Posted on: November 23, 2005

Slate has a very interesting article/prediction/preview on the intersecting futures of the old and new media. It’s worth the time to read. If you haven’t considered the coming collision, this is a good article to see just how blurred the industries may become. Private Capital’s proposal didn’t kill Google, but it signaled the newspaper industry’s […]

Newsday is the next company to begin a reduction program. I’ll be watching for any hints that Walt Handlesman may be affected. A memo written Friday by Publisher Timothy P. Knight and posted today at the Romenesko Web site at www.poynter.org saves the worst for last, revealing that “as we move through the process of […]

Back when Steve Benson (Arizona Republic) and Pat Bagley (Salt Lake Tribune) were students at Brigham Young University, they frequently created a stir on campus. There is a special feature running about BYU during the 70s with an article about the impact the Bagley and Benson had on their campus. Benson: ?It?s what they call […]

Clay Bennett, president of the Association of American Editorial Cartoonists, has sent a letter to the CEO of Tribune Co. Dennis FitzSimons regarding their letting Michael Ramirez go and not planning to hire another cartoonist. Bennett, an editorial cartoonist with The Christian Science Monitor, added: “There are few journalists in a newsroom who can define […]

The Philadelphia Inquirer and Daily news have met their goal of buying out 75 employees so that they won’t have to lay-off anyone. NEW YORK Management at the Philadelphia Inquirer and Philadelphia Daily News apparently reached its buyout goals at the two papers and will not have to resort to layoffs.

The Kansas City Star has a story(free annoying registration required) about the 40th anniversary of A Charlie Brown Christmas Special that will air on December 6. The plot is thin. The pace is slow. The music is decidedly not rock ?n? roll. ?A Charlie Brown Christmas? is a beloved piece of Americana, despite its flaws […]