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Dec 18, 2008
- Posted by Regan
Ray
Jared Bland, managing editor of The Walrus, recently spoke with Maclean's editor and publisher Ken Whyte about journalism today, the future of newspapers and Whyte's new book about Randolph Hearst...
Dec 17, 2008
- Posted by Regan
Ray
A year after it launched, the independent Carleton FreePress closed down in October. As Ryerson Review of Journalism reporter Christal Gardiola discovered, that’s left a paper owned by the powerful Irving family as the only one in town.
Dec 12, 2008
- Posted by Regan
Ray
Does society have anything to lose if newspapers disappear? Will
democracy suffer if people are no longer able to get their news from
ink printed on a flattened tree? These are questions asked by Maclean's
columnist Andrew Potter recently. His answer: "I highly doubt it."
Dec 10, 2008
- Posted by Regan
Ray
It's official; every kind of media is now in trouble, writes Kelly Toughill. But blaming familiar culprits like the Internet and the recession masks what is really going on.
It's official; every kind of media is now in trouble, writes Kelly Toughill. But blaming familiar culprits like the Internet and the recession masks what is really going on.
Nov 18, 2008
- Posted by Kelly
Toughill
A summit of U.S. newspaper publishers produced grim news last week, with one expert saying that the industry is in the fourth stage of a five-stage process toward dissolution. Corporate CEOs and publishers gathered in Chicago for a one-day, closed-door meeting convened by the American Press Institute Nov. 13. Editor and Publisher has the full story.
Nov 07, 2008
- Posted by Regan
Ray
In a recent National Post
column Jonathan Kay outlines three "discrete islands of profitability"
that he figures can save print media organizations -- should they
choose to go in one of these directions...
Nov 06, 2008
- Posted by Kelly
Toughill
Readers around the world flocked to their local newsstands Wednesday for their copy, or rather copies, of history – their local newspapers blasting the news that Barack Obama is the next President of the United States. Philip M. Stone reports in followthemedia.com
Nov 04, 2008
- Posted by Regan
Ray
Columnist and director of the School of Journalism at University of King's College Kim Kierans laments the loss of the New Brunswick weekly Carleton Free Press, and questions the Competition Bureau's decision not to investigate possible unfair business practices of its rival, the Irving-owned Bugle-Observer.
Oct 30, 2008
- Posted by Kelly
Toughill
The latest report from the Audit Bureau of Circulation shows U.S. newspaper circulation declined 4.6 per cent in the six months ending in September, 2008. The report covers 507 daily newspapers. Declines were worst in large cities, but even quality titles such as the New York Times were not immune to the trend.
Oct 30, 2008
- Posted by Kelly
Toughill
Hope for struggling newspaper companies and discouraged journalists came from an unlikely quarter this week.
Lauren Rich Fine was the most powerful media-stock analyst on Wall Street for more than a decade. She built her career telling newspapers how to maximize profits to boost share price, then retired a year ago. Thursday she delivered an unusual message:
Make less money. Get off the stock exchange.
Lauren Rich Fine was the most powerful media-stock analyst on Wall Street for more than a decade. She built her career telling newspapers how to maximize profits to boost share price, then retired a year ago. Thursday she delivered an unusual message:
Make less money. Get off the stock exchange.
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