AltWeeklies Wire
Blogs Tell the Story Behind Baltimore Sun Buyouts and Changesnew
Behind the scenes, journalists at the Sun and other papers owned by the Tribune Co. have launched an angry (if only online) revolt against staff layoffs, management decisions, and what they see as a wholesale dismantling of the Chicago-based company's newspapers.
Baltimore City Paper |
Martin L. Johnson |
09-09-2008 |
Media
More Bad News at The News & Observernew
More layoffs loom at the North Carolina daily, and the spinoff entertainment publication could be history.
The Incredible Shrinking Lansing State Journalnew
Old-timers tell stories of a vibrant newsroom a decade ago, with more than 20 reporters, including three alone covering the state Capitol. The staff took pride in its role as the watchdog newspaper for Michigan government. Today, staff levels aren't the only things shrinking. Coverage is down. Staff morale is down amid the cutbacks. Circulation numbers are down.
City Pulse |
Kyle Melinn and Angela Vasquez-Giroux |
08-27-2008 |
Media
Two Media Companies Bet on Niche Papers as Print Journalism's Futurenew
In spite of the uncertain economy and the more certain decline in newspaper readership, two new publications, the monthly Exhibit A and the weekday daily b launched in Baltimore.
Baltimore City Paper |
Martin L. Johnson |
08-26-2008 |
Media
D.C.'s College Newspapers Are Thriving -- and Not Just Because of Sudokunew
Real newspapers are losing readers by the minute, especially those labeled "college-aged." Yet amid the industry death march its farm system thrives. According to a 2006 report in the Wall Street Journal, readership and revenue of college papers has generally held steady or grown in recent years.
Washington City Paper |
Alec Mouhibian |
08-21-2008 |
Media
Things I've Learned: Journalism Will Survive the Passing of Some Newspapersnew
What I believed as a kid, when I was noodling around on the dial of an old radio, is still true today: People are intensely interested in what's happening at home, but they're hungry to know about the bigger world around them. Journalism that feeds that need will never die.
Illinois Times |
Roland Klose |
07-31-2008 |
Media
Experts Ponder the Future of Small-Town Daily Papersnew
It's not breaking news, but daily rags are taking a beating. If the information age isn't kind to "offline" products of the fourth estate in urban areas, what's happening with newsprint in other markets? With subscriptions and profit margins dwindling, what will be tomorrow's news for smaller-market dailies?
Oklahoma Gazette |
Rob Collins |
07-30-2008 |
Media
Those of Us Who Care Ought to Fight to Help Keep Newspapers Goingnew
If it sounds like I'm angry, I guess I am. I'm angry that newspapers are falling into disrepute. I'm angry that people don't respect the quality control that goes into news reporting; they seem to think any idiot with internet access is worth listening to.
Don't Know What to Get for the Convict on Your List?new
Consult Prison Legal News.
Seattle Weekly |
Rick Anderson |
07-15-2008 |
Crime & Justice
Reality Paycheck at the Boston Globenew
Rumor has it that the Boston Globe is primed to ask its staff to do the same work for less pay. And it just might happen.
Boston Phoenix |
Adam Reilly |
07-10-2008 |
Media
Newspapers Shrink as Veterans are Forced Out the Doornew
For South Florida readers, the newsroom cuts means one thing: less news. With reductions of more than 15 percent of staffs across the board, physical newspapers are rapidly shrinking, and the amount of local coverage available on the newspaper websites will decrease.
New Times Broward-Palm Beach |
Bob Norman |
07-01-2008 |
Media
Don't Bet Against Rupert Murdoch's Success with 'The Wall Street Journal'new
The real question in the "war" between the Times Co. and Dow Jones is which entity is better equipped in the next decade to both make money and publish, in whatever form, a quality product. My money is on the Murdoch family.
New York Press |
Russ Smith |
06-26-2008 |
Media
Old and New Media Are Still Squaring Off in Jocklandnew
For some reason, though, the general coming-together of the typewriter and podcast sets doesn't extend to sports. To an extent unmatched in any other journalistic subgroup, the (mostly) men who write stories and columns on the world of sports seem to regard their web-based successors (also mostly men) with a potent mix of contempt and rage.
Boston Phoenix |
Adam Reilly |
06-19-2008 |
Media
If the New York Times Disappears, Will the World Survive?new
There is no Me Decade, no Free Decade, no E! Decade. Newspapers aren't dying. Television didn't destroy the movie business, movies didn't destroy books, books didn't destroy cave paintings. The sky isn't falling and Gay Talese will get everything he needs via fax and the future isn't going to be so bad, really, because it turns out the future is now, and nothing has really changed.
New York Press |
David Blum |
05-22-2008 |
Media
Is the Ailing 'New Haven Register' Fit-to-Print for The New York Times Co.?new
The financial free-fall and dwindling readership of the Journal Register Co. and its flagship Register are old news, but that doesn't mean somebody doesn't think they can turn the business around. JRC honchos won't tell us a thing, but a source inside the Reg hints that no less a monolith than The New York Times Co. may be a suitor.
New Haven Advocate |
The New Haven Nose |
05-20-2008 |
Media
