Citrus County Chronicle Changes Comics Codex
The Citrus County (Crystal River, Fl.) Chronicle recently changed the comics lineup of both the daily page and the Sunday…
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Newspaper Wars: Lee vs. Alden
The attempt by Alden Global Capital to acquire full control of Lee Enterprises group of newspapers has taken an unexpected…
Throwin’ It At the Wall Thursday
The L. A. Times gets letters about 9 Chickweed Lane © Brooke McEldowney The Los Angeles Times received hundreds of…
Cartoonist Eleanor Davis Gets New York Times Gig – Updated
Original November 29 post: Eleanor Davis, who The New York Review called “one of the very best cartoonists working today,”…
Lee Ent. Holds Alden Cap. at Arm’s Length For Now
Alden Capital’s attempted to takeover Lee Enterprises has stalled. From The Wrap: Lee Enterprises Inc. — one of few sizeable…
Lee Enterprises in the Cross-Hairs
Alden Capital continued its drive to own as much of the American newspaper industry as it can with a bid…
When Arlo and Janis Beat Calvin and Hobbes
From Jeffrey Lindenblatt’s new Paper Trends installment: Since we started this survey one thing has remained constant: when an NEA…
Something Different: Paper Adds a Comics Page
In a refreshing turn around from years of newspapers dropping comics, in part or in whole, comes news from Edmond…
Newspapering News and Burning Book Bridges
“What is it like to work at a small-market local newspaper in the United States?” Earlier this month the Columbia…
Nick Anderson Joins Reform Austin as Managing Ed
Editorial Cartoonist Nick Anderson has joined the Reform Austin newsroom, where he will employ the artistic skill and political insights…
Mordor Financial Bought The Centerville Sentinel
Tom Batiuk seems to be taking on the vultures capitalists feeding off newspapers. The Crankshaft arc started last Monday (above)…
“Public Spirit” by Charles Schulz (1962) is Trending
Well it’s trending on the spots I check in on. In early 1962 Charles Schulz and United Feature Syndicate distributed…
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A few sites noted Gannett papers not printing on Labor Day. WNBF (Binghamton, NY) noted their local and other Gannett…
Wisc. Gannett: Puzzlers Essential, Strippers Not
Notice from The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel: This Labor Day weekend only, we are combining our Sunday and Monday print editions into…
Friday Free-For-All
Bill Ruehlmann‘s column about Cathy Guisewite‘s last book is the only excuse needed to let all know that Cathy Guisewite’s…