Thursday Morning in the Blogosphere

Load one of five last year from the La Verne Post Office

Stamp Out Hunger

Latino News Media Map - The Latino Media Report

Tribune Publishing Reports First Quarter 2019 Results - Yahoo Finance

Cleveland.com Wants to Text Its Readers (and to Make Money) - Poynter

2 Minnesota newspapers turn to GoFundMe for survival - Bring Me The News

Should Schools Be Allowed to Censor Student Newspapers? - The New York Times

Tribune Publishing's Digital Subscribers Rise 45% In Q1 - MediaPost Communications

European, US publishers increasingly turning to paywalls: Reuters research - Editors Weblog

Singapore Passes ‘Fake News’ Law Which Critics Fear Will Stifle Free Speech - Techcrunch

Treasure trove of Johnson Publishing's African-American photos in legal battle - Philadelphia

Newhouse co. sends bumbling exec to lay off entire Times-Picayune staff - The New York Post

Friday Morning in the Blogosphere

Royce Hall at UCLA

Beer Advocate Magazine Ends Print Run - Folio

Future of newspapers in New Orleans takes another turn - WWLTV

New Orleans Advocate has bought the rival Times-Picayune - Poynter

Stanford Moves to Stop Supporting Its University Press - Inside Higher Ed

Bali Safety Training Helps Journalists Battle the Elements - Editors Weblog

Tribune Publishing Company (NASDAQ: TPCO) - Reagents Global Market

Wick Communications buys Colorado newspaper from longtime owners - The Capital Journal

Should US Newspapers Be Legally Responsible for the Mental Health of Their Journalists?- EP

Bank of New York Mellon Corp Takes $668000 Position in Tribune Publishing Co - Finance Daily

Warren Buffett Thinks Newspapers Are Toast, Thinks One Is Good Enough To Be His Partner - SA

Thursday Morning in the Blogosphere

An unfortunate situation today, newspapers going unsold

Decline and fall of a newspaper empire - Kilkenny Now

Newspapers treasure trove of history - Quad-Cities Online

Reporter at Large Publishes Underreported Stories - IJNET

Your newsroom might be small. You should still think big - Poynter

Future of Media in Cities: How Dead is Newsprint Media? - Detroitisit

Local papers on the brink of extinction try GoFundMe to stay open - myfox47

Guardian performs remarkable comeback, but at cost of 450 jobs - Press Gazette

Gizmodo and The Onion’s New Owner Lays Off 25, Including Top Editors - Wrap

On World Press Freedom Day, Nothing Fake About Rising Dangers - Editors Weblog

Want to see what one digital future for newspapers looks like? - Nieman Journalism Lab

Monday Night in the Blogosphere

Twelve days from today, leave your non perishable foods at your mailbox 

Facebook VS Apple News+ Isn’t a Thing - Medium

Cyber attack disrupts Sunday paper delivery - Watertown Daily Times

The great media disruption comes for the Des Moines Register - Politico

Chicago Tribune Surpasses 100000 Digital Subscribers - Globe News wire

Nine sells 160 former Fairfax regional newspapers for $115m - The Guardian

How The Straits Times Schools is bringing news into classrooms - Editors Weblog

How The Washington Post Made Its Publishing Platform A Revenue Driver - Forbes

Tribune Publishing to Report First Quarter 2019 Results on May 8, 2019 - Yahoo Finance

Please, please, please: Shorter sentences, shorter paragraphs, more white space - Poynter

Tribune Publishing Co Given Consensus Recommendation of “Strong Buy” - Mayfield Recorder

Thursday Morning in the Blogosphere

City Hall Los Angeles

Changes coming for growing Times - The Times

The Future of News Media in Detroit Pt. 1 - Detroitisit

Subscription scammers ordered to pay millions - Mail Tribune

Move over, Getty Images - Gannett is coming for you - Campaign

Here’s how to support this year’s World News Day - Editors Weblog

10 percent of Twitter users create 80 percent of tweets, study finds - Poynter

'It's time to stop': Newspaper carrier making final deliveries after 40 years - TribDem

Tribune Publishing Co Given Consensus Rating of “Strong Buy” by Analysts - Fidaily

His father installed printing presses. He dismantles them - Columbia Journalism Review

Murdoch's Daily Telegraph includes pages from rival Sydney Morning Herald - The Guardian

