Gannett Rejects Digital First’s First Takeover Bid
Gannett rejected a takeover offer from Media News Group/Digital First this morning, and it did not do so politely. A…
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above: Sunday November 4, 2018 Pearls Before Swine Creative Loafing Charlotte Ceases Print, Staff Let Go Alt-weekly newspaper…
Gizmodo Analyzes 1913 Comic that Predicted Newspapers in the Future
From the story: The August 20, 1913, edition of the St. Louis Post-Dispatch (subscription required) reprinted a cartoon from the London Chronicle about the…
Tronc to Change Name Back to Tribune Publishing
Multiple sources reporting. New York Post The Verge The Guardian
US newspaper ad revenue in free fall
From Slate: Here?s a quick reminder that, despite the upbeat story lines we?ve heard about the greater media business during…
30% of paid journalists lost their jobs between 2006-2012
From Allgov: The carnage of layoffs resulting from the Internet age has been quite gruesome for journalism employment, with the…
More Silicon Valley money getting into journalism
Here’s an interesting piece from the New York Times that the list the number of Silicon Valley/Tech company leaders are…
Jeff Bezos: people pay for a package, not a story
Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos announced last month that he was buying the Washington Post for $250 million. He’s been making…
Jeff Bezos buys The Washington Post
In a surprise announcement, The Washington Post announces it is being purchased by Amazon founder Jeff Bezos. From the Washington…
Times-Picayune to start printing daily
David Carr writes in The New York Times that a year after the Times-Picayune in New Orleans dropped to a…
I know of some cartoonists who qualify for $20,000
The Knight Foundation paid Jonah Lehrer $20,000 to speak at a Knight Foundation luncheon wherein he talked about his plagiarism…
Washington Post considering putting up paywall
From the Washington Post: Long reluctant to charge for online content, the newspaper is close to a decision to introduce…
Warren Buffett bullish on newspaper’s future
From the New York Times: Mr. Buffett went on a newspaper spending spree this year by buying more than 60…
Cleveland Plain Dealer reporters try to stave off drop to thrice weekly publication
Marketplace reporter Dan Bobkoff looks at a “preemptive strike” by Cleveland Plain Dealer journalists who have organized a petition drive…
Syracuse NY, Harrisburg PA papers drop to three day print schedule
The Syracuse Post-Standard (NY) and Harrisburg’s The Patriot-News (PA) have announced they are dropping to a three-days-a-week printing schedule in…