Cartoonists try to save a dying art
Another ‘save the editorial cartoonist’ story – this time in the Buffalo News. “Television and radio can’t do this,” said…
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Sun-Times posts 21% decline in circulation
The Sun-Times’s new paid circulation numbers are down 100,000 papers. “That’s dramatic,” said John Morton, an industry analyst based in…
Clay Bennet interview: “Editorial Cartoons Good for Journalism”
There is a really good interview with Clay Bennett, President of the AAEC, on PJnet. Bennett talks about the recent…
Joel Pett: You’re killing us
Joel Pett’s weekly ‘Toon-op” subject is Black Ink Monday and the current situation in the editorial cartooning industry. And so…
Lee Judge: Don’t bore your readers
Lee Judge, editorial cartoonist for the Kansas City Star, has an editorial/column explaining the plight of the editorial cartoonist. The…
Old idea, new media
According to this business columnist, the newspaper industry is in a great position to make the leap into the internet…
Black Ink Monday follow-up
At the end of Black Ink Monday – “a non-violent protest by the Association of American Editorial Cartoonists,” one must…
Potential bidders emerge for KR
Perhaps ol’ Knight Ridder is an attractive buy after all. Two major newspaper companies — Gannett and McClatchy — and…
Black Ink Monday
The AAEC website has a round up of all the editorial cartoons protesting the decline of editorial cartoonists in the…
Columnists early response to Black Ink Monday
Today is Black Ink Monday and yesterday a couple of columnists wrote about the upcoming event. Ted Vaden of the…
Gannett to buy Knight Ridder?
Gannett CEO Craig Dubow says that Gannett has had record revenues for 2005 and that they are taking a ‘hard…
KAL talks about his buyout
Kevin “KAL” Kallaugher, editorial cartoonist for the Baltimore Sun, talks to E&P about the buyout he didn’t intend to take….
Tribune Co. Cartoonists Hope Their Local Focus Ensures Job Security
E&P has interviewed the remaining Tribune Company editorial cartoonists still gainfully employed. The going theory for keeping their job is…
Wiley Miller Suggests Editorial Cartoonists Stop Syndicating Their Work
E&P has a story about comments Wiley Miller has made suggesting that in addition to Black Ink Monday, syndicated editorial…
Clay Bennett on NPR
Clay Bennett spoke on NPR All Things Considered today to discuss the current state of editorial cartooning. You can listen…