tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29697915598768374352012-02-02T16:20:19.370-08:00A look at the downward spiral of the newspaper industry in the 21st century. <br> <i>Because no news is bad news</i>Another casualtyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03912694282012825030noreply@blogger.comBlogger47391100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2969791559876837435.post-20786183708427770842010-07-05T04:11:00.001-07:002010-07-05T04:12:12.725-07:00

John Naughton writes:The Times and the Sunday Times websites can now only be accessed for a fee. The rest of the newspaper industry is watching with interest to see how readers react.}}} full column {{{.

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You might think it means less local coverage in both cities, but not so, according to the memo.}}} full story {{{.

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The New York Times is pulling out of its online hyperlocal news initiative, The Local, after 18 months.}}} full story {{{.

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How much, where and when is determined by the competitive environment and how well a producer can distinguish his product in the mind of the consumer. That will be the challenge of the New York Times when it begins charging for online access next year.}}} full story {{{.

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Roy Greenslade writes:Sam Zell, the real estate investor who became a media mogul by acquiring the US group Tribune, is convinced that home-delivered newsprint newspapers are on its way out.}}} full story {{{.

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A year after cutting home delivery, Detroit newspapers say the move helped keep them afloat.}}} full story {{{.

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The supervisory board of Le Monde, the distinguished and debt-laden French newspaper, chose on Monday to accept a bid from a trio of left-leaning entrepreneurs, saving the paper from bankruptcy but taking control out of the hands of its journalists.}}} full story {{{.

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The future of France's flagship daily newspaper Le Monde will be decided today when the paper's supervisory board votes on a takeover bid to save the 66-year-old title.}}} full story {{{.

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Katherine Mangu-Ward, Jesse Kline & Robby Soav offer "A handy guide to kicking your dead tree habit."}}} full story {{{.

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This idea of citizen journalists as activists is one of the reasons why many in the mainstream media object not only to the term citizen journalism but also to the idea that these amateur contributors can supplant professional reporters.}}} full story {{{.

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As Americans increasingly turn to the Internet for their news — and advertisers follow them — newspapers and magazines are struggling to stay in business. In San Francisco, an unlikely group of partners may have found a way to keep old-fashioned journalism alive in the digital age.}}} full story {{{.

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USA Today president and publisher Dave Hunke, recently announced they would be reorganizing the paper, reports Gannett Blog. Most shockingly for the publication's staff, the reorganization will include layoffs.}}} full story {{{.

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Christopher Huckle, publisher of the Cadillac News, a daily newspaper in northwest Michigan, said the plan could result in dropping the Saturday newspaper, which would lead to a decrease in advertising revenue and to staff layoffs."It surprises me to find that I now must approach my largest vendor and plead for a continuation of service," Huckle said.}}} full story {{{.

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Sure, newspapers are great if you don't mind newsprint-covered hands, folds in all the wrong places and a massive pile of useless paper when you're done. Sounds great. For those a little more forward-thinking, Dragan Trencevski has come up with an alternative - the sleek and slightly saran-wrap-dispenser-looking eRoll.}}} full story {{{,

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La Palma, the local, award-winning, weekly Spanish-language newspaper, announced today that it will cease publishing in both print and online as of July 16.}}} full story {{{.

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JanJan was the last of four online newspapers offering reader-generated articles that were started with great fanfare here, but they have all closed or had to scale back their operations in the past two years.And it is not just the so-called citizen journalism sites that have failed here. No online journalism of any kind has yet posed a significant challenge to Japan’s monolithic but sclerotic

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In what must rank as one of the most surprising newspaper business turnarounds of modern times, the London Evening Standard is on the verge of transforming losses into profits.}}} full story {{{.

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When the operation ceased in February, East Stroudsburg businessman Jason Trump decided to buy it and start over — without the paper.}}} full story {{{.

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While it's all doom and gloom in the UK and US, other countries are finding newspaper readership at healthy levels.}}} full story {{{.