Wednesday Morning in the Blogosphere

Los Angeles Times 1910

There's No Substitute for Print - The Atlantic

A new TV series from The New York Times - The New York Times

Robservations: It’s all over for Johnson Publishing Company - Robert Feder

Newspapers in Education recognizes National Library Week - Auburn Citizen

Reaching the Other 97%: Growing Reader Revenue Beyond Content - INMA

Can't make money from video? Don't tell that to Styria or VGTV - Editors Weblog

Newspaper Industry Leaders Find Solutions at America East - Editor and Publisher

Tabloids, “Town Hall Fat Cats”, and the vacuum of local newspapers - New Statesman

The New York Times sells premium ads based on how an article makes you feel - Poynter

Midway Como Monitor, Messenger transition to new ownership May 1 - Monitor Saint Paul

Tuesday Morning in the Blogosphere

All gone, but not forgotten

Sorry, news gathering is not free - Newsday

Sonora's Union Democrat newspaper for sale - Calaveras Enterprise

Plain Dealer lays off a third of unionized newsroom staff - Cleveland

We’ve Got a Tough Question for the Nation’s Media Execs - News Guild

Facebook could launch new section of 'high quality' news by end of 2019 - CNN

Apple Was Unable to Ink Apple News+ Deals With WaPo and NYT - Mac Rumors

Kommersant Newspaper's Offices In Yekaterinburg Ransacked - Radio Free Europe

#DME19: Reinventing local news with Lokalportal and Russmedia - Editors Weblog

Don’t be fooled: Third annual International Fact-Checking Day empowers citizens - Poynter

Kazpost uses drones to increase newspaper and magazine delivery to rural areas - Astana Times

Monday Afternoon in the Blogosphere

Rest in Peace Bob Woolson (in the black shirt)

A Swedish newspaper's reinvention points the way for the industry - Financial Times

Winners of European Digital Media Awards announced at #DME19 - Editors Weblog

The Next Generation of Newspaper Leaders Wants to Keep the Industry Moving - EP

Tokyo crowds flock for historic newspaper as Japan announces new era - The Guardian

The drive for digital subscriptions hits a bump in the road: subscription fatigue - Poynter

The Buffalo News selected for Google News Initiative Subscriptions Lab - Buffalo News

Onni Group Moves Forward With High-Rise Development at Times Mirror Square - Urbanize

Maryland to name June 28 'Freedom of the Press Day' to honor victims of Gazette shooting - CG

All those annoying April Fool’s pranks today might help researchers better detect fake news - NL

10 Journalists Now Facing the ‘Most Urgent’ Threats to Press Freedom Around the World - Time

Most people think local journalism is financially healthy, but reality is troubling - Salt Lake Tribune

Friday Morning in the Blogosphere

Pudding-stone Lake, San Dimas, California 

The U.S. Census could be the next target for online fakery - Poynter

Joseph Pulitzer documentary shows power of newspapers - STL Today

Time in Market is Indicator of Digital Subscriber Conversion Rate - INMA

Condemnation as Maria Ressa arrested and charged again - Editors Weblog

Newspapers will die without support of readers, advertisers - Northside Sun

New investors Sacks, Wirtz fortify Sun-Times ownership group - Robert Feder

Circa, Sinclair’s Millennial-Focused News Site, is Shutting Down - Nieman Lab

Newspapers Allegedly Clog Storm Drains and Pile up in Driveways - KSNF/KODE

Norm Pearlstine’s one-year deal with the LA Times replaced by ‘multiyear contract’ - NYP

‘Apple News+ Brings Us to a Broader Audience’: Dow Jones CRO Josh Stinchcomb - Digiday

Saturday Morning in the Blogosphere

Newspapers turning to digital delivery for survival as advertisers follow the readers online

Why Habit Is Key to Digital Subscriptions - INMA

The Messenger going to mail delivery - The Messenger

Online Radio Is on the Upswing in Los Angeles - LA Weekly

Product Dev Teams: Where the Magic Happens - Editors Weblog

Are Egypt's newspapers threatened with extinction? - Al-Monitor

Union-Tribune online numbers plunge 22.44 percent - San Diego Reader

Old newspapers a treasure trove of local information - Carroll County Times

Pre-World War II era newspapers found in wall of Santa Barbara home - KEYT

Greek newspaper in Istanbul struggles to survive after almost a century in print - Ahval

