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ANALYSIS

One-Stop Web Portal Thinks It Can Save Newspapers 

Group thinks consumers will be willing to pay for one-stop web portal

Apr 15, 09 4:26 PM CDT
(Newser) - A web portal planned by some top media execs may be the way forward for beleagured newspapers. Journalism Online would act as a “one-stop shop” for pay content, writes Nate Anderson for Ars Technica. Consumers could buy subscriptions to many newspapers at low prices, and with a sliding scale... More »

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newspaper • online media • online advertising • journalism • subscription • consumers • Steven Brill • Journalism Online

(Newser) - When TMZ got the poop on the Obamas' new dog, it sent a message to Washington: The celebrity gossip site has arrived. TMZ, co-owned by AOL, has scored exclusives before—like the photo of Rihanna’s bruised face and the report of Mel Gibson’s anti-Semitic rant—but Bo's arrival... More »

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online media • journalism • gossip • TMZ • dog • Bo Obama

HuffPo Starts Investigative Journo Venture

Site steps in as daily newspapers fold or
cut reporting staffs

Mar 30, 09 11:39 AM CDT
(Newser) - Laid-off journalists, take heart: The Huffington Post, aiming to take up the slack as daily newspapers shrink staffs, is about to fund an investigative team that will begin by casting critical eyes on the economy. Ten staff journalists, coordinating with freelancers, will provide work to other sites at the same... More »

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journalism • online newspapers • Arianna Huffington • Huffington Post • newspaper industry • investigative journalism

 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

OPINION

 Portfolio Misses 
 Another Historic Cover 

Magazine editor becoming known for bad decisions

Mar 18, 09 8:20 AM CDT
(Newser) - The bad cover decisions at Portfolio just keep on coming, writes Ryan Tate in his continuing persecution of the mag on Gawker. Sure, “diva editor” Joanne Lipman has made some poor choices of what to feature instead of the current economic crisis—a clothier, Sarah Palin. But her worst... More »

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Barack Obama • journalism • Annie Leibovitz • Gawker • Conde Nast • Portfolio • magazine cover • Joanne Lipman

OPINION

Gawker to Portfolio: Cover Your Beat

Why must business mag put Palin on cover in midst of meltdown?

Mar 17, 09 10:08 AM CDT
(Newser) - This should be Joanne Lipman's big moment. But the Portfolio editor blew it, complains Ryan Tate at Gawker: Instead of using her position at the helm of a major finance magazine to cover a once-in-a-century financial crisis, Lipman put Sarah Palin on the April cover. It's as bad as her... More »

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magazine • journalism • Gawker • Sarah Palin • Portfolio • magazine cover • Joanne Lipman

(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

OPINION Roundup

 Stewart Owned Cramer 


Mar 13, 09 11:10 AM CDT
(Newser) - Who won last night’s cable grudge match between Jon Stewart and CNBC’s Jim Cramer? Let’s go to the scorecards:
  • Stewart was the clear winner, clobbering his guest with “homespun, regular-guy relentlessness,” Maureen Ryan writes in the Chicago Tribune. “Cramer didn’t know what
... More »

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CNBC • journalism • Comedy Central • Jon Stewart • Jim Cramer • Bill Maher Grid

 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

Credit Crisis Shocked 
Big Papers—but Why? 



Only a few outlets warned of subprime collapse

Mar 8, 09 5:19 PM CDT
(Newser) - If the financial crisis shocked news readers—and it did—it must have surprised news writers as well, David Folkenflik reasons on NPR. He surveyed major US publications and, sure enough, found few warnings of financial doom pre-meltdown. A New York Times columnist explained it this way: "As... More »

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media • New York Times • Wall Street Journal • journalism • media coverage • BusinessWeek • financial crisis

Ink-Stained Wretches
Flee Media to
Obama Admin

At least 6 former journos in gov't jobs

Feb 18, 09 1:06 PM CST
(Newser) - At least six journalists have signed on to government jobs, reports Politico, and that has conservatives asking if the same would be the case in a McCain/Palin White House. “When some leave journalism because of a reduction in staff, what’s the natural landing spot? The Obama administration,”... More »

