July 13th, 2009 | by Editor | published in Media Briefs
Enquirer Media in Cincinnati, which includes The Cincinnati Enquirer in print and online and other publications, has eliminated 101 positions.Publisher Margaret Buchanan said in an open letter to readers Friday that the cutbacks were part of a companywide tightening of the workforce by the parent Gannett Co., which publishes USA Today and 85 other daily […]
July 8th, 2009 | by Editor | published in Media Briefs
In yet another sign of how online media outlets are strengthening as their older establishment predecessors are struggling to survive, The Huffington Post has hired Dan Froomkin to be its Washington Bureau Chief and regular columnist/blogger.
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July 7th, 2009 | by Editor | published in Media Briefs
The Boston Globe’s owners have postponed a deadline for potential buyers of the newspaper to submit their initial bids.The New York Times Co., which owns the Globe, had set a Wednesday deadline for nonbinding bids.
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June 26th, 2009 | by Editor | published in Media Briefs
London’s Evening Standard has reached a content-sharing agreement with New York’s Daily News for their print editions and Web sites, according to a report in The Guardian, another British national daily.
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June 12th, 2009 | by Editor | published in Media Briefs
There is some more heartening news regarding the journalism job front. Not only are wages rising, but also journalism school graduates are finding jobs — in the field of journalism.
June 11th, 2009 | by grant | published in Media Briefs
Speculation that Alexander Lebedev is to buy the Independent and Independent on Sunday newspapers has been reignited with a report today that a deal could be finalised by the end of the month.
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June 8th, 2009 | by Editor | published in Media Briefs
Members of the Boston Globe’s largest employee union will vote on whether to accept deep concessions in wages and benefits designed to avoid the possible closure of a newspaper losing more than $1 million a week.
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May 19th, 2009 | by Editor | published in Media Briefs
Bob Geldof, the musician best known for his Third World aid campaigning, aims to become the main news provider for Northern Ireland.He told the Financial Times his Ten Alps production company would bid to become the regional news provider in the province when the government reveals plans to replace ITV’s existing network.
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April 30th, 2009 | by Editor | published in Media Briefs
While its members struggle under a punishing economic downturn and a secular transition to digital, the Newspaper Association of America is cutting its staff by 50% and will cease publication of the print edition of the magazine Presstime.
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April 29th, 2009 | by Editor | published in Media Briefs
Time Warner Inc. said Wednesday that its first-quarter profit fell 14 percent as AOL and publishing results continued to crumble under the weight of deteriorating ad sales. Still, the media and entertainment conglomerate’s adjusted results were better than Wall Street expected.The owner of Time magazine, Turner Broadcasting and HBO also maintained its full-year adjusted earnings […]
Stop the presses: there are a lot of crazy and/or angry people out there. One of their current obsessions is their belief, based on absolutely zero evidence, that Obama was not born in this country. The abundance and persistence of conspiracy theories - especially during times of change and challenge - is nothing new, of […]
There is room in this great and growing city for a journal that is not only cheap but bright, not only bright but large, not only large but truly democratic–dedicated to the cause of the people rather than that of the purse potentates–devoted more to the news of the New than the Old World–that will expose all fraud and sham, fight all public evils and abuses–that will sever and battle for the people with earnest sincerity.— Joseph Pulitzer