Tribune Media Stockholders Approve $6.4 Billion Nexstar Merger - Subscription Insider

Friday Morning in the Blogosphere

The 27th annual Letter Carriers’ Stamp Out Hunger® Food Drive 

 is on Saturday, May 11, 2019

This is your brain on newspapers - The Register-Guard

Read All About It—A Free Press Is A Gift - St. Louis Jewish Light

In Pittsburgh, a print staple is finding new audiences online - Poynter

Tribune Publishing logs profit despite revenue fall-off - Seeking Alpha

Must newspapers die? A prescription for revitalizing local news - Philly

The Wall Street Journal Promotes Digital Thinking Beyond Numbers - RJI

Tribune Publishing Reports Fourth Quarter and Full Year 2018 Results - Nasdaq

Newspapers are dwindling; how will local topics be exposed? - Sentinel-Standard

New RISJ research gauges impact of Panama Papers three years on - Editors Weblog

How to build a newsroom culture that cares about metrics beyond pageviews - Nieman  Lab

Wednesday Morning in the Blogosphere

Warm weather has returned to Southern California

Resources for laid off journalists - Poynter

These projects are using AI to fight misinformation - Poynter

SNPA and Inland Press Association Consider Merger - SNPA

Communities lose when newspapers die - Hot Springs Sentinel

Newspapers should charge readers for online content - Tommie Media

Trump Wants to Kill Federal Funding for PBS and NPR - Nieman Lab

New York Mag Lays Off 5%, Hundreds of Newspapers Closing - Breitbart

New WAN-IFRA Report explores the potential of automated news - Editors Weblog

Newspaper Employees Laid Off While CEO Collects Bonus - Tri States Public Radio

Suspect fires shots at woman delivering newspapers in Hampton neighborhood - WTKR

Friday Morning in the Blogosphere

Wednesday morning just under two-hundred people stood in the rain for food, 

if you enlarge the photo you can see the line under the trees

What makes a good editorial leader? - Editors Weblog

What the Fall of the Newseum Says About News - City Lab

Town by town, local journalism is dying in plain sight - WHDH

News-Press to change its address; will stay in Fort Myers - News-Press

Banking On Newsstands: Bauer’s Counterintuitive Growth Strategy - Folio

Profitability Under Review For Tribune Publishing Company - Holland Review

Read all about it: Free tabloid Metro eviscerates its editorial staff in Philly - Philly

AH Belo Corporation Announces Fourth Quarter and Full Year 2018 - Associated Press

Sam Zell's CNBC Interview A Deep Schism Regarding America And Its Character - Benzinga

Not much cheer as McClatchy reports more revenue declines and a fourth-quarter loss - Poynter

Thursday Morning in the Blogosphere

The new Los Angeles Times headquarters located in El Segundo, California

Help Lagniappe be a better newspaper - Lagniappe

The WSJ is adding three dozen jobs - Wall Street Journal

The Fall, Rise, and Fall of Media Trust - Columbia Journalism Review

Courageous journalism recognised by haul of awards - Editors Weblog

Digital darling BuzzFeed stages newspaper stunt - Minneapolis Star Tribune

Good News: These Newspapers Added a Print Section on Good News - Poynter

Post-Dispatch Buyouts Claim More Senior Reporters, Editors - River Front Times

Leaked Documents Show the U.S. Government Tracking Journalists - NBC San Diego

Why You Should Hire an Editor to Review Your Website Copy - Business 2 Community

Morgan Jones is selling more than newspapers, he's making his own soap - Street Sense Media

Monday Morning in the Blogosphere

Newspaper mergers appear to be growing every week

Digital drives up Japanese adspend growth - Warc

Then Again: Vermont's early newspapers - vtdigger

High defamation payouts 'threaten the future of newspapers' - Irish Times

Herald and Review printing moving to modern plant - Herald and Review

Tax Credits For Your News Subscription? It’s Not That Radical - Boston Globe

Hedge fund guts newspapers as it profits from their land - The Spokesman-Review

Since You Can’t Rely on Advertising, How Are You Diversifying Revenue? - Folio

Tribune Publishing Company (NasdaqGM:TPCO): How is this stock valued? - Vassar News

Want to fight fake news? Come intern for the International Fact-Checking Network - Poynter

