Times Community News purchases Coastline

Times Community News, a division of the Los Angeles Times, has

purchased the Coastline News.

“We’re very excited about Laguna Beach,” said Thomas Johnson, Times

Community News general manager and publisher of the Daily Pilot, which

covers Newport Beach and Costa Mesa. “The key to our success there will

be to produce good quality community journalism, while remembering the

charm and local ownership of the residents there.”

The Coastline News, which publishes on Fridays and will be renamed the

Coastline Pilot, will continue to provide strong, entirely local

coverage, said Pilot Editor Tony Dodero, who also will lead the editorial

team for the weekly.

“We believe our approach to journalism, which includes thorough

reporting and vibrant photography, will be very attractive to Laguna

readers,” Dodero said. “Our forte is to cover city hall and the local

schools in depth. But in addition, we will have strong prep and youth

sports coverage and really focus on the arts and entertainment that is a

staple of this town.”

Besides the Daily Pilot and the Coastline Pilot, Times Community News

publishes two other dailies, the News-Press, serving Glendale, Montrose,

La Crescenta and La Canada Flintridge; and Inland Valley, serving 12

cities in the Inland Empire. It also publishes two other weekly community

newspapers, the Burbank Leader and Huntington Beach Independent.