I am delighted to introduce the shiny new blog L.A. Crossword Confidential. Rex Parker has the inaugural post and will be on duty Mondays, every other Wednesday, and Friday. PuzzleGirl will take Tuesdays, Thursdays, and the Sunday Calendar puzzle by Sylvia Bursztyn. You know me—I called dibs on Saturdays. I'll also do alternate Wednesdays and the syndicated Sunday puzzle edited by Rich Norris and Joyce Nichols Lewis.
I'll continue covering the L.A. Times crossword here, too, for those of you who like to have the day's assorted puzzles discussed in a single place.
Showing posts with label Los Angeles Times crossword. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Los Angeles Times crossword. Show all posts
March 23, 2009
"L.A. Crossword Confidential" is live!
March 21, 2009
Good news for L.A. Times constructors
In about a month (starting May 1), the rate paid for a daily L.A. Times crossword will increase from $60 to $85. Granted, the payment isn't competitive with the New York Times' $200, but (1) bear in mind the money is coming from Tribune Media Services, and the Trib is in dire financial straits, and (2) it's more generous than what USA Today, Games, and Universal pay.
The T.M.S. Daily Crossword (Monday through Saturday) is being discontinued, and the papers that ran the syndicated T.M.S. puzzle will now air the L.A. Times crossword edited by Rich Norris. So L.A. Times constructors will have a larger national audience for their work.
The L.A. Times crossword will also receive more focused attention in the blogosphere, as Rex Parker, PuzzleGirl, and I are launching a Rex-type (multimedia!) team blog dedicated to it. We plan to cover the 15x15 puzzles published Monday through Saturday, the syndicated Sunday puzzle edited by Rich Norris (syndicated nationwide but not printed in the L.A. Times newspaper), and Sylvia Bursztyn's Sunday Calendar puzzle (printed in the L.A. Times). URL to come when we start up, which may be as soon as Monday, March 23.
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