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Detroit's Papers Missing on Red-Letter Day

Freep, News stop delivery on day GM CEO forced out

Mar 31, 09 6:04 AM CDT
(Newser) - Yesterday was a once-in-a-lifetime news day in Detroit: GM's boss was forced out, Chrysler was pushed to merge with Fiat, Michigan State made it to the Final Four—and the first day that Motor City's two daily newspapers didn't land on doorsteps to tell readers all about it. Both the... More »

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Internet • newspaper • General Motors • Detroit • online newspapers • Detroit Free Press • newspaper industry

(Newser) - Political correspondent Jeff Greenfield examined what he called "the demise of the great metropolitan daily" on CBS News this morning, wondering what will replace it. The answer: Newser, among other online sources. "It is potentially an incredibly good time," said Newser founder Michael Wolff. "We have... More »

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newspaper • online media • online newspapers • Michael Wolff

Senate Bill Seeks to Rescue Newspapers

Proposal would let titles apply for nonprofit status, save on taxes

Mar 25, 09 8:53 AM CDT
(Newser) - Legislation was introduced in the Senate yesterday that would allow newspapers to operate as nonprofits, providing major tax breaks for an industry in free fall, reports MarketWatch. Democratic Sen. Ben Cardin has proposed that newspapers could claim 501(c)(3) status in the same manner as public broadcasting, making advertising and subscription... More »

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newspaper • Senate • nonprofit • newspaper industry • Benjamin Cardin

 Mother Jones Provides 
 Model for Nonprofit News 

Floundering for-profits take note of magazine's success

Mar 24, 09 3:09 PM CDT
(Newser) - Mother Jones has thrived for 33 years as a nonprofit publication, and its business model is becoming of increasing interest to struggling newspapers, the San Francisco Chronicle reports. Though the magazine was founded as a nonprofit because of Nixon-era fears of undue influence in journalism, Mother Jones hit its financial... More »

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newspaper • magazine • journalism • nonprofit • ad revenue • Mother Jones

 Seattle P-I Prints 
 Final Issue Today 

Seattle's oldest newspaper switching to online-only edition

Mar 17, 09 2:15 AM CDT
(Newser) - Seattle will become America's latest one-newspaper town after the final print edition of the Seattle Post-Intelligencer rolls off the presses today, the Seattle Times reports. Publisher Hearst is switching the 146-year-old newspaper to an online-only edition and laying off almost all of its 167 staff after it was unable to... More »

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newspaper • Seattle • online newspapers • newspaper industry • Seattle Post-Intelligencer • Hearst

OPINION

 Recession Blues Rot Big Apple 


Mar 16, 09 11:45 AM CDT
(Newser) - Sure, people everywhere are suffering from the recession, but most of the country is managing to deal with it. Not New York. The Big Apple is “perpetually freaked out,” writes Hugo Lindgren in New York. The city is so packed with people, Lindgren theorizes, that it’... More »

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newspaper • New York City • recession • recession depression

(Newser) - The latest newspaper to cut back on business coverage and stock listings is the Washington Post, Reuters reports. The paper will stop publishing a standalone daily business section and beef up its Sunday section, according to an internal memo. The executive editor spun the cuts as a move to integrate... More »

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newspaper • Washington Post • business • journalism • Marcus Brauchli • newspaper industry • business news

 Newspaper-Less Future 
 Nears in Some Cities 

Closings presage a future without the local paper

Mar 12, 09 12:14 PM CDT
(Newser) - With the Seattle Post-Intelligencer to print a final edition next week, it’s set to follow the path of Denver’s Rocky Mountain News, which closed two weeks ago, the New York Times reports; the Tucson Citizen will also likely close next week. A rival newspaper will remain in each... More »

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Internet • newspaper • Arizona • profits • journalism • Seattle Post-Intelligencer • Rocky Mountain News • Tucson Citizen

(Newser) - The Vatican’s newspaper appears to have come out in support of the washing machine as God’s greatest gift to women in the 20th century, Reuters reports. A weekend article in l'Osservatore Romano suggested that the time-saving gadget polls ahead of birth-control and suffrage in liberating the fairer sex.... More »

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newspaper • Pope Benedict XVI • women • Vatican • gender stereotypes • washing machine

OPINION

 Newspapers of the 
 World, Unite: Carr 

Collusion could avert disaster—but it won't happen

Mar 9, 09 9:57 AM CDT
(Newser) - The newspaper industry is in dire straits, and to fix it, its bosses must “hold hands and jump off the following cliffs together,” writes David Carr in the New York Times. First, end free web access; it will  drive away some readers, but they're not paying for quality... More »

