Alt Weekly Gives Up on Cartoons
Jen Sorensen passes on some sad news: Though she doesn’t identify the paper I believe it was one of…
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The Missoulian: No Opinion on the Comics Page
The Missoulian (Big Sky Country) has decided to rid its comic pages of opinion strips. Effective after Sunday, Jan. 5,…
Monday Paper Gone, Monday Comics on Tuesdays
The (Vancouver, Washington) Columbian will no longer publish a Monday edition of their newspaper. But the paper let readers of…
They’re Dropping Like Flies
The New York Post reports: The 121-year old Dayton Daily News and two other Ohio newspapers will shrink to three…
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette Journalists in Revolt
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette journalists, already on a voluntary byline strike, are said to be contemplating walking out and starting their own…
A Cornucopia of Comic News Items
The Improbable Remains On his How To book tour Randall Munroe goes north to Alaska. The Juneau Empire reports on…
Gatehouse – Gannett Merger Approved
Shareholders have approved the merger of Gatehouse (New Media) and Gannett. Below are some outtakes of the Rick Edmonds article…
Salt Lake Tribune Goes 501(c)(3) Status Nonprofit
Nieman Lab reports: It was a “happy surprise,” Fraser Nelson said, when The Salt Lake Tribune received a letter from…
Syndicate History – Stereotypes and Matrices
…to refer to any 20th-century daily paper as a “local paper” hides an important truth: the proportion of newspaper content…
Chris Says Goodbye and Jim Says Hello
Cartoonist Chris Wildt, who for decades has supplied local editorial cartoons for the Lewes, Delaware Cape Gazette and its readers,…
The Cap Times Discontinues Editorial Cartoons
The (Madison, Wisconsin) Cap Times has informed its readers: We’ve received a number of questions from you over the past…
The Post-Gazette and A New Funny Pages Model
Last week the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette began a new phase, sending a notice to their subscribers: Beginning this week, the Post-Gazette…
Graphic Books Return to NY Times Best Seller List
The New York Times sent out a notice today that the graphic books best seller list will be returning to…
Washington Post Closes the Express Lane
above: the last edition Express, a free daily tabloid published by The Washington Post and meant for the young commuter…
Dave Astor’s E&P Syndicate News Archives
For 25 years, from 1983 to 2008, David Astor reported on the newspaper syndicates for Editor & Publisher. Alan…