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Los Angeles Times content now live on MCT
MCT has become the exclusive provider of national, world, entertainment, business, sports, lifestyle, food and travel stories and images from the Los Angeles Times. The content now moves through MCT daily.
Access the entire MCT Service at www.mctdirect.com. Request a trial for the service by contacting Rick DeChantal at 312-222-4544 or rdechantal@tribune.com.
Here's a selection of what recently moved:
U.S./Canada stories and budgets
> (International stories and budgets also available)
 
Dinner is the theater as food paparazzi converge
The paparazzi target wasn’t hard to find: The star smelled distinctly of fish. Camera flashes cut across the softly lighted downtown Los Angeles restaurant, as the crowd at Ludo Bites jostles for the coveted photo—of the Columbian River king salmon confit.
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Iceland’s favor to the world
Now that the leader boards in European airports are again listing flights that are on time, and stranded travelers are finding their way, perhaps we might pause to say thanks to the volcano that blew its stack in Iceland. ....
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In his new novel, ‘The Exorcist’ author balances philosophy and thrills
In the annals of demonology, William Peter Blatty falls somewhere between St. Augustine and Joss Whedon. He isn’t the first person who’s ever written about demons and demonic possession, but he has provided us with one of the genre’s most memorable novels, 1971’s “The Exorcist.”
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U.S./Canada FAQ
> (International FAQ also available)
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What percentage of the content from the Los Angeles Times-Washington Post (LATWP) service is incorporated into the new MCT service? |
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More than half of the former LATWP service (Los Angeles Times, Baltimore Sun and Harford Courant content) now moves through MCT.
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What type of entertainment coverage does the Los Angeles Times contribute? |
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First-hand reporting on film, television, music, Hollywood and celebrity.
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What is MCT’s photo coverage with the Los Angeles Time? |
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Each week, approximately 160 photos from the Los Angeles Times move. They feature entertainment and celebrity, sports, U.S. news, lifestyle, business and food.
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Has your world coverage increased? |
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Our world news coverage has more than doubled with reports from MCT's 25 foreign bureaus in 17 cities that include: Baghdad, Beijing, Beirut, Berlin, Cairo, Caracas, Islamabad, Jerusalem, Johannesburg, London, Mexico City, Moscow, Nairobi, New Delhi, Seoul and Tokyo.
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What has been the impact on the Washington coverage you offer? |
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MCT's Washington coverage is for readers outside the Beltway, across the United States and around the world. Our Tribune and McClatchy bureaus (including more than 20 Tribune bureau reporters and 25 McClatchy bureau reporters), along with the Washington correspondents of The Dallas Morning News, the Detroit Free Press, the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, the Star Tribune (Minneapolis), Newsday, The Orange County Register, The Philadelphia Inquirer, the San Jose Mercury News and the St. Louis Post-Dispatch, deliver unparalleled coverage of the top news of the day from the White House to Capitol Hill.
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How has your national (U.S.) coverage been impacted? |
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Because MCT has a nationwide network of contributors, it provides comprehensive sports coverage, including virtually all teams in the major professional leagues. Our national network includes: news organizations in New York, Chicago, Los Angeles, Philadelphia, Baltimore, Detroit, Minneapolis, Milwaukee, St. Louis, Kansas City, Miami, Orlando, Dallas-Fort Worth, San Jose, Seattle and many more cities, plus bureaus in Atlanta, Denver and Las Vegas.
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How is the new content delivered? |
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If you are a current MCT customer, delivery will be through your normal channel and format. If you are a former LATWP customer, the content will be set up to be delivered through a single channel and in the format you desire.
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Whom do I contact with questions about trying or subscribing to the new service? |
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Contact your MCT representative at 312-222-4544 (in the United States) or +1-312-222- 8682 (outside the United States). |
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