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Congress requires the FCC to take a hard look at the rules every four years to determine whether they still serve the public interest. If they don't, the FCC has to rewrite them.Now, as the FCC kicks off its latest review, it faces calls to pare the limits because traditional media companies are no longer the almighty players that they were when the ownership rules were first enacted.}}} full

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Going forward, The San Diego Union-Tribune's newsroom promises to be different: Flatter, with fewer editors overseeing what reporters write. Refocused, with senior reporters freed up to delve more deeply into their beats and publish straight to the web. And smaller, with fewer journalists on staff.The Union-Tribune laid off 35 newsroom employees Thursday, part of a planned reorganization that

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Alabama daily newspapers continue to experience circulation declines and many trimmed their staffs in recent months in the wake of falling advertising revenue.The state’s four largest papers each reported average daily circulation drops of at least 7.7 percent for the six months ended March 31, according to the Audit Bureau of Circulations. The Birmingham News posted the largest year-over-year

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Out of nowhere the revival of The Herald has been followed over the last nine months by not one but two free community weeklies that can be found side by side each week in shops, bars and other establishments around town.}}} full story {{{.

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Gene Policinski writes:The rise of so-called citizen journalists brings into sharp focus a basic First Amendment argument: Government should not be involved in deciding who should convey news and information, or who's most qualified to do so. Public officials should not be declaring or deciding who is a journalist.}}} full story {{{.

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The Internet is poised to overtake newspapers as the second-largest U.S. advertising medium by revenue behind television, according to PricewaterhouseCoopers’ Global Entertainment and Media Outlook for 2010 to 2014.}}} full story {{{.

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Newspapers in developed nations are generally facing steeper declines in advertising revenues, titles and circulations than their counterparts in more developing countries, a new report from the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development shows.}}} full story {{{.

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A Hearst startup, called Skiff, seemed to have the technology to make seattlepi.com a stronger competitor with its old newspaper rival across town. But the Skiff has set sail, sold to Rupert Murdoch's outfit, and things look even more questionable for the local web site.}}} full story {{{.

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Hyperlocal news projects that start tiny have a greater chance of success – but many find themselves with more kudos than cash.}}} full story {{{.

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It seemed barely credible that London's evening paper would succeed as a giveaway. But the power of old-fashioned print advertising revenue has moved it to the brink of profitability.}}} full story {{{.

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The Observer, a family-owned community newspaper in Northern Virginia that for more than a quarter-century provided an insider's glimpse of life in Washington's rapidly growing suburbs, has shuttered after years of declining advertising revenue and worsening circulation.}}} full story {{{.

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Trinity Mirror is to make 200 editorial staff across its three national titles - the Daily and Sunday Mirror, and The People - redundant.The job cuts come as the company announces the creation of new multimedia newsrooms linked to the introduction of its web-based content management system, ContentWatch.}}} full story {{{.

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Jed Stockton writes:I picked up a copy of the Honolulu Advertiser's last edition and I have to say I did not expect to have the feeling I had after reading it.I was angry. I was angry at the fact that another important outlet for vital information on the local news front was closing.}}} full story {{{.

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The New York-based bond bargain hunter is wagering an improving economy will help the newspapers recover.}}} full story {{{.

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Three free weeklies in Ireland - the Sligo, Meath and Cavan Posts - were closed down this week by their owner, River Media. Some 37 staff will lose their jobs.}}} full story {{{.

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Watchdog reporting is at an alarming low at many federal agencies and departments whose actions have a huge impact on the lives of American citizens, Jodi Enda writes in the American Journalism Review.}}} full story {{{.

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The editorial department for the Sun Times Media’s Pioneer Press has been trimmed by three positions, the company told the Chicago Tribune Monday.}}} full story {{{.

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Jenny Gignac writes:I feel like there is something lost when you have to open up a laptop to get your news while you sit at the breakfast table and sip your coffee. I like to feel the news. I like to look for pens to work the crossword puzzle, and I like the sound of the pages turning.}}} full column {{{.

