Journal Sentinel to buyout 55+ employees
The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel has announced plans to buyout 55-60 employees as part of a cost reduction effort due to…
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Newspapers look to create own ad network
Five of the nations largest newspaper companies are in talks to create their own advertising network in hopes of recapturing…
Analysis: McClatchy, Lee, and Journal Register in danger
The American Thinker blog takes a look at the recent Chapter 11 filing of Movie Gallery, the largest retail DVD…
Two Chicago papers to merge
Two Chicago area newspapers will be merged together in an attempt to restore profitability. The Daily Southtown will be merged…
Scott Adams: The cell phone will kill of newspapers
I don’t know if Scott Adams frequents The Daily Cartoonist and saw our discussion last week on newspaper trends, but…
Newspapers and readers react to cancer on the funny pages
With the last week of the Funky Winkerbean story-line of the dying Lisa Moore character, newspapers and readers are talking…
3 Trends Most Likely to Impact Future of Newspaper Cartoons
While we all sit around trying to think of what the newspaper based cartooning industry is going to look like…
Chicago Tribune Company to buy off investors; to be privately held
In a surprise announcement, Chicago Tribune Co. has announced that it will buy back stock from shareholders and return to…
Newspaper associate to spend $75 million to fight decline perception
I haven’t talked about the newspaper industry in a while. The last time I posted on this topic was a…
Newspapers as we know it will be gone within 10 years
Back in July I interviewed the management of most of the major syndicates regarding how they viewed their future in…
Newspaper to create community comics page
The Lowell Sun (Lowell, MA) reports that they’ve picked up John Hambrockâ??s The Brilliant Mind of Edison Lee which takes…
Philadelphia Inquirer gets new editor; layoffs expected
Here’s a story that makes me nervous. The Philadelphia Inquirer’s editor Amanda Bennett will be stepping down at the end…
Online newspapers seeing increased numbers of viewers
It’s been a while since I’ve reported on any newspaper industry trends. This article out of the Clickz Network reports that newspapers in September attracted more than 58 million unique readers according to a Nielsen/NetRatings report. That is the highest number for newspapers ever. The increase is attributed to an increase number of video and podcasts produced by newspapers.
St. Pete Times looks to hire staff editorial cartoonist
The St. Petersburg Times in Florida is looking to add a full-time editorial cartoonist to its staff, according to the…
Newspaper editor has beef with King Features’s online DailyINK
According to Editor & Publisher, Dean Miller, executive editor of The Post Register in Idaho Falls, sent a letter to…