Newspaper readers in Jersey City, New Jersey are losing their local paper come February 1, 2025, and with that comes comic strip cartoonists losing a six-days-a-week (which is about as daily as they come in most places these days) outlet. Slice of Culture reported The Jersey Journal’s shuttering last year with the closing of its […]
One of the biggest reasons for such division in this country is the extinction of local news…not Taylor Swift or pickleball. I promise I have no interest in rehashing why the lack of local news has resulted in this country not knowing each other or that news deserts give select mega news sources an inordinate […]
Florida billionaire David Hoffmann aims to create the second-largest newspaper group in America A Wall Street Journal excerpt via Editor & Publisher: A Florida billionaire with a fondness for local news is looking to build a newspaper giant by potentially scooping up publishers Lee Enterprises and DallasNews. David Hoffmann, who last month disclosed a 5.2% stake in […]
I was going to let Mike Peterson handle all this foofarah over newspapers not endorsing Presidential candidates, but I’ve got too many links and it’s either delete them or share them. So here’s a few. Dan Kennedy for Commonwealth Beacon offers some background on the movement toward non-endorsing: At both the Post and the LA […]
NJ Advance Media has announced its intention of ending the print editions of The (Newark) Star-Ledger (the largest circulation newspaper in New Jersey according to Wikipedia) and sister papers The Times of Trenton and The South Jersey Times. The newspapers will continue as daily online newspapers: The Star-Ledger will cease publishing a print newspaper and […]
UPDATE Renowned editorial cartoonist Michael de Adder may have lost his job, but he promises he hasn’t lost his voice. The author and illustrator, who is a member of the Order of Canada and has won multiple national newspaper awards, says he was let go by The Chronicle-Herald newspaper this week after nearly 30 years […]
Thursday The Washington Post revealed a major renovation to their daily comics page. Comics DC reveals to the rest of the nation that starting Monday, September 23, 2024 the daily Washington Post comics will be in color. Decades after most major newspapers made the switch and 76 years after The St. Louis Post-Dispatch proclaimed itself […]
Shares of Gannett Are Soaring Today Analysts at Citigroup placed Gannett on a “90-day positive catalyst watch” this morning. Shares of the large publisher Gannett (GCI 18.66%) zoomed 18% higher this morning after Citigroup analyst Jason Bazinet placed the stock on a “90-day positive catalyst watch” and upgraded his rating to neutral. Bazinet believes the […]
While yesterday had a few Lee Enterprises newspapers announce changes to their comics and puzzles, today there was a flood of them informing their readers of the changes, many on their front pages. Most of them just printed the boiler-plate company-issued announcement, while some used that as the basis of their own wording. But now […]
Postmedia, Canada’s largest newspaper publisher, has taken ownership of major parts of SaltWire Network, the largest newspaper group in the Atlantic Canada region. From the CBC: SaltWire publishes newspapers in Nova Scotia, Prince Edward Island and Newfoundland and Labrador, including the Halifax Chronicle Herald, the Cape Breton Post and the St. John’s Telegram. Earlier this month, a […]
If you are a lover of the medium, please consider supporting a couple of your favorite artists. As staff positions disappear, private donations make a huge, huge difference. This genuinely matters. And if you are a cartoonist with a support site not listed here, or need a correction, add it in the comments and we’ll update […]
Newspapers From this past weekend’s Albany Times-Union: On April 4, 1924, the Times Union told its readers it had officially became a Hearst publication, ending its years as a privately owned newspaper under the stewardship of publisher and former New York Gov. Martin H. Glynn. But the article noting the sale pledged there would be […]
Vermont’s alternative newspaper Seven Days has released its annual Cartoon Issue. This year’s special comic features includes efforts by Mary Ann Lickteig and Clover Ajamie, Hannah Feuer and Kristen Shull, Ken Picard and Dan Nott, Steve Goldstein and Ezra Veitch. Also articles about Vermont’s Center for Cartoon Studies heading to Ireland, Burlington’s Intervale Center installing […]
Beginning April 15, 2024 The San Luis Obispo Tribune will reduce the frequency of it print edition, from six days a week down to two days a week. The paper informed readers Sunday (also at Yahoo): Tribune readers will notice several major changes beginning Monday. Print schedule: Starting this week we will publish print newspapers […]
Quincy has not run away. But the proof sheet of the vintage Quincy daily comic strips for the week of August 13 through August 18, 1973 is missing from the King Features Syndicate files. And it’s a week too good to pass up as cartoonist Ted Shearer has young Quincy take over a paper route. […]