Newspaper Industry

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Ailing Sun-Times Media Group Cutting Board Members

Chicago Tribune | Phil Rosenthal | Posted 11.19.2008 | Chicago

Read More: Sun-Times Media Group, Cyrus Freidheim, Gordon Paris, Chicago Sun-Times, Sun-Times Stock, Graham Savage, Sun-Times Value, Sun-Times Cuts, Sun-Times Board Cuts, Newspaper Industry, Raymond Seitz, Chicago News

The Sun-Times Media Group has moved to lighten its load--in the board room and on its ledgers--in the face of pressure from top shareholders agitatin...

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Murdoch the Hypocrite

Charles Warner | Posted 11.18.2008 | Media

Read More: Rupert Murdoch, Print Journalism, Journalism, New York Post, Newspaper Industry, Media News

Murdoch is apparently blaming "complacent" and "contemptuous" newspaper reporters and editors for the decline of newspaper circulation and advertising revenue.

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Murdoch Scolds "Misguided Cynics": "Newspapers Will Reach New Heights In 21st Century"

AP | ROHAN SULLIVAN | Posted 11.17.2008 | Media

Read More: Rupert Murdoch, Newspapers, Newspaper Industry, Murdoch on Newspaper Industry, Media News

SYDNEY, Australia — Global media magnate Rupert Murdoch says doomsayers who are predicting the Internet will kill off newspapers are "misguided ...

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Barack Obama's Going Away Gift to Illinois Newsprint

Karen Dalton-Beninato | Posted 11.16.2008 | Chicago

Read More: Abraham Lincoln, Barack Obama Letter, Barack Obama, Obama Senate Seat, Barack Obama 60 Minutes, Newspaper Industry, Obama Going Away Letter, Chicago News

Barack Obama's first big gift to newsprint was the run on most national editions during his second day as President-elect. His latest gift is more personal to the Land of Lincoln.

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Pulitzer-Winner Crewdson Heads List Of Tribune Lay Offs

Chicago Reader | Michael Miner | Posted 11.13.2008 | Chicago

Read More: Gerould Kern, Tribune Company, Stephen Hedges, Newspaper Lay Offs, Tribune Washington Bureau, Tribune Layoffs, Tribune Downsizing, Chicago Tribune, Bay Fang, Newspaper Industry, John Crewdson, Aamer Madhani, Chicago News

On Wednesday the Tribune's editor, Gerould Kern, and associate managing editor for national news Joycelyn Winnecke dropped in on the Washington bureau...

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American Press Institute: Read This Before Your Secret 'Crisis' Meeting

Maegan Carberry | Posted 11.11.2008 | Media

Read More: Mainstream Media, Web 2.0, Internet, Newspapers, Tim O'Reilly, American Press Institute, New Media, Media, Web 2.0 Summit, San Francisco, Newspaper Industry, Media News

The American Press Institute is huddled behind closed doors this week in crisis mode discussing how to save the deadwood editions that still turn a profit.

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Looking for Lessons in Those Long Lines Waiting to Buy Newspapers

Jane Dwyre Garton | Posted 11.10.2008 | Chicago

Read More: Newspaper Circulation, Newspaper Shortage, Journalism, Barack Obama, Newspaper Industry, Election Newspapers, Election Results, Election 2008, Chicago News

What will the newspaper business learn from the post-election rush to purchase daily papers? Will the lessons provide a little C.P.R. for an industry gasping to survive?

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Why Didn't Obama's Run Help Chicago Newspapers?

Ad Age | Jeremy Mullman | Posted 11.10.2008 | Chicago

Read More: Election 2008 Coverage, Newspapers, Chicago Sun-Times, Chicago Newspaper Sales, Sun-Times Circulation, Chicago Tribune, Chicago Tribune Circulation, Chicago Newspapers, Barack Obama, Obama Campaign, Newspaper Industry, Chicago News

Barack Obama's resounding victory led to a run on newspapers around the country, but especially in Chicago, where giddy readers scrambled to grab keep...

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Sun-Times Plans More Cuts After $168M Loss

Crain's Chicago Business | Ann Saphir | Posted 11.07.2008 | Chicago

Read More: Sun-Times Media Group, Sun-Times Job Cuts, Cyrus Freidheim, Chicago Sun-Times, Recession, Sun-Times Losses, Sun-Times Cuts, Sun-Times Earnings, Newspaper Industry, Chicago News

Sun-Times Media Group Inc. said it lost $168.8 million in its third quarter as revenue sank amid a weak economy. Ad sales in Chicago dropped 19% in t...

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The Best Political Endorsement of 2008

Andrew Sargus Klein | Posted 10.31.2008 | Media

Read More: Politics, Newspapers, Endorsements, Science, Media, Technology, Newspaper Op-Eds, Obama Endorsement, Barack Obama, Science Policy, Newspaper Industry, Media News

As an admitted Obama supporter, I still find it disheartening that editorial boards seem to reflect the politics they cover: vague boilerplate.

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Obama Campaign Big Winner in Media Revolution

Steve Miller | Posted 10.30.2008 | Home

Now on the precipice of possibly winning the presidency, Barack Obama can rightfully say that newer technologies catapulted him into the White House.

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Is There a Future for Newspapers?

Jack Myers | Posted 10.27.2008 | Business

Read More: Media Spending, Death of Print, Print Media, New York Times, Newspapers, Newspaper Industry, Business News

But newspapers have valuable assets that could enable them to recapture their local market dominance, if they act quickly and definitely.

