LA Times Woes Continue

As chronicled here in the New York Times, LA Times publisher David Hiller is having a rough time. The piece notes that the LAT was late to get on the Web bandwagon:

For years, as newspaper Web sites became deeper, richer and more complex, Tribune’s sites fell behind, limiting their ability to draw readers and advertisers. Just last week, the Times Web site added the ability to put hyperlinks in its articles, something other major papers have had for as long as a decade.

It's worth asking how much that strategy contributed to their current problems. I'm sure it's a lot.