Saving Newspapers

Here's a NOVEL way a Newspaper is Trying to Bring in Readers

Claudia Ricci | Posted 05.25.2011

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Claudia Ricci

We all know that newspapers are in desperate straits. But some newspapers are trying to bring in readers in "novel" ways. LITERALLY. Take the "Wri...

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Initiating a Culture of Compensation

Rob Fishman | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: David Swensen, Saving Newspapers, Newspapers, The Future of News, How to Save Newspapers, Newspaper Industry, Death of Newspapers, Jack Shafer, Michael Kinsley, David Carr, Walter Isaacson, Media News
Rob Fishman

As a J-school student, I ask myself: is it crazy to pay for an education in a profession that refuses to charge for its services? Giving away news for free was a terrible folly. It's time now to move on and cough up.

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How To Save Newspapers

Sally Duros | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Peoria Newspaper Guild, Low-Profit Limited Liability Corporation, Newspapers, Americans for Community Development, Chicago Sun-Times, Robert Lang, Peoria Journal Star, Heather Steans, Social Enterprise Alliance, Marc J. Lane, Chicago Tribune, l3c, Program Related Investment Promotion Act of 2008, Doing Well by Doing Good, Jennifer Towery, Journalism, Newspaper Industry, Saving Newspapers, Mary Elizabeth and Gordon B. Mannweiler Foundation, Oregon, Chicago News
Sally Duros

Newspapers could find a lifeline to solvency and a return to social purpose in a new kind of corporate structure.

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