America's
Oldest Journal Covering the Newspaper Industry
Tuesday, October 14, 2008
Our Updated Endorsement Chart: Obama Leads 28-11 So far, the Obama-Biden ticket leads with 28 editorial endorsements, with the McCain-Palin lagging far behind with 11. In another important measure: Obama has so far won the backing from five papers that endorsed the GOP candidate in 2004, while McCain has earned no flip-flops.- October 13, 2008 12:35 PM ET
Newspapers Mired in Debt Even Before Economic Crisis Newspaper companies have been skipping loan payments, missing financial targets in debt agreements, and accepting higher interest rates in exchange for more flexibility -- and they're not even directly feeling the impact of the credit crisis yet.- October 13, 2008 10:10 AM ET
Krugman Wins Nobel Prize for Economics The American economist -- and New York Times columnist -- Paul R. Krugman won the Nobel economics prize on Monday for his analysis of trade patterns and location of economic activity.- October 13, 2008 7:45 AM ET
Renee R.W. Hencey Named VP/New Business Development for LANG Renee R.W. Hencey has been named vice president of new business development for the Los Angeles Newspaper Group. Hencey most recently was the group¿s director of new business development.
Donna Jebson Named Local Retail Sales Director for Newport News 'Daily Press' Donna Jebson has been named local retail sales director for the Daily Press in Newport News, Va. Jebson most recently headed advertising sales for the company's niche publishing division.
UPDATE: The Dishonesty of David Brooks The columnist, in an informal setting, declared that Sarah Palin is not fit for higher office. It may or may not surprise you to learn that he has not made the same charge in his column or suggested that the selection of someone "not even close" to be being qualified for vice president by a 72-year-old cancer survivor might disqualify John McCain from Brooks' consideration for support. - by Greg Mitchell - October 09, 2008
Debate Shortchanges American Public Remember, this was supposed to be the "domestic policy" debate. Yet there we were once again talking about raids on Pakistan and defending Israel. Brokaw and the debate organizers (and whoever picked the final questions) let down the American public. - by Greg Mitchell - October 08, 2008
Age Before Beauty? Are papers overdoing it with reinvention and content tweaks, to the point where they are driving away their largest base of loyal readers -- baby boomers?
'Gate' Crashing? It got too big too fast, but now GateHouse Media searches for the key to a stable future for its 90-plus dailies.
Time Has Come Today In Web metrics, eyeballs still count -- but how long they stay fixed on your site may prove just as important.
Flight of the Bottle-Neck Goose Jill McLane Baker /Kalamazoo (Mich.) Gazette Kalamazoo County Animal Services and Enforcement Officer Mark Vanderberg chases a Canada goose with a plastic bottle stuck on its head through Riverside Cemetery in Kalamazoo Wednesday afternoon. The bird had been wandering about in slow circles, waving his head back and forth trying to get the bottle off to no avail. After Gazette photographer Jill McLane Baker called Kalamazoo County Animal Services and Enforcement, officer Vanderberg arrived on the scene and later removed the obstruction from the bird's head.
RSS