This person was currently the president of the Los Angeles "Daily Forum," a small newspaper with a daily circulation of just over 10,000 copies and only six employees, operating at a loss.
Despite this, the newspaper maintained its style.
Its content was serious, mainly covering politics, economics, military, international relations, law, human rights, science, literature, and academics.
Typically, these topics were covered by major international newspapers. Small newspapers usually take specialized routes to survive, such as financial newspapers, stock newspapers, entertainment newspapers, etc. A small newspaper with serious content had no survival space.
It neither had authority nor a broad information source to compete with major newspapers.
But this president, Mark Kean, had persisted for two years.
Of course, whether he could continue was uncertain. Losing money while not making any was something few could sustain.