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newspaper • advertising • antitrust • online news • David Carr • newspaper industry • aggregator • collusion

 Seattle Paper Poised 
 to Switch to Online-Only 

Paper to quit printing if no buyer is found by March 10

Mar 6, 09 3:50 AM CST
(Newser) - Hearst publishing is pressing forward with plans to make the Seattle Post-Intelligencer an online-only newspaper, staffers say. The company—which has said the paper will quit publishing if no buyer is found by March 10—has made "provisional offers" to a few reporters selected to take part in the... More »

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newspaper • Seattle • online newspapers • newspaper industry • Seattle Post-Intelligencer • Hearst

 Rocky Mountain News 
 Dead at 150 

Denver saddened, surprised by the closure of old friend 'Rocky'

Feb 28, 09 6:01 AM CST
(Newser) - The Rocky Mountain News published its last issue yesterday just short of 150 years after its founder hauled a printing press by oxcart to the nameless gold-rush settlement that would become Denver. Staffers and readers alike mourned the passing of the paper believed to have been Colorado's longest-running business, reports... More »

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newspaper • Denver • Colorado • newspaper industry • recession depression • Rocky Mountain News • Denver Post

Hearst to Roll Out E-Reader for Newspapers, Magazines

Publishing giant aims to save periodicals with new device

Feb 27, 09 6:06 PM CST
(Newser) - Hearst Corporation aims to do for periodicals what the Kindle's doing for books with a new electronic reader, CNN reports. The company—which publishes an array of magazines and newspapers, including Cosmopolitan, Esquire and the San Francisco Chronicle—hopes the device will help cushion revenues in light of sinking ad... More »

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newspaper • magazine • publishing • consumer electronics • Kindle • magazine publishing • Hearst • e-readers

(Newser) - More bleak news from the world of newspapers: Hearst is threatening to shut down the San Francisco Chronicle—the nation's 12th largest daily—unless it makes massive cuts. Otherwise, Hearst will seek a buyer for the 144-year-old paper, which lost $50 million last year and is doing worse in 2009,... More »

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California • newspaper • San Francisco • newspaper industry • recession depression

 Post Drops Liz Smith Column 


Feb 24, 09 6:50 PM CST
(Newser) - Liz Smith will dish no more at the New York Post. The paper is dropping her gossip column this week to save money, Editor & Publisher reports. It will be the first time in 33 years that Smith, 86, won't have a spot in one of New York City's... More »

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newspaper • New York Post • gossip • columnists • Liz Smith • recession depression

 Philly Inquirer  
 Owner Files for 
 Bankruptcy 
 Protection 

Papers will print as normal as company restructures, it claims

Feb 23, 09 2:57 AM CST
(Newser) - The owner of the Philadelphia Inquirer and the Daily News has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection to restructure as ad revenues plunge, Reuters reports. Company spokesmen insist operations are "sound and profitable," and managers plan to continue publishing regularly. The announcement came a day after the 20-newspaper... More »

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newspaper • advertising • bankruptcy • Philadelphia Inquirer • Philadelphia Daily News • newspaper industry

(Newser) - The man trying to put away Amanda Knox is getting fed up with her supporters calling him “mentally unstable,” the BBC reports. Giuliano Mignini says he’s “never visited a psychologist,” and to prove it he’s taking legal action against the West Seattle Herald,... More »

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newspaper • lawsuit • defamation • Meredith Kercher • Amanda Knox • Giuliano Mignini • West Seattle Herald

OPINION

To Save Itself, Press Should Become a Religion

Papers would enjoy the benefits of tithing and tax-exemption: Bates

Feb 11, 09 2:44 PM CST
(Newser) - As profits continue to fall, some have suggested turning newspapers into non-profit, endowed institutions similar to colleges. A better way to go non-profit would be for the press to declare itself a religion, writes Stephen Bates for Slate. The tax benefits would be substantial, as would legal protections for reporters-turned-priests,... More »

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newspaper • religion • profits • journalism • college • nonprofit • newspaper industry • Bill Maher Grid

(Newser) - Rumors of the New York Times’ demise are greatly exaggerated, reports... the New York Times. “Despite some published alarms to the contrary, the company has positioned itself to ride out another year of recession, maybe two,” Richard Péréz-Peña writes in a review... More »

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newspaper • New York Times • advertising • online news • New York Times Company • New York Times building • newspaper industry

(Newser) - An exhibit of early American journalism wraps up today at a DC museum, and among its gems is the first edition of the colonies' first paper: Publick Occurrences, from 1690. It's "no small treasure," notes Ned Desmond in his One Last Question blog, because the newspaper's first edition... More »

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newspaper • journalism • history

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