Newspaper Business

Newspapers Need a Business Plan

Andy Sernovitz | Posted 06.12.2009 | Media

Read More: Newspapers, Newspaper Industry, Newspaper Printing, Media News, Print Journalism, Newspaper Business Plan, Newspaper Business, Media News

You'd laugh at anyone who came to you with a business plan that said: We're going to write up the news in a 100-page document, print it up overnight, and drive it to every single house in the city.

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Reliable Sources (and the People Who Love them)

Richard Laermer | Posted 05.27.2009 | Media

Read More: Michelle Obama, Perez Hilton, Economics, Opinions, New York Times, Old Media, Death of Media, Big Thinkers, Maureen Dowd, Paul Krugman, Newspaper Business, Media News

I'd rather the Times continue publication of the weekend City section than employ Krugman and other columnists to tell me things I (normally) already agree with.

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The IFC Media Project -- Bailing Out the News?

Gideon Yago | Posted 01.16.2009 | Media

Read More: IFC Media Project, Nationalizing Media, Newspapers, Media, Newspaper Business, Gideon Yago, Media News

Many countries have a partially nationalized media and not slipped into absolute dictatorships. So why not go public -- either create a truly new national news organization or transform and fund the hell out of NPR?

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Campaign '08: MSM's Last Hurrah

Alan D. Mutter | Posted 12.12.2008 | Media

Read More: Media, Television Business, Media Coverage of 2008 Election, Newspaper Business, American Idol, Media News

The new generation of media-savvy voters will take full advantage of the abundance of news and will add their voices to what will become a national, 24/7, no-holds-barred town hall meeting.

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