Lessons from the BBC’s R and D team on connecting with young audiences - Editors Weblog

Friday Morning in the Blogosphere

Dans Cartoons

Dennis Publishing Buys Kiplinger - Folio

On Facebook, health misinformation is king - Poynter

From 1969 to 2019, a Day at The New York Times - NYT

Langley's two community newspapers amalgamate - Langley Times

Huawei runs ad in US newspapers to combat bad image - Gadgets Now

Harnessing the Passion That Powers the Membership Model - Editors Weblog

Sixty Percent of Americans Think Reporters Get Paid by Their Sources - Slate

Recent Fundamentals: Tribune Publishing Company - Reagents Global Market

Tribune says goodbye to USA Today, hello to new features and columns - South Bend Tribune

Your Favorite Way to Get Around The New York Times Paywall Might Be About to Go Away - NL

Monday Morning in the Blogosphere

Unwanted newspapers

Newspapers, then and now - Ashland Daily Tidings

Philippine Fact-Checkers Team Up to Debunk Election Misinformation - Poynter

Standard Deviations: 3 easy ways to support local journalism - Standard-Examiner

Profitable in 100 days: Ananda Vikatan's digital subscription strategy - Editors Weblog

Tribune Publishing Downgraded to Sell at Zacks Investment Research - Fairfield Current

Amid financial struggles, independent student newspapers find other ways to print - BUNS

Is it impact investing when billionaires buy newspapers and news magazines? - Impact Alpha

Alabama Newspaper Editor Who Endorsed KKK to Be Replaced With Black woman - Haaretz

Tribune Publishing Taps Digital Agency Ntooitive As Business Intelligence Provider - Media Post

Can The New York Times Avoid a Trump Slump and Sign Up 10 Million Paying Subscribers? - NL

Friday Morning in the Blogosphere

Try our eNewspaper for 3 FREE MONTHS

A sweet way to help your local newspaper - Folsom Telegraph

Remembering Utah's two more prominent black newspapers - KSL

Big changes coming to Siskiyou Daily News - Siskiyou Daily News

Here's why we canceled Non-Sequitur - Atlanta Journal Constitution

Rappler CEO Maria Ressa Arrested on Cyber Libel Charges - Editors Weblog

Union files labor complaint against Pittsburgh Post-Gazette - Tacoma News Tribune

Highbridge Equity buys Tribune Tower for $48 million - San Francisco Business Times

Times Guild attacks billionaire's proposed intellectual property rules - San Diego Reader

Chinese Newspapers Fold Amid Growing Censorship, Falling Incomes - Radio Free Asia

Non Sequitur cartoon dropped by newspapers after artist inserts hidden profane attack - TB Times

Monday Afternoon in the Blogosphere

Busy moving food this morning, in-between downpours 

Olde-time L.A. journalism - LAObserved

The Conversation the Press Isn’t Having - The Atlantic

Gannett rejects takeover offer from MNG/Digital First Media - USA Today

First Czech newspaper recalled on 300th anniversary of launch - Radio Prague

Taking on Digital Ad Fraud is More than Dealing with Technical Problems - EP

How to accelerate digital transformation in media organizations - Editors Weblog

Journalism Is Foundering, but Is There a Light at the End of the Tunnel? - Guardian

Drexel’s Independent Newspaper Calls on Students in Fundraising Campaign - Drexel Now

Gannett rejects acquisition bid, says Digital First would be unfit to run its properties - Poynter

Content-sharing platform for publishers aims to even the playing field between big and small - NL

Saturday Morning in the Blogosphere

Venice Beach, California

The calculus of buying a newspaper - News and Tech

How Internet Affects the Newspaper Business - Chron

How Foundation Funding Changes the Way Journalism Gets Done - CJR

Snopes pulls out of its fact-checking partnership with Facebook - Poynter

Breakdown of Observer printing press leads to layoffs - La Grande Observer

2019 Mega-Conference Set for Feb. 25-27 in Las Vegas - Editor and Publisher

Regulations not killing newspapers, but lack of curiosity could harm them - Bluff Country

US Newspapers Now Salivating Over Bringing A Google Snippet Tax Stateside - Techdirt

Zacks Investment Research Upgrades Tribune Publishing (TPCO) to “Buy” - Fairfield Current

WAN-IFRA President Michael Golden: Journalists Must Work Harder to Reflect Society - EW