Case Study: Los Angeles Times modernizes newsroom publishing in under 12 months with Brightspot

How the Los Angeles Times transformed its entire digital newsroom in less than a year

Los Angeles Times partnered with **Brightspot** after its 2018 acquisition by Dr. Patrick Soon-Shiong, facing a tight 12-month deadline to replace Tribune’s legacy publishing systems and modernize its entire digital newsroom. The challenge was to migrate and rebuild the core tools behind content management, editorial planning, asset storage, and distribution across a complex, high-volume news operation.

Using **Brightspot’s** platform, including the customized **GrapheneCMS** and **Media Desk** DAM, Los Angeles Times centralized newsroom workflows, consolidated 19 legacy systems, and unified the handling of millions of archival assets. The result was a modern digital-first newsroom with improved collaboration, syndication, print integration, and mobile experiences, supported by more than 130K stories and 80M assets in the CMS and a user satisfaction score of 4+ out of 5.

Los Angeles Times

Royce Martin

VP of Product for Platform and Emerging