World’s Oldest Newspaper to Exit Print
We usually focus news of comings and goings on this site solely on major metropolitan dailies, but we’ll make an exception for Lloyd’s List, which claims to be the world’s oldest daily newspaper and...
View ArticleWhy Google May Be Journalists’ New BFF
Google has arguably been the worst enemy of working journalists for the last decade, but now the tide is turning and the search giant is trying to repair the damage it has done. It deserves our...
View ArticleJournalism Rock Stars Seek Greener New-Media Pastures
“There is no longer a defined final destination for talented journalists,” writes Emily Bell in The Guardian. “The New York Times is surprised to find itself a stepping stone.” Bell is writing about...
View ArticleR.I.P. North Adams Transcript
The North Adams Transcript, a daily fixture in northwestern Massachusetts since 1843, will be merged into the larger Berkshire Eagle later this month. The Transcript name will be discontinued and its...
View ArticleRosy Forecasts about the Future of News
Marc Andreessen, internet pioneer and founder of Netscape at Web 2.0 Expo in San Francisco, CA (Photo credit: TechShowNetwork) Pretty much anything Marc Andreessen writes is worth reading, and his...
View ArticleGrowth in Circ Revenues Can’t Offset Ongoing Print Ad Decline
Circulation revenue for U.S. newspapers grew for the second consecutive year, rising 3.7% to $10.87 billion in 2013, according to preliminary data from the Newspaper Association of America. Source:...
View ArticleAcross the Globe, Newspaper Industry is Actually Growing
Observers of the cratering newspaper industries in the US and Europe may be surprised at this news: Print newspaper circulation around the world actually increased 2% in 2013 compared to 2012. The...
View ArticleThe Bots are Coming!
On one level we can understand the teeth-gnashing that follow the Associated Press’ announcement that it plans to start using robots to write the majority of U.S. corporate earnings stories. Robots...
View ArticleTimes-Picayune Hacks Staff, Buries Lead
Newspaper publishers pride themselves on being champions of truth, defenders of the public’s right to know and knowledgeable skeptics who cut through obfuscation and evasion to get the real story....
View ArticlePittsburgh Post-Gazette hikes prices even as circulation plummets
The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette is raising newsstand prices 50 cents to $2 per weekday issue, despite the fact that weekday print circulation has dropped 54% over the last decade.rThe move continues a...
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