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Marc Reeves shares the first draft of a speech he is giving June 10:Newspapers are still trying aspiring to the revenue levels of the old days, so the mantra is: ‘”You can’t make money from the internet ... Lose a pound in print advertising, make a penny online.”Well, that’s true – but it’s only a problem if you’re trying to make an online revenue stream pay for a newsprint cost base. }}} full

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Today's final edition of The Honolulu Advertiser ends a 154-year run that helped document and define the course of Island life from the days of the Hawaiian kingdom to the arrival of jets and the digital age. Honolulu is now a one-newspaper town for the first time in its history.}}} full story {{{.

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Workers at The Honolulu Advertiser and the Honolulu Star-Bulletin put the last editions of their newspapers to bed last night, ending a storied journalistic rivalry that spanned three centuries.}}} full story {{{.

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The Honolulu Star-Bulletin and The Honolulu Advertiser have competed to chronicle Hawaii for more than a century. That rivalry ends Sunday when the Advertiser, Hawaii's largest newspaper, publishes its last edition. It's being bought out and combined with its smaller rival. More than 400 reporters, pressmen and other workers are losing their jobs.}}} full story {{{.

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The new era means layoffs for more than 450 employees."We understand there's a significant job loss and we take it very seriously," says Francis.Nearly 30 Advertiser reporters were kept on, for a total newsroom staff of 117.}}} full story {{{.

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“They’re taking advantage of the deflated market, and are probably on to something,” Clawson said. “Frankly, I think it’s sad. They are betting people will write for dirt and they are winning that bet.” }}} full story {{{.

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A new report from Moody's predicts that U.S. newspaper revenue declines will moderate considerably in the next 12 months as the economy gains strength and ad spending recovers.But the ratings agency said the industry's long-term prospects will remain challenging as companies divert advertising dollars to other media.}}} full story {{{.

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Le Monde, a frequent critic of global capitalism, has put out an international tender for new investment that could result in the journalists and other employees handing control to an outsider within weeks. Without new funds, the newspaper might not be able to keep printing and paying wages through the summer.}}} full story {{{.

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The Detroit newspapers will resume seven-day home delivery in some neighborhoods starting in about a month, reversing a closely-watched cost-cutting move last year that reduced delivery to just three days a week, Gannett's Detroit Free Press disclosed today.}}} full story {{{.

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The good news for the professional news industry is that the researchers found citizen journalism websites (news and blog sites) are presently not viable substitutes for daily newspaper sites. Only 25 % of the amateur sites published on a daily basis. Even if they do have daily postings, they tended to have significantly fewer news items, which the study attributes to the inherent budgetary

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Even as the local economy shows signs of life, newsroom employees at The San Union-Tribune are bracing for more cuts.}}} full story {{{.

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The nation’s struggling newspaper industry has a future, but it will require a commitment to sweeping change that could include a public-private ownership model and help from organized labor, according to a new University of California, Davis, study.}}} full story {{{.

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John White writes:Imagine a time when you get up in the morning, grab your digital paper, hit the touch screen to activate it and read your downloaded news with your coffee. Then, you can roll it up, stash it in your briefcase or bag, and read the updated news on your way to work on the train or bus. Sony's new thinner-than-a-human-hair OLED screen could be that missing link.}}} full story {{{.

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Here's more ammo for The Wall Street Journal to use in its war against The New York Times.The paper's readership has increased 20% since News Corp. bought it in 2007, according to a new study by research company The Media Audit, Editor & Publisher reports.}}} full story {{{.

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Although the Bay Citizen may be the biggest nonprofit to make its debut this year, it is just one of at least seven nonprofit news sites that has launched since the beginning of 2010. This number includes the Connecticut Mirror, Tucson Sentinel, FairWarning in Sherman Oaks, Calif., Maine Center of Public Interest Reporting, Austin Bulldog, and Sacramento’s Cal Watchdog.}}} full story {{{.

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The Financial Times is amongst those seriously preparing to switch off printing presses, parent group Pearson’s director of global content standards Madi Solomon told me during a panel at the E-Publishing Innovation Forum in London on Tuesday…}}} full story {{{.

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In his most recent book, “The Vanishing Newspaper,” (Philip) Meyer calculates that “the first quarter of 2043 will be the moment when newsprint dies in America as the last exhausted reader tosses aside the last crumpled edition.”}}} full story {{{.

