Billionaires Buying Bulletins and other Newspaper Consolidation
Florida billionaire David Hoffmann aims to create the second-largest newspaper group in America A Wall Street Journal excerpt via Editor…
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About Those Non-Endorsing Newspapers
I was going to let Mike Peterson handle all this foofarah over newspapers not endorsing Presidential candidates, but I’ve got…
NJ Star-Ledger to End Print Editions
NJ Advance Media has announced its intention of ending the print editions of The (Newark) Star-Ledger (the largest circulation newspaper…
Michael de Adder Let Go by Postmedia – Update
UPDATE Renowned editorial cartoonist Michael de Adder may have lost his job, but he promises he hasn’t lost his voice….
The Washington Post Finally Gives In – Updated with Monday’s WaPo Color Comics
Thursday The Washington Post revealed a major renovation to their daily comics page. Comics DC reveals to the rest of…
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Shares of Gannett Are Soaring Today Analysts at Citigroup placed Gannett on a “90-day positive catalyst watch” this morning. Shares…
Confirmed: The Kingdom Comes to Lee – Updated with Daily and Sunday Samples
While yesterday had a few Lee Enterprises newspapers announce changes to their comics and puzzles, today there was a flood…
SaltWire Network Now Part of Postmedia, “company known to ‘slash and burn'”
Postmedia, Canada’s largest newspaper publisher, has taken ownership of major parts of SaltWire Network, the largest newspaper group in the…
Support Your Local Cartoonist
If you are a lover of the medium, please consider supporting a couple of your favorite artists. As staff positions…
Whatnot Wednesday Weirdness
Newspapers From this past weekend’s Albany Times-Union: On April 4, 1924, the Times Union told its readers it had officially…
Seven Days’ 2024 Cartoon Issue
Vermont’s alternative newspaper Seven Days has released its annual Cartoon Issue. This year’s special comic features includes efforts by Mary…
The San Luis Obispo Tribune Ditches Dailies – A McClatchy Trend?
Beginning April 15, 2024 The San Luis Obispo Tribune will reduce the frequency of it print edition, from six days…
Vintage Quincy Missing at Comics Kingdom
Quincy has not run away. But the proof sheet of the vintage Quincy daily comic strips for the week of…
Newspaper Cartoonists Use Digital Tools, but Not as You’d Expect
I spent dozens of hours last fall interviewing newspaper cartoonists about how they draw their work, assuming that many would…
Newspaper Deathwatch: SaltWire Network (Cartoonists MacKinnon and de Adder)
From The Toronto Star report: HALIFAX – A private equity fund is initiating insolvency proceedings against Atlantic newspaper owner SaltWire…