Saturday Afternoon in the Blogosphere

My workweek has come to an end

We Need a Slower News Cycle - Jewish Journal

Our dangerous information desert - Casper Star-Tribune

What Julian Assange’s arrest means for journalism - Poynter

L.A. Times accepts Basic Attention Token - Coin Revolution

Facebook is a publisher. It should be treated that way - VT Digger

Sun-Times lands lifeline from old friends - Crain's Chicago Business

KPC Media Group selling its Herald Republican building - KPC News

Future of journalism is digital, journalists told at PUAN workshops - Pakistan Today

Richmond Times-Dispatch Launches Video Marketing Solution - Editor and Publisher

Is Tribune Publishing Company Worth a Second Glance With a PCF of -12.44? - Zeeland Press

Friday Night in the Blogosphere

Driving lesson gone awry 

Why you should still buy a newspaper - Chestnut Hill Local

Pondering newspapers' futures — and pasts - Baker City Herald

Indian Digital Marketing Budget to Surpass Print in 2019 - Edgy Labs

How Tribune Increased Digital Subscriptions Fivefold in 3 Years - INMA

How Google and Facebook suppress the news - San Francisco Chronicle

Facebook's concern about local news comes awfully late - Salt Lake Tribune

Newspapers will no longer be for sale from outside racks - The Ottawa Herald

Patrick Soon-Shiong’s NantWorks buys Redondo Beach industrial park - The Real Deal

Canon Solutions America Takes Part in Future of Print Discussion - Printing Impressions

Is the slow-motion decline of Johnson Publishing accelerating? - Crain's Chicago Business

Wednesday Morning in the Blogosphere

To Live and Die at the L.A. Times - Alta Online

Is Digital First’s takeover bid for Gannett just a ploy? - Poynter

How Reuters Is Training Reporters to Spot ‘Deepfakes’ - Digiday

Local News Is Dying, and Americans Have No Idea - The Atlantic

Three Views on the Ways to Provide Better News to Everyone - Medium

Public Sees an America in Decline on Many Fronts - Pew Research Center

BNP Media Shutters Five Magazines, Laying Off Numerous Staffers - Folio

Pew research finds that broadcast is the favorite source for local news - Poynter

Alden cuts costs by putting one editor in charge of scores of California papers - DFM Workers

Tribune Tower owner sells Michigan Avenue offices for $72 million - Crain's Chicago Business

Monday Morning in the Blogosphere

Sunny day in Southern California today

Trib's no. 2 owner stands down - Crain's Chicago Business

Soon-Shiong, Tribune Publishing enter standstill deal - Seeking Alpha

Pakistan introduces first business robot journalist - The Express Tribune

Unwanted newspapers pile up in DeWitt, Bath neighborhoods - WILX-TV

A DNA test restored my lost African ancestry. Or so I thought - Sandy Banks

Fact vs. Fake: Here’s how fact checks perform on Facebook compared to hoaxes - Poynter

The Federal Government’s $600-Million Tax Package for the Canadian Journalism - J-Source

Judge Kevin Carey had overseen the $13 billion Tribune company bankruptcy - Bloomberg Law

For Local Female Journalists, Rape Threats, Stalkers, Harassment Can Come with the Beat - CPJ

Could Tribune Publishing Company Skyrocket? The Stock Has Too Many Sellers - Thorold News

Friday Morning in the Blogosphere

Our Balikbayan Boxes have arrived in the Philippines after a very delayed trip

Publisher of the Year Terry Egger - Editor and Publisher

Creative Loafing Charlotte Abruptly Ceases Print Production - Folio

Omnivorous GateHouse Continues to Swallow Local Papers - Poynter

Tribune Publishing Gets Bids From McClatchy, Donerail - Bloomberg

Robservations: Tribune Publishing draws multiple bidders - Robert Feder

The New York Times passes 3 million mark in paid digital subscribers - Poynter

Put Jamal Khashoggi Square outside the Saudi consulate on Sawtelle - LAObserved

Digital defeats print as Gannett steps away from printed election results - Ken Doctor

Former Union-Tribune cartoonist Steve Kelley goes to Pittsburgh - San Diego Reader

Emanuel confidant Michael Sacks eyes Tribune Publishing - Crain's Chicago Business

Saturday Morning in the Blogosphere

Some of the warehouses I visit are massive 

Penny Hoarder makes move to print media - Business Observer

Newspapers, readers get bad news on tariff - Glens Falls Post-Star

The Newseum is selling MAGA hats and 'fake news' T-shirts - Poynter

Journalists Ambushed During Investigation of Russian Mercenaries - CJR

Idaho Press Buys Alternative Newspaper Boise Weekly - Spokesman-Review

Upworthy Slashes 31 Staffers, Editor in Chief and President Resign - The Wrap

Chicago Tribune sign to remain on redeveloped Tribune Tower - Chicago Tribune

Can we trust Facebook? Why would we? It's a business, not our friend - Chicago Tribune

Texas Monthly is Running a Test to Stop Readers Who Use Ad-Blockers - The Lenfest Institute

Tribune Media staffers face $41M haircut with Sinclair merger in flux - Crain's Chicago Business