The French Government will subsidize newspaper deliveries, and a scheme to offer a free annual newspaper subscription to 18 year olds as part of a plan to save the ailing newspaper industry.
The newspaper delivery subsidy is the ...
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A report to be released by the Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism recommends a digital apartheid scheme that defines journalists ahead of bloggers, and tax breaks for newspapers.
The proposal of a "kitemark," in the form ...
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Google has announced that it will be closing Google Print Ads as of March 31st.
The service launched in November 2006 promising to deliver the ease of use, and client base of Google Adwords to the print industry. ...
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The New York Times Company has entered into a private financing agreement with Banco Inbursa, S. A., Institucion de Banca Multiple, Grupo Financiero Inbursa ("Banco Inbursa") and Inmobiliaria Carso, companies connected to Mexican billionaire Carlos Slim for ...
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Fresh from forcing an unpaid week long holiday on all non-union staff, Gannett has announced that the Tuscon Citizen is on the market and will close if no buyer is found by March 21st.
The Tucson Citizen is ...
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The Star Tribune, Minnesota's largest newspaper has filed a Chapter 11 bankruptcy petition.
The company said in a statement that it would use bankruptcy to restructure its debt and lower its labor costs.
The bankruptcy filing was not unexpected, ...
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The LA Times has lifted the price of their weekday edition 50%, or 25c to 75c, the first price increase for the paper since 2001.
The LA Time's parent company The Tribune Company filled for Chapter 11 bankruptcy ...
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The Financial Times announced Monday that it is eliminating 80 positions from its staff worldwide.
Around 20 positions are editorial, and the rest a mix, including streamlining duplicated jobs caused by previous acquisitions.
The Financial Times' John Ridding said ...
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The Seattle Post-Intelligencer (Seattle P-I), one of two daily newspapers servicing Seattle, Washington is on the market, and will switch to web only or close if a buyer can't be found.
Owner Hearst Corporation said in a statement ...
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While many journalists, current and former bemoan the fall of newspapers, some unemployed journalists are responding by starting their own news sites.
The Arizona Guardian comes from four laid-off East Valley Tribune workers, three writers and an editor ...
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The tide of doom in the newspaper industry didn't take a break over the Christmas/ New Year period, with three newspapers announcing their intention to quit print publishing for an online only presence.
Spanish-language weekday paper Hoy Nueva ...
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Hyperlocal websites have for a long time been an albatross of the 2.0 world; many have tried to create vibrant startups in the space, and many have failed.
There is some argument about the definition of hyperlocal; some ...
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One of the predictions I forgot to make for 2009 is one of a media bailout: some sort of Government intervention in the media industry as it plummets into the abyss. I'm probably glad I didn't make ...
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GateHouse Media, owner of 125 small local newspapers in Massachusetts, has sued the New York Times Company for linking to articles on Gatehouse web properties.
GateHouse argues that The New York Times Co, through the Boston Globe (Boston.com) ...
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The McClatchy Company reported that consolidated revenues for November 2008 decreased 19.4% off a fall in print advertising of 22.4% compared to the same month last year.
The decline in print advertising was partially offset by a 7.5% ...
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Financial weekly The Deal has cut 10%, or 15 employees.
The cuts were across the board out of 150 employees of which 75 were full timers.
New York based the The Deal is a group of finance and ...
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Hand wringing is almost becoming a watchable sport when it comes to the nose diving that was once the unshakeable world of old media. Every where we turn lately we are hearing dire prognostications of the ...
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The United Kingdom's Newsquest group may shut 11 newspapers due to increasing issues with debt and advertising revenue.
A review period to January 7 includes feedback from staff on redundancies and cost cutting measures that may save the ...
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With a balance sheet that says we're going to follow The Tribune Co into Chapter 11 bankruptcy, The New York Times is attempting to sell off its New York HQ to stay afloat.
According to the NY Times ...
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The Tribune Company, the publishers of The Chicago Tribune, The Los Angeles Times, Newsday and others has hired bankruptcy advisers.
According to the NY Times, the hiring of Investment bank Lazard and the law firm Sidley Austin is ...
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Long Island based Newsday has cut 100 people, or 5% of its workforce.
Publisher Timothy P. Knight said the union representing newsroom and production workers was informed of the "job reductions" and in the coming days "there will ...
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E.W. Scripps Company has put Colorado's The Rocky Mountain News on the market.
Colorado's oldest newspaper founded in 1859, The Rocky Mountain news lost around $11 million for the first 9 months of this year, and is expect ...
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