Saturday Morning in the Blogosphere

Number one Dodger fans, Liz and Cesar Calderon

Newspapers Are a Force . . . - The Missourian

As journalists, we speak for you - The Tracy Press

Don't get too close to newspapers' orbit - Sun Herald

Still a time and place for newspapers - Pryor Daily Times

Interest in Tribune Tower likely to be high - Chicago Tribune

Digital Ad Spending Overtakes Newspapers in Germany - eMarketer

Readers rely on newspapers more than they think - Reno Gazette Journal

How to Save Newspapers -- and Make Them Profitable Again - Huffington Post

What if Philadelphia newspapers wanted to convert to nonprofits? - Nieman Lab

Why ‘Spotlight’ Is the Film That Will Make Journalism Look Good Again - Jim Rainey

Tuesday Morning in the Blogosphere

Vandal sets 100 newspapers on fire - KRQE News 13

Will Austin Beutner buy Southern California? - Politico

Can Newspapers Survive? Here's a Plan - Huffington Post

Digital drives LA Times chief’s U-T purchase - U-T San Diego

Verizon to Buy AOL for $4.4 Billion in Cash - New York Times

LA Times Pulitzer winner exits an unhappy camper - LAObserved

Tribune Publishing Downgraded by Zacks to “Sell” - Sleek Money

ABC circulation numbers: Sorrier tale than usual for newspapers - BizNews

Tribune Media First-Quarter Earnings Revenue Rises 6 Percent - Hollywood Reporter

San Diego leaders upbeat but cautious about U-T newspaper sale - Los Angeles Times

Friday Afternoon in the Blogosphere

Who needs edittors? - Jeff Jarvis

New York Times adds 20 opinion writers - Politico

Los Angeles Times headline denounced as clickbait - Poynter

The homepage is dead, long live the homepage! - Editors Weblog

Tribune Media chooses partner for riverside development - Crain's

Sun-Times trims Bill Zwecker, three others to half time - Robert Feder

LA Times goes for digital innovator in new sports editor - LAObserved

Los Angeles Times secures lien on Orange County Register assets - O.C. Register

Lower Macungie plans to stop newspapers, other publications that become litter -WFMZ

Alma Media Planning to Consolidate Operations of Lapland Newspapers - Business Wire

Friday Morning in the Blogosphere

Former Los Angeles Times Pressman Victor Banuelos threading 

newsprint though the newspaper printing press

Newspaper rivals on same page - The Citizen

We still don’t know how to stop misinformation online - CJR

Funny or Die tries to make serious news entertaining - Digiday

The 1928 Study That Predicted the Future of News - The Atlantic

The New York Times is the LeBron James of the news business - Vox

The New York Times Keeps Cutting Newsroom Jobs - Huffington Post

Statement from Providence Phoenix on publication's closing - Boston Globe

Dallas Morning News to start selling the special Times section - Romenesko

The Rise of New York’s Foreign-Language Newspapers - Daily Intelligencer

There are ways to empower the homeless, but newspapers aren't one - Guardian

Tuesday Morning in the Blogosphere

Faces from Skid Row Los Angeles

It's official, Bezos can buy Los Angeles Times - Politico

Reporter launches ‘psychedelic journalism’ site - Poynter

Digital newspaper engagement hits all-time high - News and Tech

The New York Times releases innovation report - Editors Weblog

The news we lose when we cut local newspapers - The Conversation

Whatever happened to unemployed reporter Jon Campbell? - Romenesko

We are witnessing the birth of the social media press corps - Washington Post

Robert F. Erburu, former Times Mirror chairman, dies at 83 - Los Angeles Times

NY City airport workers overwhelming vote to join 32BJ SEIU - NY Daily News

L.A.'s Media Community Makes Room for the "Los Angeles Register" - L.A. Magazine

Tuesday Morning in the Blogosphere

My selfie with Los Angeles Register Publisher Aaron Kushner

"N" is for newspapers - Broken Arrow Ledger

Newspaper reporter is no longer the worst job - Romenesko

Sun-Times turnoff: Keep your comments to yourself - Robert Feder

Houston Online Newspapers Group Launched - The Paper Magazine

There was no Pulitzer awarded in the field of Feature Writing - Bill Lucey

OC Register owner to launch LA paper Wednesday - Talking New Media

ABCs: Amid the Gloom, Some Titles Find Reasons to Be Cheerful - The Guardian

Norcross says he'd pay $77M for Philly newspapers - Delaware County Daily Times

Nate Silver: Pulitzer-winning newspapers aren’t immune to circulation losses - Poynter

LA Register launch: Publisher Aaron Kushner banks on pro-business approach - KPCC

