AltWeeklies Wire
Reporter Asked to Remove Facebook Post About Sale of Newspapernew
In an unintentionally ironic move (coming from a company that, for the next three weeks, still calls itself Freedom Communications) Carmen Boles, content director for the Colorado Springs Gazette, told Barrett Tryon to "remove [a Facebook link to an L.A. Times story] per our social media policy which you signed upon employment."
Colorado Springs Independent |
Bryce Crawford |
06-13-2012 |
Media
The Axe Prepares to Fall at The Times-Picayunenew
Individual meetings between Times-Picayune employees and managers are set to begin early Tuesday morning. The meetings will spell out job offers and severances.
Examiner.com Lays Off Members of Senior Staffnew
Examiner.com, an ambitious online content provider that's part of mega-rich Phil Anschutz's media empire, underwent a restructuring at its Denver headquarters this morning that's resulted in a number of layoffs.
The New News Economynew
As newspapers struggle, nonprofit news is being touted as the key to the future. Is it?
East Bay Express |
Rachel Swan and Ellen Cushing |
05-30-2012 |
Media
Tags: Nonprofit News, Media
Civic Planning—A Vanishing Beat?new
The American Planning Association's annual journalism awards for "outstanding coverage of city and regional planning issues" haven't been given out since 2009.
Chicago Reader |
Michael Miner |
05-30-2012 |
Media
After the Newsnew
When the word came down that The Times-Picayune would no longer be a daily newspaper, it wasn't from the paper's owners, Advance Publications. Nor was it from senior management or newsroom officials. It came as a brief item on The New York Times' "Media Decoder" blog, written by David Carr, and sent out over Twitter at 10:33 p.m., when the newsroom was largely empty.
Tags: Times-Picayune
Times-Picayune Employees in Shock as Extent of Cuts Emergesnew
Employees of The Times-Picayune gathered to collectively absorb the shock of a New York Times report that the paper is about to undergo a massive restructuring that will leave New Orleans without a daily published newspaper.
Charleston's Post & Courier to Put Up Paywallnew
The Post and Courier will begin charging for web content on Tues. May 1. The subscription price for paper will increase as well
Charleston City Paper |
Chris Haire |
05-01-2012 |
Media
Tags: Paywalls, Post & Courier Paywall
Everything, Illuminatednew
How one alt weekly journalist managed to shed light on the darkest human experience.
Folio Weekly |
Anne Schindler |
04-27-2012 |
Media
Tags: The Stranger, Eli Sanders
Newsday Muzzled Under Cablevision Control, Insiders Chargenew
Under Cablevision's Control, a once-feared newspaper has become a puppet.
Long Island Press |
Spencer Rumsey, Christopher Twarowski and Michael Nelson |
04-26-2012 |
Media
Tribune Company Does Deal with Journaticnew
The Tribune Company announced Monday it's turning over TribLocal to Journatic—which the Tribune describes as a "Chicago-based media content provider" that "aggregates data." Not just Chicago-based, it's Tribune Tower-based, and Journatic's approach to journalism is to turn it into piecework done at home.
Chicago Reader |
Michael Miner |
04-24-2012 |
Media
Pending Sale of the Bay Guardian to the Examiner Makes Sensenew
Bay Guardian owner Bruce Brugmann has made no secret of the fact that his paper has been losing bucketloads of money for years. And the paper’s executive editor, Tim Redmond, told the Express that the Guardian has been looking for a buyer for some time.
East Bay Express |
Robert Gammon |
04-20-2012 |
Media
32 Washington Post Guild Members Take Buyoutsnew
Newspapers are shedding minority staffers like crazy; based on the latest buyouts, so is the Washington Post.
Washington City Paper |
Shani Hilton |
04-18-2012 |
Media
Dispatches From a Copy Editors' Conventionnew
The National Conference of the American Copy Editors Society took place over the weekend in New Orleans.
Chicago Reader |
Sam Worley |
04-17-2012 |
Media
Farewell to a Newspaperwomannew
Celia Emmerich is an important woman in Mississippi newspaper history, but there was much more to her than that. An unrepentant liberal who never wavered in her convictions; she worked for civil rights and community development to help make Mississippi a better place to live.
Jackson Free Press |
James L. Dickerson |
03-30-2012 |
Media
Tags: Celia Emmerich, Wyatt Emmerich
