Newspaper Well Check/Death Watch
Joshua Benton at Nieman Lab: Gannett, America’s largest newspaper chain, should wake up each morning thankful for the existence of…
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Saturday Briefing
Morten Morland, a frequent Mike Peterson choice, has been named The Press Awards’ Cartoonist of the Year. Hat tip to…
Another One (or 3) Bites the Dust
The final print editions of The Birmingham News, The Huntsville Times, and The Mobile Press-Register, the three newspapers that comprised…
Comics Page Returns to Daily News
The comics page has returned to The Washington County (Wis.) Daily News and The Waukesha Freeman. A while back a…
OT: NY Times Crossword on First Day of Hanukkah
The New York Times created a social media storm when their Sunday crossword puzzle layout for December 18, 2022 (the…
Reader Didn’t Get The Funnies; But What Version?
Oregonian Editor Therese Bottomly received a complaint from a reader: The other weekend, I received an email from an unhappy…
Postmedia (Canada) Went Full Andrews McMeel
The notice (for me) came with a letter to the editor of The Windsor Star: I recently read letters to…
WaPo Kills Style Invitational; Staake Loses Job
After running for nearly 30 years (since March 7, 1993) The Washington Post has canceled their popular Style Invitational feature….
Alabama Media Group Goes All Digital
The Alabama Media Group has announced that it will no longer publish newspaper hard copies. front pages via Newseum After…
Cartoon Carnival
What’s a carnival without a side show? Presenting Keith Knight, the Two-Headed Man! Midway Games. Can you pass…
Axios Snapshot of Hearst Communications
Hearst expects revenues to grow close to $12 billion this year, up slightly from the record $11.9 billion it earned…
Postmedia Canada Adopts Printless Mondays and other Pre-Mortem Newspaper News
Postmedia Network Inc. says nine of its urban daily newspapers will no longer be printed and delivered on Mondays effective…
Wash. Post Covers Lee Enterprises Comic Decision
Is this the beginning of the end for the daily printed comics page in many American towns and cities? Michael…
The Parade for Your Newspaper is Cancelled
Sunday newspapers around the country will contain less content after November 6, 2022. Parade Magazine will discontinue its print version…
Lee Action Reaction (Dilbert Update)
No matter what kind of change, other than doubling the amount of comics while keeping all the regular ones, newspaper…