Next big thing? TV-newspaper staff mergers

Alan D. Mutter - Reflections of a Newsosaur - 03 Sep 2010

Newspaper and TV newsroom mergers could become the next big thing as profit-pressed publishers and broadcasters seek to cut costs and strengthen their digital presence.

Who said it first?

Jack Shafer - Slate - 02 Sep 2010

Many journalists give former Washington PostPresident and Publisher Philip L. Graham credit for being the first to describe journalism as "the first rough draft of history."

Next big thing? TV-newspaper staff mergers

Alan D. Mutter - Reflections of a Newsosaur - 03 Sep 2010

Newspaper and TV newsroom mergers could become the next big thing as profit-pressed publishers and broadcasters seek to cut costs and strengthen their digital presence.

The Newsonomics of news in a diversified world

Ken Doctor - Newsonomics - 27 Aug 2010

The Washington Post Company has been much in the news recently, but not because of its flagship paper. It's making news around its other holdings. It has shed Newsweek, staunching a $30 million annual bleed. More importantly to the company's finances, its Kaplan "subsidiary" has been much in the spotlight, under investigation by the feds, along with other for-profit educators, for fraud around student loans

Philly papers' deal deadline extended as negotiations continue

Editor & Publisher - 02 Sep 2010

The clock may still be ticking, but at least now there's more time left on the board. Philadelphia Media Network Inc., which purchased The Philadelphia Inquirer, the Philadelphia Daily News, and Philly.com at a bankruptcy auction in April for $139 million, had planned to finalize its purchase of the media outlets Tuesday, when it was scheduled to emerge from bankruptcy.

In California, an old-style print war

David Carr - The New York Times - 30 Aug 2010

The office of The Bay Guardian at the bottom of Potrero Hill in San Francisco -- the site of one of the last great newspaper wars -- was eerily quiet last Thursday morning, with the sounds of a bell at the front desk echoing up into the high ceiling.

Google, AP reach new deal on licensing rights

Michael Liedtke - The Associated Press - 30 Aug 2010

Google Inc. will be able to continue posting content from The Associated Press under a new licensing deal the two companies announced Monday after months of sometimes thorny negotiations.

Newspaper drivers reject tentative contract

Christopher K. Hepp - The Philadelphia Inquirer - 30 Aug 2010

The drivers who deliver The Inquirer and the Philadelphia Daily News voted overwhelmingly Sunday to reject a tentative contract agreement reached between their union, Teamsters Local 628, and Philadelphia Media Network, the newspapers' new owner.

The Newsonomics of news in a diversified world

Ken Doctor - Newsonomics - 27 Aug 2010

The Washington Post Company has been much in the news recently, but not because of its flagship paper. It's making news around its other holdings. It has shed Newsweek, staunching a $30 million annual bleed. More importantly to the company's finances, its Kaplan "subsidiary" has been much in the spotlight, under investigation by the feds, along with other for-profit educators, for fraud around student loans

Tribune Co. creditors court Michael Eisner and Jeff Shell for top jobs

Dawn C. Chmielewski, Michael Oneal and Sallie Hofmeister - The Los Angeles Times - 26 Aug 2010

Former Walt Disney Co. Chief Executive Michael D. Eisner is in discussions that could lead to his return to the media spotlight -- as chairman of the now-bankrupt Tribune Co.

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