Brevity picks up Press-Enterprise
In a passing story in the Press-Enterprise (Riverside, CA) (free registration required), they report that they have picked up “Brevity“…
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Knight Ridder in talks with potential buyers
From the San Jose Mercury News comes news that Knight Ridder has concluded a round of talks with potential buyers….
Hollinger International papers expect to make cuts
Staff cuts in several newspapers belonging to the Hollinger International company should be expected this year. Newspaper publisher Hollinger International…
How does a slumping newspaper industry impact comic strips?
In the last couple o’ days there have been some newspaper industry news (Knight Ridder may go on another cutting…
Vance Rodewalt interviewed about the state of Canadian editorial cartooning
On canadiancartoonists.com, they’ve posted an article about editorial cartoonist Vance Rodewalt of The Calgary Herald. It’s a rather long piece,…
KAL closes an era at the Baltimore Sun
Last Friday was the last editorial cartoon published by Kevin Kallaugher (KAL) at the Baltimore Sun. KAL has spent 17…
The continued dwindling of editorial cartooning
Along with the departure of KAL from the Baltimore Sun, the Sun has written a fairly long article (free registration…
Spot the Frog, others dropped in KC Star shake up
With the shake up at the Kansas City Star, a few features have been dropped. One of the features being…
Kansas City Star dropping two Sunday comic pages
The Kansas City Star will drop two pages from their Sunday comic section to cut expenses. Several changes in FYI…
Charlotte Observer will cut paper not people
Good news for employees at the Charlotte Observer, their editor Rick Thames has decided to cut the number of pages…
NYT is losing 20% of it’s local market
According to this New York Post story(free registration required), the New York Times is losing 20% of it’s local market…
The future of newspapers
Slate’s Michael Kinsley has a good article on the newspaper’s efforts to play catch-up in the new techno world. Ten…
Knight Ridder bid updated
If you’re following the ‘dating’ life of Knight Ridder newspaper, this article will give you and update on who’s interested…
Manga comes to Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel becomes the third major newspaper to run with TokyoPop a manga stlye comic strip. They’re the…
Comics pages make room for manga
USA Today has an write up about the growing popularity of Manga and the two newspapers (LA Times and Seattle…