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LA Times Publisher purchases LA.com domain name

LA Times Publisher purchases LA.com domain name

Tribune purchases valuable domain name, plans to offer customized email addresses.

Tribune Publishing Firm (NYSE:TPUB), publisher of the L.A. Times, has purchased the valuable domain name LA.com.

The firm has by now created a landing page for the site, which invites visitors to enter their email address to be alerted when the site launches.

You might start seeing @la.com email addresses in use soon. Visitors can provide their mobile phone number for a chance to win a personalized @la.com email address.

The domain name was purchased from MediaNews Group, part of Digital First Media. The firm primarily operates newspapers.

I imagine this was a solid seven-figure sale.

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