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Rich Luongo writes:You can understand why journalism barely makes it in the list of the 10 biggest career choices. Frankly, I’m surprised it made the list at all. Several years ago, the federal government saw journalism as a profession without any growth for at least 20 years. Yet according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, individuals in their 20s put journalism in the ninth position of their

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U.S. newspaper sites continue to see increases Web traffic, according to the latest comScore figures released by the Newspaper National Network. Online newspaper operations in the top 25 media markets drew 83.7 million unique visitors in April 2010, up 10 percent from March, 12 percent from February, and 15 percent from January, Media Post reported.}}} full story {{{.

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Margaret Sullivan writes:The death watch began in March 2009. That was when - in the midst of extraordinarily difficult times for newspapers - Time Magazine published its scary-sounding list: The 10 Most Endangered Newspapers in America.Of the top 50 papers, the magazine speculated, at least eight would go out of business in the next 18 months. Big names were on the list: The Boston Globe,

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Prince Albert Daily Herald managing editor Barry Glass writes about outsourcing of layout at his Transcontinental newspaper:All of the Saskatchewan newspapers owned by Transcontinental Media are doing the same. It's something happening in newsrooms in many other companies and other parts of the world. A journalist from Britain who visited Saskatchewan as part of a Rotary exchange a couple of

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Gordon Crovitz, former publisher of The Wall Street Journal, stated in a keynote speech at the conference that "everybody has the opportunity to make money from readers if their journalism is distinctive enough." He cited a study by The Boston Consulting Group noting that 48% of online readers said they would pay for access to their favorite sites, although they weren't willing to pay much.}}} "_

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Two Canadians took a gamble that local news still matters this week. The two represent the hopes of both old and new media.}}} full story {{{.

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The Selah Independent will cease publication next week with the May 26 issue, according to owners Mike and Pat Lindsey.... In the last 12 months sales dropped more than 50 percent, he said.}}} full story {{{.

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The New York Times(NYT), ahead of a speech by CEO Janet Robinson at an investor conference Monday, strove to soothe Wall Street by "reaffirming" the vague if bullish outlook it offered when it reported first-quarter earnings last month.}}} full story {{{.

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The figures he quotes show a dramatic decline in the newsprint editions of the Glasgow and Edinburgh titles. In the 1980s, the Herald was selling 120,000 copies a day. Now it is 55,000.}}} full story {{{.

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Police said they were unable to confirm whether the 59-year old man was an employee at the newspaper or say whether he would face any charges.Editorial employees at the Journal de Montreal have been locked out since January 2009, although the newspaper has continued to publish.}}} full story {{{.

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The deeper differences involve Google’s assumptions about what the news business will have to do to “engage” readers again—that is, make them willing to spend time with its printed, online, or on-air products, however much they cost. One Google employee who asked not to be named mentioned another report on journalism’s future and pointed out a section called “Focus on the User.” “They just mean,

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After more than a year of the same old funeral dirge, the newspaper industry seems to be cautiously humming a different ditty these days. In recent weeks things have been looking up for the daily news business – or at least, a lot less down.}}} full story {{{.

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A year ago the 138 year old Tucson Citizen newspaper ceased publication (print edition), but is very much alive online as Tucsoncitizen.com. Where have all the former 65 reporters/staffers gone since then?}}} full story {{{.

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Sir Ray Tindle, the octogenarian owner of Tindle Newspapers, hit out today at “damaging and dangerous rhetoric” proclaiming the demise of local newspapers.Making a case for their survival, Tindle said talk of the demise of the local press was “unjustified” as he urged larger publishing groups to stop comparing current revenue figures with those of the last boom period.}}} full story {{{.

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Nearly 400 employees from both publications might lose their jobs in the consolidation}}} full story {{{.

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With about 100 locked-out employees demonstrating outside, a brusque Pierre-Karl Péladeau made it known who he blames for the nearly 16-month-long labour conflict at the Journal de Montréal.Péladeau, the CEO of Quebecor Inc., lashed out at the union of 450 journalists during his address to shareholders at the company's annual general meeting yesterday.}}} full story {{{.

