and suggests that they need more staff. Meanwhile, information on the resources which are lacking in the county is offered.

Reports on the market performance of community newspaper publication in California. News coverage of community newspapers; Reason for the preference of community newspapers by the readers; Increase in the types of community publications that are launched.

Reports on the launch of local newspaper "The Northwest Voice" in Northwest Bakersfield, California in May 2004. Features of the periodical; Columnists; Growth in revenues in its first three issues.