Wednesday Morning in the Blogosphere

Gearing up for this Saturday's Stamp Out Hunger

Cases of Injustice Against Journalists - One Free Press Coalition

More Than 100 CNN Workers Take Voluntary Buyouts - Deadline

Salt Lake Tribune looks to become a nonprofit organization - KSL

Southern newspapers played a major role in racial violence - Poynter

Alexa has been eavesdropping on you this whole time - Washington Post

Why Publishers Need to Communicate the Value of Premium Context - Folio

Welcome to the 'Bolder, Easier to Read, More Useful' Plain Dealer - Clevescene

How Publishers are Creating the Right Membership Model for Their Readers - EP

Should Newspapers Discontinue Their Crime Blotter / Mugshots Sections? - Reason Magazine

Fizzle or Sizzle? What's Behind the Numbers For Tribune Publishing Company - Chandler Caller

Tuesday Morning in the Blogosphere

Downtown Los Angeles

Gannett Gets a Taste of Its Own Medicine - Washington Post

Troy Record closes only remaining office - Albany Times Union

Steve Warmbir named Sun-Times managing editor - Robert Feder

Bid for Gannett latest challenge for newspaper industry - The News Tribune

Gannett Shares Soar On $1.4B Hostile Bid From Digital First Media - Deadline

Private employers: You can’t forbid your workers from talking to journalists - Poynter

How Politico Europe Grew Its Subscriptions Business by 50 Percent in 2018 - Digiday

This is what happened when investor Sam Zell purchased the Tribune Company - The Street

New York Times Launches a Flash Audio Briefing and Other Voice Stuff for Alexa - Nieman Lab

Let the 2019 Consolidation Games begin! Alden seeks to swallow Gannett - Nieman Journalism Lab

Thursday Morning in the Blogosphere

Southern California finally received a bit of much needed rain

Tribune Media Announces Three New Carriage Deals - Deadline

Spotlight puts focus on value of newspapers - Winnipeg Free Press

Here are more than 80 journalism internships and fellowships - Poynter

Are we all suffering from data breach fatigue? - Columbia Journalism Review

Telegraph to Put Politics, Business and Rugby News Behind Paywall - Guardian

Available now! World Press Trends 2018: Measuring the value of trust - Editors Weblog

Devin Nunes escalates war against Fresno Bee with 38 page mailer - Visalia Times-Delta

Post contributor and prominent Saudi critic Jamal Khashoggi feared missing in Turkey - WaPo

Think journalism's a tough field today? Try being a reporter in the Gilded Age - mySanAntonio

How has fake news on Twitter changed since the 2016 election? Not much, report finds - Poynter

Thursday Morning in the Blogosphere

The Gothamist relaunches today - Gothamist

Stabbed ADN carrier keeps delivering papers - KTVA

Assault on newspapers must be rebuffed - Sauk Valley

Sinclair amends filing for Tribune stations deal - Robert Feder

LA Times editor addresses pay gaps ahead of lawsuit - LAObserved

Fact checks are becoming powerful signals on social media - Poynter

Do people really want to watch a Netflix show about BuzzFeed journalism? - CJR

Sinclair Prepares To Sell 23 TV Stations In Search Of Tribune Deal OK - Deadline

Public TV stations KCET and KOCE to merge in shifting market - Los Angeles Times

The rise of ‘fake news’ is producing a record number of journalism majors - Marketwatch

Newsroom To 'Chicago Tribune': With 85 Percent Backing, We Have Votes For Union - NPR

Thursday Morning in the Blogosphere

Skid Row Los Angeles

Local journalism may not get the cash - San Diego Reader

We need everyone in to get everyone in homes - LAObserved

Tronc’s Fourth Quarter and overall 2017 results - Services Corporate

Penske Media Purchases SheKnows Media - The Wall Street Journal

Controversial Sinclair station sales in Chicago, NYC advance - Crain's

NME, Iconic British Music Weekly, Kills Print Edition After 66 Years - Variety

Tronc Says Los Angeles Times Sale To Close “In Days Or Weeks” - Deadline Hollywood

Federal regulators approve sale of Los Angeles Times to Patrick Soon-Shiong - LA Times

For local journalists, money isn't everything — 'but you've got to be able to live' - Poynter

For Two Months, I Got My News From Print Newspapers. Here’s What I Learned. - NYT

Monday Afternoon in the Blogosphere

The food bank gearing back up for another food give away this Friday

Newspaper carriers cut as community papers fold - CBC News

Publishers Share Their Outlook for 2018 - Editor and Publisher

Brokerages Set $20.00 Target Price for tronc, Inc. (TRNC) - BBNS

This new guide is like a cookbook for investigating fake news - Poynter

New York Times Documentary Gets May Premiere On Showtime - Deadline

BBC News Editor Quits Her Post to Protest Gender Pay Gap - The New York Times

The Washington Post Launches New Browser Extension for Chrome and Firefox - WaPo

Sadness as newspaper series covering East Devon shuts with loss of 20 jobs - Devon News