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Citizen journalists, reporters equipped with video cameras, news stories that are filed first to the latest mobile gadget before they appear in traditional print media.These are some of the concepts the man who will be advising the next owners of Canada’s largest chain of newspapers will bring to the table.}}} full story {{{.

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Media and communications conglomerate Quebecor Inc (QBRb.TO) posted a 9 percent rise in first-quarter operating earnings on Wednesday, driven by telecoms gains and cost cutting in its news media unit.}}} full story {{{.

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New Delhi: Publisher HT Media Ltd’s net profit rose ninefold in the three months ended 31 March as the company earned higher revenue from both circulation and advertising, and benefited from lower input costs, the company said on Monday.}}} full story {{{.

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JPMorgan Chase & Co. is boosting its bet that better days are ahead for the slumping newspaper industry. It reported Tuesday that it now owns a 10.2 percent stake in USA Today publisher Gannett Co., making it the company's largest shareholder.}}} full story {{{.

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Canada’s largest chain of daily newspapers has accepted an offer from its unsecured creditors for $1.1 billion, in a deal that preserves CanWest LP intact with National Post president Paul Godfrey at its helm.}}} full story {{{.

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Over 360 newspapers or periodicals in China - or three percent of the nation's total publications - would be shut down over the next three years.A total of 188 newspapers and periodicals were closed in 2009, after China's General Administration of Press and Publication introduced a market-oriented competition plan in 2008 that shuts down struggling and poorly-managed newspapers.}}} full story {{{.

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With the transfer of power looming at Philadelphia Newspapers, L.L.C., the company notified its entire workforce that they will be terminated. But luckily, it won't last for long.The company -- which owns the Philadelphia Inquirer, Philadelphia Daily News and Philly.com -- sent a letter to all 4,500 employees Friday notifying them that the company will be shutting down when the sale is finalized

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Changing "platform" demands, coupled with squeezed revenues, have dramatically changed the media landscape in recent years. Many companies tried to diversify, though for some this has resulted in financial disarray, forcing sales of less profitable holdings.}}} full story {{{.

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The Oklahoman says 7 percent of its employees will be laid off because of what it calls a struggling advertising environment.}}} full story {{{.

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Torstar Corp. (TS.B.T) swung to a first-quarter profit as earnings in its newspapers and digital division rebounded from the low earnings reported in the year-earlier period and Harlequin operations continued to achieve growth.}}} full story {{{.

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The first quarter newspaper numbers are in. They paint a consistent picture.Across the board, the reporting of public news companies reflects a new, if unsteady reality. In short, that reality is one of profit. Not the big profit of 20-percent-plus profit margins — the envy of many other industries — that were a truism as recently as five years ago. Now, the profit’s more tepid, mostly in single

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One day after taking over the daily operations of the Honolulu Advertiser, HA Management Inc. issued layoff notices to more than 500 employees of the state's largest newspaper.}}} full story {{{.

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At The New York Times, Janet L. Robinson, the chief executive, was paid $4.9 million in 2009, 26 percent more than the year before, and Arthur Sulzberger Jr., the chairman, made $4.8 million, an 171 percent increase.}}} full story {{{.

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The Rev. Sun Myung Moon's Unification Church is looking to sell The Washington Times after almost three decades of owning the newspaper, which was founded in 1982.A member of the Times' board of directors was cited by The Washington Post as saying management was looking for a buyer or strategic partner for the newspaper, which has been repositioned amid layoffs and high-level executive departures

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Oahu Publications Inc., owner of the Honolulu Star-Bulletin, completed its purchase of The Honolulu Advertiser from Gannett Co. Inc. on Monday.The purchase includes the Advertiser’s website, its nondaily publications, 101 Things to Do Inc. and Gannett’s interest in Hawaii.com. }}} full story {{{.

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Al Waqt, a newspaper with a leftist-nationalist slant, printed its last edition on Monday after its general assembly on Sunday agreed to shut it down for its inability to secure enough funds to continue publishing. ...“We are not the first or last newspaper to stop publishing. We tried not to be the newspaper of a party, a lobby, a government or a sect. We have endured an advertisement siege… The

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Newspaper publishers Brown Media Holdings Co. and Brown Publishing Co. have filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy relief and plan to sell their assets to a bidder chosen by the companies.The Cincinnati-based, family-owned companies filed Friday in the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Eastern District of New York.}}} full story {{{.

