Death of Newspapers

On Ethics, the Imperiled Printed Word and the News

Jerry Lanson | Posted 05.30.2012

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Jerry Lanson

I've long looked to The New Yorker as the gold standard for meticulous, thoroughly vetted, contextual journalism. So it came as a surprise last week when the magazine published an item on "The Cost of College" without clearly identifying the writer as the dean of the Graduate School of Journalism at Columbia University.

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Goodbye Printed Newspapers, Hello Streaming Mobile

Jeremy Harris Lipschultz | Posted 05.25.2012

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Jeremy Harris Lipschultz

The shift to online media in the past two decades comes with two important realities: (1) online revenue increases are smaller than print media decreases; and (2) mainstream media are being challenged by crowdsourcing behavior.

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New Orleans, Newspapers And The Beginning Of The End

gigaom.com | Posted 05.25.2012

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Newspapers like the New York Times may be piling up revenue from their paywalls, and Warren Buffett may be asserting his undying commitment to the sma...

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New Orleans Paper Facing Shocking Cuts

The Huffington Post | Jack Mirkinson | Posted 05.24.2012

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The New Orleans Times-Picayune, the paper that became internationally famous for its courageous reporting during Hurricane Katrina, is facing steep cu...

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WATCH: Inside The New York Times Morgue

Posted 05.14.2012

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The morgue is a legendary thing in the newspaper business -- a vast photo library, clipping archive and information center all rolled into one. As a s...

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Washington Post Gets Yet More Bad News

Reuters | Posted 05.04.2012

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* New student sign-ups up 5 pct * Q1 rev down 7 pct to $972.5 mln * Kaplan rev down 11 pct to $553.4 mln...

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Top 25 U.S. Newspapers Revealed

Posted 05.01.2012

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The Audit Bureau of Circulations released its semiannual circulation report on Tuesday, revealing that The New York Times' daily digital circulation n...

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Murdoch on the Fragile Future of Newspapers

Rob A.L. Brown | Posted 04.26.2012

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Rob A.L. Brown

It was a surreal chapter in the Leveson inquiry. In a break from barrister Robert Jay's forensic inquiry, questions were temporarily suspended and Rupert Murdoch was allowed to wax lyrical on the future of newspapers and the media.

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Endtimes? Will The New York Times Survive and If So, in What Form?

Daniel R. Schwarz | Posted 04.26.2012

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Daniel R. Schwarz

When I was growing up in the New York area, people would buy the afternoon newspaper for stock prices, sports scores, and updates. Now even New York City is without an afternoon paper.

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McClatchy's Grim News

AP | Posted 04.25.2012

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SACRAMENTO, Calif. — The McClatchy Co. reported a slightly larger net loss on Wednesday due to declining advertising revenue. Meanwhile, compens...

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A Bedtime Story For The Ages

Brian Benton | Posted 04.16.2012

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Brian Benton

551-day-old app Instagram sold for a billion dollars, while the 116-year-old New York Times is valued at $967 million. But it's stood the test of time in a way that not even the greatest social network will be able to.

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USA Today Begins Staff Furloughs

AP | Posted 04.05.2012

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McLEAN, Va. (AP) — USA Today is requiring most of its staff to take an unpaid week off to save money, as the nation's second-largest newspaper strug...

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Pew Study: Public Appetite For News Growing, But Business May Not Profit

AP | DAVID BAUDER | Posted 05.19.2012

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NEW YORK -- Mobile technology appears to be increasing the public appetite for news but it's far from clear whether the news industry will profit from...

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Journalism: Bridging the Gap

Nick Foley | Posted 05.08.2012

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Nick Foley

If we could marry our online expertise with the seasoned experience of established reporters, maybe we could bridge the age gap that dictates how people consume news, and head into the future certain that, young or old, people will want to know.

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Pew Study Paints A Grim Portrait Of Newspapers

AP | By RYAN NAKASHIMA | Posted 05.05.2012

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LOS ANGELES -- Newspapers need to prioritize digital advertising sales if they expect to thrive, according to a Pew Research Center study released Mon...

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All The News Not Fit To Print

Daniel Koas | Posted 03.24.2012

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Daniel Koas

Every morning, I awkwardly tiptoe to the end of my driveway in my bare feet and pick up the plastic-wrapped treasure that awaits. Why? Because I love reading the newspaper.

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So Much for the Penny Press

Jeff Jarvis | Posted 03.03.2012

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Jeff Jarvis

The New York Times raised its daily price to $2.50 today. I thought back to the penny press at the turn of the last century and wondered what such a paper would cost today, inflation adjusted. Answer: a quarter.

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The Internet Makes Trust and Insight Scarce Commodities, and Makes Newsroom Veterans More Valuable

Dr Johnny Ryan | Posted 01.23.2012

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Dr Johnny Ryan

While the Internet makes information plentiful, and this in turn may be a challenge to some aspects of the newspaper business, deep insight and trust remain as scarce as they have ever been.

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The Newspaper That Almost Seized The Future

cjr.org | Posted 01.11.2012

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The story of the Merc's rise and decline--there is nothing so telling as only four pages of midweek classifieds--mirrors the story of what has occurre...

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Layoffs At New York Daily News

Capital New York | Joe Pompeo | Posted 01.04.2012

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Layoffs have come to the Daily News. Since this morning, staffers to be laid off have been getting called into a conference room to meet with senio...

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Washington Post Co. Has Yet Another Bleak Quarter

The Huffington Post | Katherine Fung | Posted 01.04.2012

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The Washington Post had its fourth straight quarter of declining revenue, announcing a $6.2 million loss for the third quarter of 2011 on Friday. ...

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The Times And Sunday Times Cutting 150 Jobs

guardian.co.uk | Dan Sabbagh | Posted 12.20.2011

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The Times and Sunday Times are to cut at least 150 editorial posts, out of their combined full- and part-time workforce of approaching 1,000, as the n...

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Gannett Income Falls In Q3

AP | BARBARA ORTUTAY | Posted 12.17.2011

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NEW YORK — Gannett Co., the publisher of USA Today and 81 other daily newspapers, posted a slight decline in its third-quarter net income Monday...

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News Junkies Ruining Newspapers

Posted 12.14.2011

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Global newspaper circulation fell in 2010 for the second consecutive year according to the World Press Trends report released on Thursday. The report ...

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New York Times Announces Staff Cuts

Posted 12.13.2011

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The New York Times announced on Thursday that it is seeking to cut around 20 newsroom positions in response to an "uncertain economy." Times editor...

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