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Largest US Gay Newspaper Publisher Closes

Window Media papers included Washington, South Fla. Blade

Nov 16, 09 7:41 PM CST
(AP) - The largest US publisher of newspapers serving the gay and lesbian community has shut down and plans to file for bankruptcy. Employees arrived at work today to find out about the sudden end to the newspapers—including Southern Voice, the Washington Blade, Houston Voice and South Florida Blade—owned by... More »

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print journalism • financial crisis • newspapers • Window Media • gay media • Southern Voice • Washington Blade • South Florida Blade • Village Voice

 Times Co. Takes 
 Globe Off Market 

Boston paper's finances have 'significantly improved'

Oct 14, 09 6:14 PM CDT
(Newser) - The New York Times Company has decided not to sell the Boston Globe after all, its chairman told workers in a late-afternoon email today, saying that the financial picture has “significantly improved” for the 137-year-old newspaper in recent months after various cost-cutting and revenue-boosting moves. Two groups did bid... More »

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American media • New York Times Company • bid • Boston Globe • print journalism • newspaper industry

(Newser) - The latest media company to groan under debt in the current recession, Reader's Digest Association, yesterday announced plans to file for Chapter 11 bankruptcy. The publisher insists that "business as usual" will continue for its publications and employees, with no mass layoffs in store as the company slashes its... More »

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bankruptcy • ad revenue • Chapter 11 • Reader's Digest • print journalism

OPINION

 Radio Was Gonna 
 Kill Newspapers, Too 


Aug 4, 09 11:30 AM CDT
(Newser) - As newspapers hemorrhage cash, the refrain is getting louder: the Web is sucking away their audiences and can never replicate the serious journalism they offer. The argument sounds familiar, Jack Shafer writes for Slate: It’s the one newspapers used against radio 80 years ago. Radio was then seen as... More »

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radio • Internet • newspaper • online news • media coverage • print journalism • Jack Shafer • newspaper industry

OPINION

 Chicago Paper's 
 'Profit' Model? 
 Reader Donations 

Independent Chicago paper is way ahead of its time

Jul 13, 09 8:53 AM CDT
(Newser) - As media outlets struggle to find ways to become profitable again, “the Chi-Town Daily News is way ahead of its time,” writes Foster Kamer for Gawker. A recent article ended with a message asking for reader donations to recoup the $726 it cost to run. “Yes, they... More »

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media • newspaper • journalism • recession • nonprofit • print journalism • Chi-Town Daily News

GLOSSIES

At Times, Web Geeks Grab at Future, Keep Grip on Past

Team aims to keep it the organization 'of record' even as print product sees its obits

Jan 12, 09 11:17 AM CST
(Newser) - There’s a quiet revolution going on at the New York Times, hiding behind all the print-journalism doom and gloom, New York reports. Since 2007, a team of “developers-slash-journalists” has been collaborating with reporters and editors to create interactive web features—like the trippy Election Day Word Train, which... More »

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newspaper • online media • New York Times • online newspapers • print journalism • newspaper industry

OPINION

Print Times Not Quite Dead, But Hope Lies in Its Ashes

Journalism faces a challenge, but hardly a disaster

Jan 7, 09 3:36 PM CST
(Newser) - We know it’s coming, that day when print newspapers cease to exist, but it won’t be this year, right? Maybe, maybe not, Michael Hirschorn writes in the Atlantic, and it wouldn’t necessarily be a disaster. The New York Times is in trouble—it could default on $400... More »

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Internet • newspaper • online media • New York Times • advertising • journalism • online newspapers • print journalism • Huffington Post • economic downturn • newspaper industry

ANALYSIS

Cash-Poor Newspapers Decamp From Washington

Cost of covering DC wins out over concerns about informing the public

Dec 18, 08 2:43 PM CST
(Newser) - US newspapers are shuttering their Washington bureaus—though hardly for lack of news, the New York Times reports. Consolidation and a steep fall-off in ad dollars have forced many to reevaluate their coverage in recent years, leading to a focus on local news and a reliance on agencies for coverage... More »

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newspaper • politics • Washington DC • local news • print journalism • economic downturn • political coverage

 Detroit Papers to 
 Cut Home Delivery 

Likely move will be first for major metro rags

Dec 13, 08 9:03 AM CST
(Newser) - In another sign of the dire health of the newspaper business, leading Detroit newspapers are expected to announce this week that they're eliminating home delivery 4 days a week, the Wall Street Journal reports. The Detroit Free Press and the News would be the first major metropolitan papers to take... More »

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newspaper • online media • Detroit • circulation • print journalism • Detroit Free Press • newspaper industry

COMMENTARY

 The Bell Tolls for Journos 

Explosion of web content and staff cuts marks the end of an era

Dec 12, 08 9:32 AM CST
(Newser) - With the flurry of firings and buyouts at the nation’s newspapers, "it certainly feels like the end of days," writes Julia Klein in Obit. But while much has been made of lofty topics such as "the fate of democracy" and "journalism's core civic and watchdog... More »

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media • online media • Los Angeles Times • newsroom cuts • print journalism • San Jose Mercury News • newspaper industry

