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A group of former Sun Media employees have started a new independent weekly in Hinton, Alberta, called the Hinton Voice. This is positive news for the hard-hit weekly newspaper industry, where local newspapers owned by large chains have suffered. Sun Media recently cut back at the Pincher Creek Echo and the Crowsnest Pass Promoter. There…

“The Philadelphia Newspapers group has created four new ads to promote the value of newspapers. The new campaign promotes the theme: “Newspapers. The Savings Medium.” and is available for downloading at newspaperproject.org“ Is anyone doing this in Canada?

The Online Journalism Review offers an insightful critique of the Michael Jackson story as it was reported online. “Every major breaking news events offers its lessons to the news organizations that covered it. And today’s death of singer Michael Jackson should lead newsrooms to reexamine how they handle breaking news in a hyper-competitive, instant-publishing environment.”

“Starting this Monday, Postimees will stop full publication of its articles online. Its rival, Eesti Päevaleht, is going to follow suit within the next few months. “Then, the plan seemingly is to put those articles behind a paywall.” This doesn’t sound all that radical until you read the article and the rationale being used.

The largest U.S. newspaper publisher is preparing to eliminate between 1,000 and 2,000 jobs from its work force of 41,500 in response to continuing drops in revenue, The Wall Street Journal reports.

Martin Langeveld offers a different analysis of the bankruptcy proceedings of several large American newspapers. He suggests this may be a good thing in order to shake up the old business models that appear to be failing in the current environment. “If we experience a rash of bankruptcies among these larger publishing groups, the likely…