Here’s a piece every print journalist should read. Pay particular attention to what the second graph shows about the Los Angeles Times.

Dear Hartford Courant Alumni Association and Refugee Camp, Tribune/Courant math: Last fall, 640 Tribune executives each received an average of $66,406 in performance bonuses. (They are the people who create the business plans that make Tribune what it is today). http://www.courantalumni.org/2011/10/05/bonus-onus-2/ Randy Michaels received $675,000 as a bonus after being escorted out. From a bankrupt company. That his executive team helped drive [...]