The Incredible Shrinking Lansing State JournalFifteen years ago, or maybe it was longer, 20, 25 years ago, the Lansing State Journal enjoyed its Golden Age. The economy was booming. Newsrooms were full. Circulation was up. Any retailer wanting foot traffic... [more]
What's Up? More bad news at The N&OBad news: Readers of The News & Observer's print edition have probably noticed there's a lot less of it lately. Worse news: More cuts are coming. In an interview, N&O Executive Editor John Drescher confirmed the... [more]
In Missoula, Layoffs and Other Changes at the Daily NewspaperA husband-wife pair received the first newsroom layoff notices from the Missoulian in more than five years, as Missoula’s daily newspaper and other Lee Enterprises newspapers around the state slashed costs in... [more]
School’s inI continue to neglect you, blog family, because I am in the final (I hope) throes of editing the book and school just began. I spoke to the new class yesterday in the start of the interactive journalism class. Here... [more]
Newspaper Escape Plan?Shawn Lynch writes: With the newspaper industry dying a slow, painful death, is there a way to breath new life into it? Many are fleeing the industry - just check out this group on Facebook: Newspaper Escape Plan. On... [more]
Journalism Carnage Hits Home at BeijingPaul Oberjuerge writes: It’s been an awful year for print journalism. Something like 8,000 journalists have lost their jobs this year, and it’s not even September yet. It’s a big number, but... [more]
In effort to cut costs, head off layoffs, guild for Daily News, Inquirer votes to postpone raise"Would you be comfortable seeing people losing their jobs?" Diane Mastrull asked a crowded membership meeting of the Newspaper Guild of Greater Philadelphia last night. "Could you go home at night knowing that was... [more]
A personal take on Technorati’s acquisition of BlogcriticsHuge congrats to Blogcritics! It was announced today that Blogcritics – an online magazine-meets-blog community that I have a long and continuing relationship with – is being acquired by Technorati: ... [more]
Honolulu Advertiser lays off 27 more workersThe Honolulu Advertiser is cutting 27 positions and will consolidate its weekly community newspapers and free shoppers. Pacific Media Publications, its community newspapers group, which produces PennySaver, Buy &... [more]
What is black and white and in the red, all over?Chuck Jaffe writes: Gannett Corp. last week announced plans to eliminate 1,000 jobs, and its stock popped 11 percent in response to the news. A former newspaper colleague of mine later dropped me an e-mail saying he... [more]

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