30% of paid journalists lost their jobs between 2006-2012
From Allgov: The carnage of layoffs resulting from the Internet age has been quite gruesome for journalism employment, with the…
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More Silicon Valley money getting into journalism
Here’s an interesting piece from the New York Times that the list the number of Silicon Valley/Tech company leaders are…
Jeff Bezos: people pay for a package, not a story
Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos announced last month that he was buying the Washington Post for $250 million. He’s been making…
I know of some cartoonists who qualify for $20,000
The Knight Foundation paid Jonah Lehrer $20,000 to speak at a Knight Foundation luncheon wherein he talked about his plagiarism…
Washington Post considering putting up paywall
From the Washington Post: Long reluctant to charge for online content, the newspaper is close to a decision to introduce…
News Corp to close down The Daily
The Daily, the much publicized first iPad only newspaper created by Ruport Murdock, is going to shut down just shy…
Province newspaper reassigns cartoonists to web desk
The Vancouver Province sports cartoonist Bob Krieger announced he’s drawn his last cartoon for the paper but will be reassigned…
Cleveland Plain Dealer reporters try to stave off drop to thrice weekly publication
Marketplace reporter Dan Bobkoff looks at a “preemptive strike” by Cleveland Plain Dealer journalists who have organized a petition drive…
Video: Susie Cagle talks about her unresolved arrest while covering Occupy Oakland
Graphic cartoonist/journalist Susie Cagle talks to Robert Russell of Cartoonists Rights Network International about her arrest last year while covering…
Jeff MacNelly’s Shoe celebrates 35 years in newspapers
Next week Jeff MacNelly?s Shoe will turn 35. Jeff?s wife Susie, Chris Cassatt and Gary Brookins, who are producing the…
Syracuse NY, Harrisburg PA papers drop to three day print schedule
The Syracuse Post-Standard (NY) and Harrisburg’s The Patriot-News (PA) have announced they are dropping to a three-days-a-week printing schedule in…
Dave Astor?s Comic and Column Confessional published
I reported back in January that former Editor & Publisher senior editor and syndication industry reporter Dave Astor was working…
Oregonian to end daily run?
The Willamette Weekly reported yesterday that The Oregonian may cease to be a daily based on actions by Advance Publications,…
The Daily lays off 29% of staff
From All Things D: The publisher plans to tell its workers today that it will fire 50 of its 170…
Newsweek to transition to online only
After 79 year run, Newsweek will end as print magazine. Bloomberg, reporting on IAC/InterActiveCorp (IACI) quarterly earnings call: A plan…