Jay Levin
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Jay Levin is an American journalist who was founder and editor of the LA Weekly
, one of the seminal newspapers of the weekly alternative press in the United States, from 1978 to 1991.
and was a freelance writer until 1978, Levin was hired by Larry Flynt
to edit the Los Angeles Free Press
, which Flynt purchased at the end of that year. Levin attempted to transform the Free Press, which had gone from a 1960s-style underground newspaper to one with a large adult advertising section, into a West Coast version of the Village Voice. Levin hired Texas writers Big Boy Medlin, Ginger Varney, and Michael Ventura
. His tenure at the Free Press was short, about ten weeks, as Flynt’s wife Althea shut down the publication in 1978, following her husband’s shooting.
Over the years Jay has worked with more than 200 individuals one-on-one. Encouraged by clients, Jay three years ago began offering courses to hundreds of people in both relationships and in general Life Mastery Basics. Highly successful in terms of reorienting people’s lives and relations for the better, the courses allow individuals to learn a system they can use to benefit themselves - in effect, participants learn to become their own coaches and/or to become teachers or coaches themselves.
Jay's classes cover a broad range of life issues that we all encounter – including, notably and dramatically, personal relationships, career success and work, and the mastery of inner emotional and mental demons. Participants in the classes work privately on their own issues, gaining the sophisticated and necessary education in the realities of human inter-reaction and selfhood that the culture fails to provide en mass and which is sorely needed. Participants report learning tools that give them more confidence in nearly every situation and which make them better able to cope when challenged.
LA Weekly
LA Weekly is a free weekly tabloid-sized "alternative weekly" in Los Angeles, California. It was founded in 1978 by Editor/Publisher Jay Levin and a board of directors that included actor-producer Michael Douglas...
, one of the seminal newspapers of the weekly alternative press in the United States, from 1978 to 1991.
Early life
Jay Levin was born in New York, the son of a tool-and-die maker and a used-car salesman. He worked for the New York PostNew York Post
The New York Post is the 13th-oldest newspaper published in the United States and is generally acknowledged as the oldest to have been published continuously as a daily, although – as is the case with most other papers – its publication has been periodically interrupted by labor actions...
and was a freelance writer until 1978, Levin was hired by Larry Flynt
Larry Flynt
Larry Claxton Flynt, Jr. is an American publisher and the president of Larry Flynt Publications . In 2003, Arena magazine listed him as the number one on the "50 Powerful People in Porn" list....
to edit the Los Angeles Free Press
Los Angeles Free Press
The Los Angeles Free Press , also called “the Freep”, was among the most widely distributed underground newspapers of the 1960s. It is often cited as the first such newspaper...
, which Flynt purchased at the end of that year. Levin attempted to transform the Free Press, which had gone from a 1960s-style underground newspaper to one with a large adult advertising section, into a West Coast version of the Village Voice. Levin hired Texas writers Big Boy Medlin, Ginger Varney, and Michael Ventura
Michael Ventura
Michael Ventura is an American novelist, screenwriter, essayist, and cultural critic.-History:Michael Ventura commenced his career as a journalist at the Austin Sun, a counter-culture bi-weekly newspaper that published in the 1970s. Ventura is best known for his long-running column, "Letters at 3...
. His tenure at the Free Press was short, about ten weeks, as Flynt’s wife Althea shut down the publication in 1978, following her husband’s shooting.
Career
Jay Levin is best known as the founder of the LA Weekly, of which he was editor-in-chief and president for many years before selling what he had grown to be the largest and most successful city weekly in the country. For the last dozen years Jay has been teaching life mastery and helping people successfully reorient their lives and careers and heal their relationships without spending years in therapy or marriage counseling.Over the years Jay has worked with more than 200 individuals one-on-one. Encouraged by clients, Jay three years ago began offering courses to hundreds of people in both relationships and in general Life Mastery Basics. Highly successful in terms of reorienting people’s lives and relations for the better, the courses allow individuals to learn a system they can use to benefit themselves - in effect, participants learn to become their own coaches and/or to become teachers or coaches themselves.
Jay's classes cover a broad range of life issues that we all encounter – including, notably and dramatically, personal relationships, career success and work, and the mastery of inner emotional and mental demons. Participants in the classes work privately on their own issues, gaining the sophisticated and necessary education in the realities of human inter-reaction and selfhood that the culture fails to provide en mass and which is sorely needed. Participants report learning tools that give them more confidence in nearly every situation and which make them better able to cope when challenged.