Three quarters of adult Canadians read a daily newspaper at least once a week, according to the latest readership survey. The NADbank report released in early March had some encouraging news. Newspaper penetration is still high among adult Canadians, and newspaper readership is stable overall. The Globe and Mail posted significant overall gains in readership,…
The Albuquerque Tribune published for the last time on Saturday, Feb. 22. Newspaper staff learned last summer that E.W. Scripps Co. would close the daily if it could not find a buyer. Click the link below to read the newspaper’s coverage of its own demise.
Newspaper advertising revenue dropped 11 per cent in January, compared to the year before, marking the worst performance since 2001. At least one analyst was optimist after reading the numbers, Editor and Pubilsher reports. Peter Appert, of Goldman Sachs, had expected things to be worse.
Two regional UK newspapers took different approaches to stem drastically falling circulation, reports Philip M. Stone. In a study published in followthemedia.com, Stone tracks the efforts of the Manchester Evening News and the Birmingham Mail to stem falling circulation. Manchester opted for free subscriptions downtown; Birmingham chose to relaunch with a new emphasis on local…
“Every once in a while I feel that it might be helpful to readers if I explained what it is I am trying to do in these columns,” wrote Stanley Fish in the New York Times. Kudos to Fish. As both a reader and a some-time column writer, I have often thought both readers and…
NewsOntario’s highest court has overturned a ruling — the first of its kind in Canada — that granted a journalist the right to protect a confidential source. The Feb. 29, 2008 judgment of the province’s Court of Appeal authorizes the seizure of a loan document the National Post used as part of its “Shawinigate” investigation…
Ethan Baron, J-source.ca | I had a dream about Willie Pickton the night after he was sentenced to life in prison. I’d already had nightmares after gruesome days in court, but this dream was different. I was in a room with Willie and another man. The other guy and I were spending the night in…
An interesting article about a panel during a recent conference on editorial writing and community engagement. “Then the Internet arrived, and the civic discourse shifted, as readers turned to local discussion boards, political blogs and community e-mail lists to talk about the issues affecting them. The newspaper-sanctioned forum grew up, moved out, and became a…
Watcha gonna do when they come for your documents? Police and the courts have more power over reporters than some of us realize, argues Jay Somerset in the Ryerson Review. Indeed, on Feb. 29 the Ontario Court of Appeal upheld a grab for a Shawninigate-related document held by the National Post. While the Canadian Association…
Two new tools for the newsroom that sound like they will save time and resources for important functions on a news website. “Journalist and blogger Howard Owens examines two free online tools that can help enhance newspaper sites. They require some technical adaptations but your IT team will know what to do with them…”