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Newspaper websites’ ad revenue got progressively worse in Q3, as the declines reached nearly 17 percent to $623 million, according to the latest Newspaper Association of America stats. In comparison, newspaper sites’ Q308 decline was only 3 percent; sequentially, Q2 newspaper (Read More)
New York Times:
Authorities appeared to carefully monitor how President Obama’s words were transmitted to China’s public, even in a newspaper known for its press-the-envelope approach.
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Romenesko:
Forbes.com "I don't think Poynter would try it," says Rick Edmonds, "but it might make sense for the [New York] Daily News." (Its owner, Mort Zuckerman, has pitched the idea.) || What Edmonds will tell the FTC next month: "I'll be talking about the bankruptcies newspapers face and explain the likelihood that more staff cuts (Read More)
Romenesko:
Philadelphia Inquirer The auction had been scheduled for today. Philadelphia Newspapers' attorney hopes the appeals court will issues its ruling before the end of December. It's to decide whether senior lenders can use money they're owed to bid for the media firm. (Read More)
Romenesko:
Columbia Journalism Review"A doomed strategy would be to wish that it were 1950 again and retreat into denial," says Rod Durst. "A winning strategy would be to embrace the change and figure out how to manage and monetize it by leveraging the existing brand.". (Read More)
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Romenesko Letters "He'd actually advocate transparency in the federal judiciary that would increase the tiny number of reporters who subsist on the trickle of news allowed by the judges," writes John Maggs. (Read More)
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» Even though they are now partners, Microsoft (NSDQ: MSFT) is trying to outbid Yahoo (NSDQ: YHOO) for search partners. [TBI]» The contract to finalize the Yahoo-Microsoft deal appears ready to be signed. [All Things D]» How Ask.com can make headway in a crowded search fiel (Read More)
Editor And Publisher - Online:
Advantage Newspaper Consultants (ANC) announced this week it has upgraded and extended its iFolds Pro application to daily newspapers.
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Romenesko:
Broward-Palm Beach New Times Lisa Rab recalls when the papers were swimming in cash from the real estate boom, then gets into today's newsroom environment. "It seems post-apocalyptic to me half the time," says a Miami Herald staffer. "Overall, you just feel that the air has been let out of the balloon.". (Read More)
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By Chris Tryhorn: James Harding, the editor of the Times, today gave the clearest indication yet of how News International is going to start charging for its journalism online.Pledging to “rewrite the economics of newspapers”, Harding said the Times would charge for 24-hour ac (Read More)
New York Times:
The Blade and other gay papers found that they had been shut after a government agency that oversaw them couldn’t find buyers for them.
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New York Times:
The Blade and other gay papers found that they had been shut after a government agency that oversaw them couldn’t find buyers for them.
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New York Times:
The results of student council elections in Lebanon are seen as crucial indexes of a party’s overall popularity and routinely make the front pages of national newspapers.
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