The ''Los Angeles Times Magazine'' (also shortened to just ''LA'') was a monthly magazine which supplemented the Sunday edition of the ''

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'' newspaper on the first Sunday of the month. The magazine focused on stories and photos of people, places, style, and other cultural affairs occurring in

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and its surrounding cities and communities. The ''Los Angeles Times Magazine'' was the successor to ''West Magazine'', and was published between 2000 and 2012.

History

''West'' magazine

From 1967 to 1972, the ''Los Angeles Times'' produced a Sunday supplement called ''West'' magazine. ''West'' was recognized for its art design, which was directed by Mike Salisbury.Heller, Steven
"Go West, Young Art Director,"
''Design Observer'' (Sept. 23, 2008). Covers were illustrated by the likes of

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, Richard Weigand, and Sailisbury himself. ''West'' also published the work of underground cartoonists

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, Robt. Williams, and

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. After ''Times'' publisher

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shut down the magazine in 1972, Salisbury moved on to become art director of ''

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'' magazine. Later, in the 1980s and 1990s, the ''

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'' published their own version of ''West Magazine'' (full name ''

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'').

''Los Angeles Times Magazine''

''Los Angeles Times Magazine'' was started in 1985. As with ''West'', the magazine was a weekly supplemental to the Sunday edition of the ''Los Angeles Times'' newspaper. In 2006, the ''Los Angeles Times'' announced it was resurrecting ''West'' magazine, edited by Rick Wartzman, with writer

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as the literary editor. ''West'' replaced the ''Los Angeles Times Magazine''. A little more than a year later, in October 2007, ''West'' magazine changed its name and format again, returning to the ''Los Angeles Times Magazine'' and becoming a monthly. Because of financial losses, the editorial board of the magazine was restructured in 2008. In 2012, the magazine won a national prize when the

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announced that ''Times'' photographer Michael Robinson Chavez won the international photography category for his work "Broken Promise: Gold Mining in Peru's High Andes," published in 2011. The magazine printed its final issue on June 3, 2012.Alana Semuels (May 16, 2012)
Los Angeles Times to discontinue LA, its Sunday magazine
''Los Angeles Times''

Successor: ''The California Sunday Magazine''

Since 2014, ''

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'' has been included in the Sunday edition.

References

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