Print Media

Jason Linkins

Al-Qaeda Publishes "Dense Little Bastard Of A Magazine"

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 11.05.2009 | Media


Al Qaeda, apparently heedless of the recessionary downturn that's felled so many publications in the freedom-loving world, is currently publishing a pair of magazines. If print media doesn't die, it could kill you!

How Sex Could Save Newspapers

Cory Silverberg | Posted 10.20.2009 | Media


Cory Silverberg

Nowhere is the disconnect between mainstream news production and the lives and experiences of those of us who consume it more apparent than in content about sexuality.

Life After Print: URB Magazine 2.0

Raymond Leon Roker | Posted 10.05.2009 | Media


Raymond Leon Roker

While many have quickly lamented URB's print hiatus or reminisced about our long legacy, there is also an unfortunate feeding frenzy on even the hint of print's presumed, imminent demise.

Stopping the Presses: What Will Journalism Resemble in the Post-Print Age?

Wayne Trujillo | Posted 10.01.2009 | Denver


Wayne Trujillo

As I picked up several copies of the shrunken final edition of the Rocky Mountain News, I felt a sadness not only for that issue, but also for the physical transformation of the newspaper.

Ask a Panicked Print Media Executive

Steve Ross | Posted 09.18.2009 | Comedy


Steve Ross

I used to eat at Michaels, front of the room, with the likes of Joan Didion and David Brooks. Now I'm packing peanut butter and banana sandwiches, and shudder every time the phone rings.

Is BusinessWeek Worth $1?

Alan M. Webber | Posted 08.15.2009 | Media


Alan M. Webber

BW needs to create a franchise. Because it's not print that's dead, or even print about business that's dead. It's old and tired franchises that are dead, franchises that have run out of gas, purpose and energy.

Jason Linkins

Sanford Adultery Emails Suggested As Cure For Media Economy

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 07.26.2009 | Media


As many of you know by now, the love that Mark Sanford shared with his Argentinean paramour played out in many, many emails, in which Sanford enumerat...

Jason Linkins

Dan Froomkin's Firing Leaves Post With Glut Of Neocons

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 07.20.2009 | Media


So, now that Dan Froomkin's been fired, what's the Washington Post looking like today? I think that Glenn Greenwald neatly sums it up: --Neocon Char...

Jason Linkins

Stephen Colbert Demands To Know Why TPM's Josh Marshall Is Not Wearing Bathrobe (VIDEO)

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 07.19.2009 | Media


Marshall predicted, jokingly, that TPM would eventually "beat [the New York Times] down." In Colbertian terms, the Times is on Marshall's "on notice" board, but not yet on the "dead to me" list.

Thanks The New Republic!

Amitai Etzioni | Posted 07.11.2009 | Media


Amitai Etzioni

I am grateful to The New Republic for providing the space for long essays on complex subjects.

On the Nomination of Sonia Sotomayor

Sen. Patrick Leahy | Posted 06.26.2009 | Politics


Sen. Patrick Leahy

Having a Supreme Court that better reflects the diversity of America helps ensure that we keep faith with the words over the entrance of the Supreme Court: "Equal justice under law."

Sonia's Wiki Wonder

Marty Kaplan | Posted 06.26.2009 | Media


Marty Kaplan

Seconds after the networks say that it's Sotomayor, her Wikipedia entry is updated. The newspapers in my driveway can't do that; that's why on-paper distribution is dying.

Technology, Not War, Is the Solution to Publishing

Penny Herscher | Posted 05.16.2009 | Media


Penny Herscher

The global publishing giants have declared war on the new technology generation of content distributors -- but they have lost sight of what consumers value and how they want to get to the value.

The Ever-Changing Print Medium

Hermene Hartman | Posted 05.14.2009 | Media


Hermene Hartman

News deliveries are fast-forwarding. The technologies provide new mediums. I, for one, am not ready for the discard of newspapers, magazines and books.

Newspapers Want Cash for Content. Tough Luck

Michael Wolff | Posted 05.09.2009 | Media


Michael Wolff

Newspapers are going to war with the Internet--or trying to. So far it's more accurately a phony war.

To Newspaper Moguls: You Blew It

Jeff Jarvis | Posted 05.08.2009 | Media


Jeff Jarvis

The Newspaper Association of America is meeting this week and they're preaching angrily and self-righteously about their plight. Here's the speech I think they should hear instead.

Giving Away Free Netbooks to Save America's Newsrooms

Will Bunch | Posted 05.04.2009 | Media


Will Bunch

What if newsrooms put their remaining muscle behind a program to provide information to the public and close the digital divide at the same time? That's "social benefit" we can believe in.

Jason Linkins

Scritti Politti: April 1, 2009

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 05.02.2009 | Politics


Eat The Press Operative Karla sends us the awesome cover of the April edition of D Magazine, featuring George W. Bush cold-chillin' in some Photoshopp...

Jason Linkins

Scritti Politti: March 30, 2009

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 04.30.2009 | Politics


L.A. Times contributor Andrew Klavan DOUBLE DOG DARES YOU intolerable lefties to listen...just listen!...to Rush Limbaugh's show! Because if you did,...

Jason Linkins

Bleak Media Economy Now Affecting Cartoon Journalists

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 04.27.2009 | Media


It's getting so hard out here for print journalism that now even our beloved intrepid fictional reporters are feeling the pinch. So says Editor and P...

Is It Time For a Newspaper Bail-Out?

Johann Hari | Posted 04.22.2009 | Media


Johann Hari

In an age of bail-outs, several European governments are experimenting with ways to support the world of news-gathering so it will survive for the twenty-first century.

Why Didn't the P-I Fold Sooner?

Ben Stoddard | Posted 04.17.2009 | Media


Ben Stoddard

As sad as I am to see some smart, hard-working journalists losing their jobs, I can't help but wonder: why did it take so long?

Is the Axe Headed for Newspapers?

Marisa Treviño | Posted 01.27.2009 | Media


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.

Do Film Critics Have a Future? Who Cares?

David Sterritt | Posted 12.01.2008 | Entertainment


David Sterritt

As chairman of the National Society of Film Critics for several years, I've seen the number of real journalistic jobs held by our members drop at an alarming rate.

Is There a Future for Newspapers?

Jack Myers | Posted 11.27.2008 | Business


Jack Myers

But newspapers have valuable assets that could enable them to recapture their local market dominance, if they act quickly and definitely.