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Death of Newspapers

Journalism Does Not Need To Be Saved, Newspapers Do

Henryk A. Kowalczyk | Posted 03.13.2009 | Media

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Henryk A. Kowalczyk

I see editorial writing in U.S. mainstream media, with a very few exceptions, as propaganda deprived of intellectual reflection. The public senses this as well, distrusts the media instinctively.

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Con Games: Time For Newspapers Is Past

Michael Conniff | Posted 03.09.2009 | Media

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Michael Conniff

Print publications in general don't have a direct relationship with the individual customer. They don't know who their readers are and they don't know what they want.

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A Bold, Old Idea for Saving Journalism

Walter Isaacson | Posted 03.08.2009 | Media

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Walter Isaacson

I hope that 2009 will be the year when creators of valuable content start charging and readers begin paying for the journalism they want.

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Why I Subscribed to My Local Print Newspaper (While Still Loving Online)

Sharon Glassman | Posted 03.07.2009 | Living

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Sharon Glassman

Within days, the local newspaper became my mini Facebook. The woman who booked our band to play at the cinema was the paper's movie critic. Writers were friends; friends became writers.

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Would It Be More Efficient To Send Free Kindles To Paper Subscribers?

alleyinsider.com | Nicholas Carlson | Posted 03.05.2009 | Green

Read More: Amazon.com, Newspapers, Amazon Kindle, Printing, Waste, New York Times, Death of Newspapers, Paper, Green News

Not that it's anything we think the New York Times Company should do, but we thought it was worth pointing out that it costs the Times about twice as ...

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Newspaper Editors To Generation Y: Drop Dead

Diane Tucker | Posted 03.28.2009 | Media

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Diane Tucker

Doesn't the best online journalism still depend on old media outlets? What happens when we lose all those print reporters, the ones who file history's first draft?

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Who Will Watch Government When All The Journalists Are Laid Off?

Geri Spieler | Posted 02.27.2009 | Media

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Geri Spieler

Reducing an experienced editorial staff is not the way to go about cutting business costs. When quality suffers, the entire industry is tarnished.

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How We've Changed Throughout the Bush Era

Maura Judkis | Posted 02.07.2009 | Green

Read More: Gas Prices, Energy Efficiency, Bush Administration, Corn, George W. Bush, Record Sales, Death of Newspapers, Green Living, Bush Legacy, Ethanol, Newspaper Industry, Sustainability, Green News
Maura Judkis

The January/February issue of the Atlantic has a neat graphic that shows how our country has changed over the Bush years. There are some interesting environmental stats here.

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Dumbing Down The New York Times

William Klein | Posted 02.06.2009 | Media

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William Klein

Last spring, the Times added a news index designed to make it easier for readers who couldn't be bothered with turning the pages to find out the contents of the newspaper.

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Tower of Babel?

Caryl Rivers | Posted 02.05.2009 | Media

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Caryl Rivers

We need a press powerful enough to rival other power centers, like government and the corporate state. And we desperately need a new economic structure to save newspapers.

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Is the Axe Headed for Newspapers?

Marisa Treviño | Posted 01.27.2009 | Media

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Marisa Treviño

When I hear industry professionals say that people don't like to read these days, I have to wonder just how detached they are from what's going on in the world.

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News Blankout

Bob Franken | Posted 01.27.2009 | Media

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Bob Franken

Now that media owners have decided the only way to keep their profits way high is to gut their staffs without regard for coverage or public service, how about fill-in-the-blank news stories?

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The Slow Death of American Newspapers

Tim Giago | Posted 01.20.2009 | Media

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Tim Giago

The Internet is doing what radio and television could not do: it's killing the American newspaper. And until every newspaper publisher in this country rebels, the slow death of newspapers will continue.

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All the News That's Fit to Neuter

Marty Kaplan | Posted 01.02.2009 | Media

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Marty Kaplan

It's New York Times ombudsman Clark Hoyt's recent distinction between "straight news" and "personal opinion" that I think captures the reason that journalism is on the skids.

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Sun-Times' Gasping Leaves Us All Winded

Esther J. Cepeda | Posted 09.27.2008 | Chicago

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Esther J. Cepeda

The Sun-Times may not think Jay Mariotti's departure is a loss, but his spot-on call of the Chicago newspaper market is really a loss for us all.

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What If Google Bought The Associated Press?

Epicenter | Betsy Schiffman | Posted 06.28.2008 | Business

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If The Associated Press' business model isn't broken now, it could be soon. The non-profit group -- a co-op news organization owned by 1,500 daily new...

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