Trade dispute involving newsprint causing heartburn for newspapers, printers - Star Tribune

On the coldest day on record in San Diego history January 7, 1913 - San Diego Union-Tribune

Monday Morning in the Blogosphere

Palm Springs, California

U.S. sites spread Russian propaganda from Twitter - Recode

NY Post's Goodwin sparks big apple newspaper war - Arutz Sheva

The Death of the Alt-Weekly As Told By An Industry Lifer - Reason

Tronc Inc (TRNC) Drops Lower Over Past 5 Sessions - Rives Journal

Gannett remains profitable but publishing fundamentals are deteriorating - Poynter

2 Western South Dakota Weekly Newspapers Closing - U.S. News and World Report

Local News Site DCist Shut Down After Parent Company Labor Dispute - The Hoya

Bob Iger’s blacklisting of the Los Angeles Times is a bad look and a bad omen - WaPo

Disney Slams “Biased” L.A. Times; No Word That Boycott Is Over - Deadline Hollywood

Video publishers on what happens after Facebook stops subsidizing video content - DigiDay

Wednesday Night in the Blogosphere

USS Midway, San Diego, California

Standing in the newspaper morgue - Mesabi Daily News

The sorry state of Murdoch media - The Washington Post

Sam Zell's dictionary is missing a page - Chicago Tribune

The social media ads Russia wanted Americans to see - Politico

We speak up to end violence against journalists - Editors Weblog

tronc, Inc. Reports Third Quarter 2017 Results - Globe News Wire

Sinclair Profit And Income Drop; CEO Eyes Tribune Deal Close - Deadline

Apply to the 2018 Leadership Academy for Women in Digital Media - Poynter

Sinclair Broadcast Group praises FCC media ownership, TV rule changes - Reuters

New York Times Co. Reports Solid Digital Growth as Print Slides - New York Times

Tuesday Morning in the Blogosphere

Sent from an OFW in Abu Dhabi, UAE

Which newsrooms rule Twitter? - Poynter

'I don't read the newspaper' - York News-Times

A short history of dirty words in newspapers - Chicago Tribune

BH Media orders new voice service - Newspapers and Technology

How Some Leaks are Perceived as Bad and Un-American - Editor and Publisher

Discovery to Acquire Scripps Networks for $14.6 Billion - The Hollywood Reporter

Local newspapers in north-west Victoria prove there's life still left in print - ABC AU

Fox News reporter fabricated quotes for Seth Rich conspiracy story, lawsuit alleges - Poynter

Tegna and Tribune Media Close Deals To Sell Most Of Their CareerBuilder Stakes - Deadline

How America's newspapers reacted to Anthony Scaramucci's shock departure - The Telegraph

Tuesday Night in the Blogosphere

The result of teaching my wife to drive

All's fair in love, war and newspapers - Peoria Journal Star

Eisendrath confirms cash for Sun-Times deal - Robert Feder

Changes coming to The Star this week - Ventura County Star

Snopes is locked in a legal battle for control of its website - Poynter

Time Inc. Explores Renaming the Company - The Wall Street Journal

Bill Smith Dies: Longtime L.A. TV Newsman Was 74 - Deadline Hollywood

News Outlets to Seek Bargaining Rights Against Google and Facebook - NY Times

How Newspapers are Achieving Success with Technological Advancements - E and P

To Close Digital Divide, Microsoft to Harness Unused Television Channels - NY Times

Sinclair's reaction to the John Oliver story that criticized the broadcast company - Politico

Wednesday Morning in the Blogosphere

Judy Blood worked for seven publishers at the Los Angeles Times, 

she took one of the many buyouts after the Tribune took control.

Star Tribune's Quiet March To Digital - Net News Check

Chapter One : A Crisis of Prioritization - Geoffrey Moore

Print media consumption grew 6.5% in 2014 - Business Standard

Washington Post is opening up revenue opportunities - Nieman Lab

Tribune Publishing Co Plans $0.18 Quarterly Dividend - Mideast Times

Tribune Media Backers To Sell $654M Of Their Stock - Deadline Hollywood

Tribune Media CEO Peter Liguori Made $23M In 2014 - Deadline Hollywood

Factory Media to close print operations to focus on digital and video - The Drum

Bay Area News Group Takes Over San Jose Mercury News Production - E and P

Tribune Media Files Registration Statement for Secondary Offering - PR Newswire