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Sun-Times Lays Off Editorial Board Members

Journal-Isms | Richard Prince | Posted 10.16.2008 | Chicago

Read More: Deborah Douglas, Sun-Times Firings, Sun-Times Layoffs, Chicago Sun-Times, Michael Cooke, Sun-Times Cuts, Teresa Puente, Newspaper Industry, Chicago News

The two journalists of color on the Chicago Sun-Times editorial board were laid off on Wednesday because of "the advertising collapse in newspapers," ...

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Weak Economy Speeds Newspapers' Decline

AP | ANICK JESDANUN | Posted 08.29.2008 | Media

Read More: Newspapers, Newspaper Industry, Economy, US Economy, Media News

NEW YORK — The newspaper industry's downward spiral is accelerating as the weak U.S. economy depresses already-tumbling advertising revenue and ...

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New York Daily News Looks To Cut 25 Jobs With Buyout Offers

New York Post | Holly Sanders | Posted 08.20.2008 | Media

Read More: Newspaper Industry, Daily News Buyouts, Daily News, Newspapers, Mort Zuckerman, New York Daily News, Media News

The Daily News is cutting jobs in the latest round of downsizing at the embattled tabloid. The Mort Zuckerman-owned paper is looking for 25 volunteer...

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Gannett To Cut 1,000 Newspaper Jobs Across The US

Reuters | Robert MacMillan | Posted 08.14.2008 | Media

Read More: Newspaper Industry, Newspapers, Gannett Layoffs, Newspaper Layoffs, Gannett, Media News

SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Gannett Co Inc plans to eliminate 1,000 positions from its local newspapers around the U.S. because of declining advertising...

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Broadcast TV Draws More Advertising Dollars Than Newspapers For First Time In US History

Hollywood Reporter | Paul Bond | Posted 08.05.2008 | Media

Read More: Broadcast Tv Ad Spending, Newspaper Advertising Spending, Advertising, Newspaper Industry, Broadcast TV, Advertising Dollars, Media News

This year will mark the first time in U.S. history that broadcast television will get more advertising dollars than newspapers, according to a study d...

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Newspapers: Big Bargains -- Few Buyers

New York Times | Richard Perez-Pena | Posted 08.03.2008 | Media

Read More: Newspaper Industry, Newspapers, Newspapers for Sale, Media News

WANT to buy a newspaper company? No? You're in good company. The Chicago Sun-Times is the kind of trophy that once appealed to deep-pocketed buyers. ...

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Fahrenheit L.A. Times

Jon Robin Baitz | Posted 07.23.2008 | Media

Read More: L.A. Times, Cook Book Reviews, Bookstores, Books, Book Re, Newspaper Industry, Media News

So I read yesterday that the L.A. Times has finally done in the book review section. Sad, short sighted, and just another bad omen for the print world.

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Only 10 Percent Of Editors Consider Foreign News "Very Essential" To Their Papers

New York Times | RICHARD PÉREZ-PEÑA | Posted 07.21.2008 | Media

Read More: Foreign News, Foreign News in Newspapers, Newspaper Industry, Newspaper Troubles, Newspapers Decline, Newspapers, Media News

Almost two-thirds of American newspapers publish less foreign news than they did just three years ago, nearly as many print less national news, and de...

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Selling Your Old Media Now: Internet Whiz Says To Get Out

DealBook | Posted 07.15.2008 | Business

Read More: Television Industry, Newspapers, Marc Andreesen, Looking Around the Corner to the Future, Film Industry, Old Media Death Watch, Sun Valley, Newspaper Industry, Old Media, Business News

Internet pioneer Marc Andreessen, who now runs the social networking site Ning, kept up his death watch for old media Wednesday morning. In a morning...

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Sam's LA Times and Sam's LA Bagels

Marty Kaplan | Posted 07.14.2008 | Media

Read More: Sam's Bagels, Los Angeles Times, Newspapers, Print Journalism, Newspaper Industry, Sam Zell, Media News

What's the difference between Sam Zell's Los Angeles Times and Sam's Bagels on Los Angeles' Larchmont Boulevard? None, if you take Mr. Zell's words to heart.

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Newspapers' Worst Year Ever For Ad Revenue

New York Times | Richard Perez Pena | Posted 06.23.2008 | Media

Read More: Newspapers, Newspaper Ad Revenue, 2008 Newspaper Industry, Newspaper Industry, Media News

For newspapers, the news has swiftly gone from bad to worse. This year is taking shape as their worst on record, with a double-digit drop in advertisi...

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The Liberal Bias Newspaper Snipe Hunt

John McQuaid | Posted 06.17.2008 | Media

Read More: Mainstream Media, Liberal Bias, Newspapers, The Record, The Record Liberal Bias, Newspaper Industry, Media News

The problems we face today don't fit well into the "liberal vs. conservative" culture-war frame. And the editor of a daily newspaper shouldn't have to investigate himself. For six months.

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McClatchy To Cut 10 Percent Of Its Workforce

AP | SETH SUTEL | Posted 06.16.2008 | Media

Read More: Mcclatchy, Newspaper Industry, McClatchy Cuts, Media News

NEW YORK — McClatchy Co., the No. 3 newspaper company in the country, said Monday it is slashing 1,400 jobs in the latest effort to cut costs am...

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