The San Francisco Chronicle and the paper's largest union announced Monday that they had come to a formal understanding on contract concessions which were necessary to avoid the paper's closure.
Parent company Hearst told employees February 24 that ...
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A study by the Australian Communications and Media Authority (ACMA) has found that the Internet is the most trusted media outlet in Australia.
The study found that 25% of the population list the Internet as their must trusted ...
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McClatchy Co. has announced it will cut 15% of its workforce for a total of 1,600 jobs in a new round of cost-cutting. The new cuts bring total job losses at McClatchy to 33% of its workforce ...
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Another day, another newspaper goes away. From the soon to be internet only Seattle PI:
Staffers chosen to participate in an online-only version of the Seattle P-I were notified of their selection Wednesday and Thursday. The selections ...
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Whether it be wholesale closure like the Rocky Mountain News or the piecemeal shutdowns of bureaus it isn’t hard to tell the news business is in real trouble. This can be seen as word comes that ...
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As I noted last night over on my home blog Carol Bartz is starting the process of stamping Yahoo into her mould of what she wants for the company and the in the trenches staff ...
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We all watch; some rubbing their hands together in glee and back patting, as the newspaper industry flails around trying to keep its head above water. For the most part it seems as if they are ...
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The Hearst Corporation has announced that it will start charging for some content on its newspaper sites, following a lead set by Cablevision earlier this week who announced a similar move for Newsday.
The amount to be charged ...
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Rocky Mountain News' now former Multimedia Producer Matthew Roberts (the paper closed Friday) has released "Final Edition," a short film on the final days of the paper (embed below).
At times it's moving account of the newspapers final ...
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Amazon's Kindle e-book reader will soon see competition from an unlikely place: the publisher of Cosmo.
Hearst Corp. is preparing to launch its own electronic reader, CNN Money reports, with the hope of bringing the magazine market into ...
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The Rocky Mountain News, Colorado's oldest newspaper will print its final edition Friday.
Founded in 1859, the Rocky becomes the largest newspaper to fall in this cycle, with a weekday circulation of 255,427 and 704,806 on Sundays.
Owner EW ...
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The Washington Post Company has reported a 77% drop in profit for the year ending 2008 off the back of a tanking newspaper advertising market.
The Washington Post Company owns a cable TV business and education assets along ...
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The 144 year old San Francisco Chronicle may close within weeks if unions don't accept broadscale cuts.
Owner Hearst Publishing said in a statement that the:
"San Francisco Chronicle newspaper is undertaking critical cost-saving measures including a significant reduction ...
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Another day, another newspaper business in Chapter 11 bankruptcy.
Philadelphia Newspapers LLC, the publisher of both the The Inquirer and the Philadelphia Daily News has filed for bankruptcy protection in an effort to restructure its $390 million debt.
The ...
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The Journal Register Company, publisher of 22 daily and 302 non-daily newspapers in the United States has filled for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection.
According to the filing in U.S. Bankruptcy Court in Manhattan, Journal Register proposes a restructuring ...
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The New York Times Company has suspended quarterly dividends due to difficult market conditions.
The move followed a cut from 23c a share to 6c a share in November 2008.
NY Times Co Chairman Arthur Sulzberger, Jr. said ...
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The Journal Register Company has shut 33 regional weeklies, and may shut more if buyers aren't found for titles on the market.
The Journal Register came under serious pressure last year, with debt driving the company stock to ...
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Metro, a Toronto daily free newspaper has laid off all of its paid staff, but will still be published with the help of the remaining unpaid interns.
Metro terminated four unionized staff writers last week and two managers, ...
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Once more the inane argument about whether newspapers should be charging for their online content has reared its ugly head with the same old arguments and the same old people throwing in their two cents worth. As ...
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The McClatchy Company reported a 20.7% drop in advertising for the 4th quarter of 2008, although a rise in online advertising.
Advertising revenues were $388.3 million, down 20.7% from the same quarter in 2007, showing a slight reduction ...
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Montreal newspaper The Monitor, founded in 1926 to serve the English speaking community in Montreal will cease print publication Thursday (Feb 5) and will switch to an online only presence.
The paper, owned by Transcontinental has a weekly ...
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Several newspaper editors and owners have gotten together and launched The Newspaper Project, a site dedicated to letting the world know that the newspaper publishing business isn't really that badly off.
The group includes Community Newspaper Holdings' ...
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