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==Media== {{Main|Media in Los Angeles}} {{See also|List of television shows set in Los Angeles|List of films set in Los Angeles|List of Los Angeles television stations}} [[File:Hollywood Sign (Zuschnitt).jpg|thumb|left|The [[Hollywood Sign]] is a prominent symbol of the [[American film industry]].]] The Los Angeles metro area is the second-largest broadcast [[designated market area]] in the U.S. (after [[Media in New York City|New York]]) with 5,431,140 homes (4.956% of the U.S.), which is served by a wide variety of local [[Media in Los Angeles#AM|AM]] and [[Media in Los Angeles#FM|FM]] radio and [[Media in Los Angeles#Television|television]] stations. Los Angeles and New York City are the only two media markets to have seven [[VHF]] allocations assigned to them.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.museum.tv/archives/etv/A/htmlA/allocation/allocation.htm|title=Allocation|publisher=[[Museum of Broadcast Communications]]|access-date=October 20, 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130829172310/http://www.museum.tv/archives/etv/A/htmlA/allocation/allocation.htm|archive-date=August 29, 2013|url-status=dead}}</ref> The major daily English-language newspaper in the area is the ''[[Los Angeles Times]]''.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.latimes.com/about|title=About the Los Angeles Times|website=[[Los Angeles Times]]|access-date=July 25, 2022|archive-date=July 24, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220724222435/https://www.latimes.com/about|url-status=live}}</ref> ''[[La Opinión]]'' is the city's major daily Spanish-language paper.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://laopinion.com/|title=LA Opinión website|website=laopinion.com|access-date=July 25, 2022|archive-date=May 6, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210506143233/https://laopinion.com/|url-status=live}}</ref> ''[[The Korea Times (Los Angeles)|The Korea Times]]'' is the city's major daily [[Korean-language]] paper while ''[[The World Journal]]'' is the city and county's major Chinese newspaper. The ''[[Los Angeles Sentinel]]'' is the city's major African-American weekly paper, boasting the largest African-American readership in the Western United States.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://lasentinel.net/about|title=About Us: Los Angeles Sentinel|website=lasentinel.net|access-date=July 25, 2022|archive-date=July 13, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220713191503/https://lasentinel.net/about|url-status=live}}</ref> ''[[Investor's Business Daily]]'' is distributed from its LA corporate offices, which are headquartered in Playa del Rey.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.investors.com/|title=Investors Business Daily: Stock News and Stock Market Analysis|website=investors.com|access-date=July 26, 2022|archive-date=July 26, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220726030648/https://investors.com/|url-status=live}}</ref> [[File:LA Times building.jpg|thumb|right|The former ''[[Los Angeles Times|LA Times]]'' headquarters]] As part of the region's aforementioned creative industry, the Big Five major broadcast television networks, [[American Broadcasting Company|ABC]], [[CBS]], [[Fox Broadcasting Company|FOX]], [[NBC]], and [[The CW]], all have production facilities and offices throughout various areas of Los Angeles. All four major broadcast television networks, plus major Spanish-language networks [[Telemundo]] and [[Univision]], also own and operate stations that both serve the Los Angeles market and serve as each network's West Coast [[flagship station]]: ABC's [[KABC-TV]] (Channel 7),<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://abc7.com/|title=Los Angeles and Southern California News, Weather, Sports|website=abc7.com|access-date=July 24, 2022|archive-date=July 24, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220724002219/https://abc7.com/|url-status=live}}</ref> CBS's [[KCBS-TV]] (Channel 2), Fox's [[KTTV]]-TV (Channel 11),<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.foxla.com/|title=FOX 11 Los Angeles|website=foxla.com|access-date=July 24, 2022|archive-date=July 23, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220723233629/https://www.foxla.com/|url-status=live}}</ref> NBC's [[KNBC]]-TV (Channel 4),<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.nbclosangeles.com/|title=NBC Los Angeles|website=nbclosangeles.com|access-date=July 24, 2022|archive-date=July 24, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220724012408/https://www.nbclosangeles.com/|url-status=live}}</ref> The CW's [[KTLA]]-TV (Channel 5), MyNetworkTV's [[KCOP]]-TV (Channel 13), Telemundo's [[KVEA]]-TV (Channel 52), and Univision's [[KMEX-DT|KMEX-TV]] (Channel 34). The region also has four [[Public Broadcasting Service|PBS]] member stations, with [[KCET]], re-joining the network as secondary affiliate in August 2019, after spending the previous eight years as the nation's largest independent public television station. [[KTBN]] (Channel 40) is the [[flagship station]] of the religious [[Trinity Broadcasting Network]], based out of [[Santa Ana, California|Santa Ana]]. A variety of independent television stations, such as [[KCAL-TV]] (Channel 9), also operate in the area. [[File:Paramountpicturesmelrosegate (cropped).jpg|thumb|left|[[Paramount Pictures]] Studios]] There are also a number of smaller regional newspapers, alternative weeklies and magazines, including the ''[[Freedom Communications|Los Angeles Register]]'', Los Angeles Community News, (which focuses on coverage of the greater Los Angeles area), ''[[Los Angeles Daily News]]'' (which focuses coverage on the [[San Fernando Valley]]), ''[[LA Weekly]]'', ''[[L.A. Record]]'' (which focuses coverage on the music scene in the [[Greater Los Angeles Area]]), ''Los Angeles Magazine'', the ''[[Los Angeles Business Journal]]'', the ''Los Angeles Daily Journal'' (legal industry paper), ''[[The Hollywood Reporter]]'', ''[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]'' (both entertainment industry papers), and ''[[Los Angeles Downtown News]]''.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.ladowntownnews.com/site/about.html|title=Los Angeles Downtown News – History|website=ladowntownnews.com|access-date=July 25, 2022|archive-date=July 6, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220706223303/http://www.ladowntownnews.com/site/about.html|url-status=dead}}</ref> In addition to the major papers, numerous local periodicals serve immigrant communities in their native languages, including Armenian, English, Korean, Persian, Russian, Chinese, Japanese, Hebrew, and Arabic. Many cities adjacent to Los Angeles also have their own daily newspapers whose coverage and availability overlaps with certain Los Angeles neighborhoods. Examples include ''The [[Daily Breeze]]'' (serving the [[South Bay, Los Angeles|South Bay]]), and ''The [[Long Beach Press-Telegram]]''. Los Angeles arts, culture and nightlife news is also covered by a number of local and national online guides, including ''Time Out Los Angeles'', ''[[Thrillist]]'', ''Kristin's List'', ''DailyCandy'', ''Diversity News Magazine'', ''LAist'', and ''Flavorpill''.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://beta.flavorpill.com/losangeles|title=Flavorpill|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130207012702/http://beta.flavorpill.com/losangeles|archive-date=February 7, 2013|url-status=dead|access-date=September 1, 2015}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://laist.com/about-us|title=Welcome to LAist: About Us|website=last.com|access-date=July 25, 2022|archive-date=July 25, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220725193110/https://laist.com/about-us|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.timeout.com/los-angeles|title=Time Out Los Angeles: The L.A. guide for things to do, restaurants, bars, movies, shopping, events and more|website=timeout.com|access-date=July 25, 2022|archive-date=July 25, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220725193415/https://www.timeout.com/los-angeles|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.thrillist.com/|title=Thrillist Official website|website=thrillist.com|access-date=July 25, 2022|archive-date=July 24, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220724224954/https://www.thrillist.com/|url-status=live}}</ref>
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