Rocky Mountain News to close tomorrow
Several individuals have emailed me telling me that the Rocky Mountain News has announced that they will close their doors…
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Hearst threatens to sell or shutdown SF Chronicle
Heart Corp has announced today that it will begin making short term cuts to both union and non-union staff in…
Jon Stewart talks to Walter Isaacson about how to save newspapers
Jon Stewart talks to Walter Isaacson author of the Time cover story “How to Save Your Newspaper.”
1981 report on newspapers online is a story from KRON in San Francisco about The San Francisco Examiner and Chronicle’s forays into online news in 1981.
The Weekly Weaklies?
Several of the better-known weekly cartoonists have been sounding the alarms over alternate weekly newspapers dropping their features in order to adjust for the recession.
Star Tribune files for bankruptcy
The second major paper to file bankruptcy is Minneapolis Star Tribune which made the filing to “reduce our operating costs,…
New newspaper taking blogs to print twice daily
With all the doom and gloom in the newspaper industry, I find this story interesting. Joshua Karp is launching a…
Two other papers face bankruptcy, closure
The Seattle Post-Intelligencer isn’t the only troubled paper with a staff cartoonist. The Star Tribune, home of Steve Sack, has…
Seattle Post-Intelligencer up for sale
The rumor began circulating yesterday after a local Seattle television station reported that the Seattle Post-Intelligencer was going to be…
Year end review for 2008: Rollercoaster
2008 might well be described in a word as a roller coaster or to many a third and fourth quarter…
News Briefs for December 17, 2008
» Clear Blue Water creator Karen Montague-Reyes, continues writing on her blog things she learned while her strip was in…
Tribune Co. files for Chapter 11 and other woes
News broke yesterday that the Tribune Company, owner of eight major dailies, 23 television stations, baseball team and Tribune Media…
How do comics fit in the future of newspapers?
A couple of years ago, I posted a summary of an article that predicted the collapse of the print newspaper…
News Briefs for September 18, 2008
» Editorial cartoonist Clay Bennett was on Blog Talk Radio with Mr. Media. (Direct mp3 download or pop-out in new…
Few shining lights amidst grim newspaper reports
Last week Gannett announced that it would lay off 1000 employees across its chain of papers (the announcement sent their…
Newspapers no longer provide social currency
Jack Shafer of Slate has written a commentary in Business Spectator about the demise of the print newspaper. In essence…