Concert Venues and Record Stores Boycott LA Weekly to Protest New Owners

In the days since Los Angeles newspaper LA Weekly's new ownership group Semanal Media laid off nine of its 13 editorial staffers—and those owners were revealed to be Republican donors, including a libertarian publisher who helped run an anti-union conservative think tank—departing employees and contributors have organized an advertiser boycott with the goal of buying back the storied alt-weekly. Local…

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