Mug Shots Are Cheap Thrills for Media, Readers

Print, web outlets get booking photos free, and find lots of fans

Dec 8, 08 1:20 PM CST
(Newser) - Print and web publishers are cashing in a curious American obsession: mug shots. Not just celebrities, whose how-the-mighty-have-fallen appeal is obvious, but pictures of regular folk arrested for pederasty, assault or simply loitering. Web editions of Newsday and the Palm Beach Post, for example, run sections of nothing but booking... More »

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online media • crime • photography • journalism • print journalism • schadenfreude • voyeurism

OPINION

Zell 'Clueless' About Journalism and Democracy

What he's done to, and says about, Tribune Co. shows fundamental misunderstanding

Dec 2, 08 3:37 PM CST
(Newser) - Sam Zell may or may not turn the Tribune Company around, but his ownership has crippled “real newsgathering,” Peter Osnos writes in the Daily Beast. “If Tribune goes down, he will still be very rich,” Osnos continues, “but he will have presided over the evisceration... More »

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newspaper • New York Times • Sam Zell • Chicago • Tribune Company • journalism • Los Angeles Times • print journalism • Chicago Tribune

Christian Science Monitor Will End Daily Print Edition

Paper moves to web-first edition, will publish weekly magazine

Oct 28, 08 4:40 PM CDT
(Newser) - The Christian Science Monitor will discontinue its daily print edition in April as it shifts to the Internet. The paper, which turns 100 next month, will print a weekly edition instead. The Monitor has seen its circulation decline to 52,000 from 160,000 20 years ago, and while it... More »

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Internet • newspaper • profits • Christian Science Monitor • losses • print journalism • Church of Christ, Scientist

ANALYSIS

Cable Dominates News by Blowing Up Stories

But print reporters dig up the stories that play on TV

Aug 2, 08 7:16 PM CDT
(Newser) - Twenty-four-hour cable networks set the news agenda by turning stories "from brushfire to raging conflagration," Paul Farhi writes in the American Journalism Review. Particularly during presidential campaigns, CNN, Fox News, and MSNBC pull stories from newspapers and web sites and make them hot by running them day and... More »

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New York Times • Washington Post • Wall Street Journal • MSNBC • news • journalism • Fox News • CNN • print journalism • television news • network news

Legendary
New York Editor Dead at 82

New Journalism pioneer Felker defined city magazine format

Jul 1, 08 2:45 PM CDT
(Newser) - Clay Felker, founder and editor of New York magazine, died today at 82. Felker was the pioneer of a distinctive format that has become the model for weekly magazines: long, novelistic features alongside short, spicy service pieces. "Clay was obsessed with power, and he invented a magazine in the... More »

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New York • obituary • magazine • journalism • print industry • magazine industry • print journalism • magazine publishing • Clay Felker

Opinion

News Writers Should Strive to Write as Much as Possible, Says Tribune Co.

Longer is better, right?

Jun 10, 08 3:47 PM CDT
(Newser) - The Tribune Co., which as you have probably guessed is the company that produces the Chicago Tribune, among other newspapers, is bringing a revolution, or a big change, to the news business. Tribune Co.’s Chief Operating Officer, Randy Michaels, has decided to start measuring productivity by word... More »

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newspaper • Tribune Company • journalism • productivity • words • newspaper editorials • print journalism

OPINION

 Come On, Her RFK
 Gaffe's Not So Bad 

Online journos magnified one line to rack up hits

May 25, 08 7:53 PM CDT
(Newser) - Why have reporters turned Hillary Clinton's RFK flub into a huge story? To generate online hits with more political gossip, John Harris writes in Politico. Sure, it's hot news to hear about, but if you watch the remark on video, it's "deflating," Harris writes—it's just a calm,... More »

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Hillary Clinton • online media • media criticism • journalism • online newspapers • media coverage • print journalism

OPINION

Rich Colleges Should Save Nation's Top Newspapers

Wealthy universities should get together, buy struggling dailies

May 7, 08 9:29 PM CDT
(Newser) - The New York Times is in "perilous financial condition," and colleges would play the perfect savior, Lee Smith writes in the Chronicle for Higher Education. His plan: Have the seven richest institutions direct 3% of their endowments—which, combined, come to $114 billion— to buying the Gray Lady.... More »

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Internet • New York Times • professor • colleges and universities • endowment • print journalism

Is the Internet
Bad News for Journalism?

Coverage getting narrower, not broader, new report says

Mar 17, 08 2:15 PM CDT
(Newser) - The Internet is changing journalism—but not in the ways many predicted. Contrary to expectations that coverage would broaden, a new report says the news agenda is actually narrowing. The Iraq war and presidential campaign represented more than a quarter of news stories last year, while countries besides Iraq, Iran,... More »

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Internet • online media • blogging • journalism • Internet advertising • Iraq war • print journalism • reporting

 Atlantic Denies Going Tabloid 

Spears cover story raises eyebrows among loyal readers

Mar 12, 08 4:59 PM CDT
(Newser) - Loyal Atlantic subscribers are in for a shock: Britney Spears graces the April cover. Though the magazine has showcased Marilyn Monroe and Humphrey Bogart, the prime real estate granted to the pop-tart has some questioning the effect dropping advertising and newsstand sales are having on the venerable journal's direction—and... More »

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media • Britney Spears • advertising • magazine • ad revenue • advertising sales • magazine industry • The Atlantic • David Bradley • Justin Smith • Reader's Digest • print journalism

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