Its a traditional publisher what do you expect, it took me years to get a simple change made (redirecting the .org domain to .com for a site) when I worked at Relex (reed elsiveer)
Hey you’re not wrong, just maybe not clear enough.
It’s true that many traditional publications and houses are slower to adapt to changes in the digital landscape ever since print as an output has been sidelined. They like to find something that works and stick with it, even if it’s not optimal.
It would likely explain LA Times’ delay.
It’s taken teams I’ve been on a year to procure a ten dollar a month VPS because the request would continually get turned down by infra.
Full four months of engagement and commitment, that's pretty impressive.