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The corporate Goliath of the media world, Gannett Co., walks away tomorrow from nearly four decades of newspaper ownership in Hawaii after selling the spoils to the owner of its longtime rival Honolulu Star-Bulletin—but there are no white flags flying at this retreat.}}} full story {{{.

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Heartland Publications, LLC, which operates 50 paid circulation newspapers including the Durant Daily Democrat and numerous free or controlled distribution products in nine states, will emerge from Chapter 11 protection May 1, after only 19 weeks. The emergence follows the April 16 confirmation hearing at which no creditors voted against the company’s amended, pre-negotiated Plan of

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The latest Audit Bureau of Circulations report paints an overall dismal picture of Washington’s daily newspapers.From Bellingham to Vancouver, Wash., and from Tacoma to Spokane, almost all 14 newspapers included in the new audit saw significant losses in average daily and Sunday circulation from March 2009 to March 2010.}}} full story {{{.

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The final edition of Post-Crescent East — The Post-Crescent's weekly newspaper covering the Heart of the Valley — will be published May 28.Much of the content from P-C East will move to The Post-Crescent's daily editions and continue to be published online.}}} full story {{{.

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Budget cuts appear likely at Philadelphia's two major newspapers after creditors won them in a dramatic all-night bankruptcy auction this week.The new owners' management goals for The Philadelphia Inquirer and Philadelphia Daily News will soon be on display as they have to negotiate employee contracts that end June 30.}}} full story {{{.

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The Associated Press said Thursday its net income plunged as revenue fell nearly 10 percent last year. The news cooperative also expects a decline in revenue this year, which would be its first back-to-back drop since the Great Depression.}}} full story {{{.

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The consolidation of Honolulu's two rival dailies is expected to begin one minute after midnight on Monday when Honolulu Star-Bulletin owner Black Press concludes its purchase of The Honolulu Advertiser from Gannett Co.Both papers will continue to operate and be distributed for 30 to 60 days until Black Press' subsidiary, Oahu Publications Inc., is ready to introduce its new daily broadsheet, the

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"The Times has a lot of readers and a lot of them are very loyal, long-standing folks. It's not going to be easy to peel off the Times' core constituency," says Dean Starkman, a former Journal reporter who writes for the Columbia Journalism Review. "As a business proposition, I think I'm with the majority of skeptics who think that this could ultimately damage both papers."}}} full story {{{.

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A coalition of hedge funds and other investment firms offered $105 million in cash yesterday to buy the Daily News, Inquirer and Philly.com, winning an auction to bring the newspapers out of bankruptcy and ending a bitter fight with the newspapers' chief operating officer, Brian P. Tierney.}}} full story {{{.

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The U.S. Justice Department has given the owner of the Honolulu Star-Bulletin the go-head to buy longtime rival The Honolulu Advertiser, the largest newspaper in Hawaii, from Gannett Co.The two papers will be consolidated, likely resulting in layoffs. The merged newspaper is expected to be called the Honolulu Star-Advertiser.}}} full story {{{.

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While the U.S. newspaper industry continues to be awash in red ink, Canadian dailies are seeing milder declines.Circulation numbers released yesterday show weekday sales for Canadian newspapers were nearly flat in the six months ended March 31. American newspapers, by contrast, had weekday declines of nearly 9 per cent, according to the Audit Bureau of Circulations.}}} full story {{{.

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Lee Enterprises, parent company of The Journal Times, Tuesday reported that a large loss in first quarter 2009 turned into a small profit for this year's first quarter ended March 28.}}} full story {{{.

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Weekday and Sunday circulation of Detroit’s two daily newspapers has sharply declined in the past six months. Circulation of the Detroit Free Press’ flagship Sunday edition fell 12.1 percent — or nearly twice the national average for Sunday decline — to 511,742 from 582,418 for the six months ending March 31, according to a report released Monday by the Audit Bureau of Circulations. }}} full

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