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journalism • media bias • Obama administration • reporters • Jay Carney

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

OPINION

As a Reporter, Joe the Plumber's a Good Plumber

Would-be journo mainly full of crap

Feb 11, 09 10:07 AM CST
(Newser) - In our YouTube world, "anyone and everyone can play journalist," but not everyone should, writes James Rainey in the LA Times. Case in point: Joe “the Plumber” Wurzelbacher. In his work for conservative Pajamas Media, "Wurzelbacher looks about as capable with a microphone and a... More »

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journalism • Bill Maher • economic stimulus package • Joe Wurzelbacher • Joe the Plumber • Pajamas Media • conservative media

(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

OPINION

Tough Times
Are Boon for
Couric's Ratings

Anchor has grown
into role at CBS, and more are watching

Jan 29, 09 12:38 PM CST
(Newser) - Katie Couric’s comforting style is perfect for tough times, or so a 5% uptick in the ratings for CBS’ Evening News suggests. In Couric’s hands, economic catastrophe, Mideast violence and terrorism become “news you can warm up to,” Tom Shales writes in the Washington Post. After... More »

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Katie Couric • journalism • TV ratings • news anchor • CBS Evening News • television personality

In Case Pen Is No Mightier, Russian Journos Want Guns

Novaya Gazeta's work has earned it a grim legacy of dead reporters

Jan 26, 09 4:15 PM CST
(Newser) - The murders of lawyer Stanislav Markelov and reporter Anastasia Baburova last week are only the latest to strike the Novaya Gazeta newspaper, and show just how costly freedom of the press still is in Russia, Der Spiegel reports. Investigative reporters are likely to make so many enemies—from members... More »

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Russia • Vladimir Putin • murder • corruption • journalism • reporter • Anna Politkovskaya • freedom of press • Anastasia Baburova • Stanislav Markelov

 Inauguration Boosts 
 Newspapers, for a Day 

Customers line up to nab front pages covering historic day

Jan 21, 09 1:17 PM CST
(Newser) - The newspaper industry might be in its death throes, but it briefly jolted to life this morning as long lines of people waited at newsstands for souvenir copies of front pages that hailed the inauguration of America’s first black president, the AP reports. In Washington, some editions of the... More »

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newspaper • journalism • American media • inauguration • President Obama • Inauguration Day • newspaper industry

Gannett Forces Workers
to Take Unpaid Leave

Move will avoid layoffs in newsrooms: company

Jan 14, 09 3:41 PM CST
(Newser) - America's largest newspaper publisher will require most of its 31,000 employees to take an unpaid week off this quarter, the New York Times reports. Gannett owns 85 newspapers in the US—including USA Today—that, like much of the industry, are under serious financial duress. The company says the... More »

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newspaper • layoffs • journalism • union • American media • Gannett • newspaper industry

Editor Fingers Killers From Beyond Grave

Slain Sri Lankan journo blames gov't in posthumous editorial

Jan 13, 09 6:32 AM CST
(Newser) - Days after the murder of Sri Lanka's best-known independent journalist, his newspaper has published a 2,500 word editorial from "beyond the grave" that accuses the government of orchestrating his death. Lasantha Wickrematunge was shot dead on Thursday after 15 years of dogged reporting on the country's civil war.... More »

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murder • Sri Lanka • journalism • journalists killed • journalist • South Asia

 Palin Slams Media for 'Salacious' Reports

Reporters habitually took her remarks out of context, Governor says

Jan 9, 09 12:02 PM CST
(Newser) - Sarah Palin attacked the “personal, salacious nature” of media reports about her during the 2008 campaign, accusing journalists of taking her remarks out of context “to create adversarial situations,” CNN reports. A statement from Palin’s office today specifically criticized the Atlantic (probably mostly just Andrew Sullivan)... More »

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media • journalism • McCain 2008 • media bias • Sarah Palin • Trig Palin • wowOwow

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