Tuesday Night in the Blogosphere

The almost-post mortem for Patch - Jeff Jarvis

A major bet on print journalism in LA - USA Today

ST. Paul Pioneer Press offers buyouts - Romenesko

Tech City News starts print edition - Editors Weblog

TRAILER: Black & White and Dead All Over - Philebrity

Former employees sue Times-Picayune after 2012 layoffs - NOLA

Facebook adds autoplaying video ads in News Feeds; will they annoy? - Poynter

Two newspaper companies to merge under Digital First Media - The Salt Lake Tribune

R.I.P. Print Edition of The Onion – You’ll Forgive Us for Not Crying - Newspaper DW

It could soon get tougher for the Globe and other big papers to 'double count' readers - BBJ

Monday Morning in the Blogosphere

Ronnie and I met some tourists from Taiwan while at Philippes  

Op-Ed: A fresh look at an old industry - Digital Journal

Is there a future for local media? - The Princeton Packet

New York Magazine to cut back to every 2 weeks - Kevin Roderick

Start-ups find paywalls a barrier in building audience - Editors Weblog

Design firm launches incentive products to boost print profile - Print Week

So much change in the weeklies, but what’s the impact? - The Media Online

Who Says Print Is Dead? Streaming Media Ups its Print Schedule - Streaming Media

Newspapers and magazines Black Friday, Cyber Monday subscription deals - Poynter

As Digital Ascends, Is Legacy Media Becoming a ‘Sinkhole’ for Marketers? - Street Fight

Transcontinental Signs Five-Year Agreement to Print the Vancouver Sun - What They Think

Friday Morning in the Blogosphere

A Census of Poverty - Frying Pan News

A brief history of newspaper lingo - The Week

Learning with newspapers - Albert Lea Tribune

Trust in Media Recovers Slightly From All-Time Low - Gallup

Reuters is suffering the same fate as newspapers - Paid Content

Spoiler alert: Parsing those Butterfly communiqués - Gannett Blog

New York Times Co. pays dividend for first time since 2008 - Poynter

Notice the difference in Grand Theft Auto ad treatment - Kevin Roderick

Four Gannett newspapers will get a daily USA Today insert - Romenesko

162 Years Ago, The New York Times Began Publishing - Newspaper Alum

Thursday Night in the Blogosphere

Two lovely ladies at The Sugar Film fundraiser last week

Newspapers continue print decline - Mumbrella

Buffett unloads GCI, and stock tanks - Gannett Blog

How can editors revive public trust in media? - WAN-IFRA

Human nature is on side of newspapers - Clayton News Daily

Journalists killed, beaten, arrested in Egypt violence - Poynter

Chronicle Kills its Paywall -- After Only Four Months - SF Weekly

Waiting for the Amazon-ization of the Washington Post - Romenesko

Journalism students don’t read newspapers, magazines, books - The Blaze

After destroying newspapers, Internet is now poised to disrupt TV - Raw Story

Craigslist took nearly $1 billion a year away from dying newspapers - The Week

Monday Afternoon in the Blogosphere

The Battle Ship USS Iowa on display in San Pedro

 Herald-Sun to sell Pickett Road building - Herald-Sun

 What Happens Next in Media? 9 Predictions - Ad Age

 Presses rolling at new Miami Herald facility - News and Tech

 How the Teamsters nearly beat Gannett's board - Gannett Blog

Newspaper carrier saves person from fire while on duty - Poynter

Stop the Koch Brothers’ L.A. Times Takeover - Frying Pan News

Newspaper Monopoly That Lost Its Grip - Broadcast Union News

Jail Inmates Will Receive Newspapers Behind Bars - Riverfront Times

Task force considers the future of American Journalism Review - Romenesko

Johnston Press has first rise in operating profit for seven years - Financial Times

Thursday Night in the Blogosphere

Los Angeles Council Members Bernard Parks, Jan Perry, and Eric Garcetti

Gary Lycan, radio columnist was 68 - Kevin Roderick

USAT | Heath wins IRE medal for 'Locked Up' - Gannett Blog

Robert Reich: Don’t “Chain” Social Security - Frying Pan News

Providence Journal appoints first female executive editor - Poynter

The newsonomics of recycling journalism - Nieman Journalism Lab

Dress made of newspapers a fine print at fashion show - Standard-Examiner

Wanted: A NY Times-published writer willing to work for free - Romenesko

Postmedia looking at more outsourcing as newspapers revenue falls - The Spec

Two charts that tell you everything about the future of newspapers - Paid Content

Pageviews determine reporters paychecks, will journalism suffer? - Editors Weblog

Thursday Morning in the Blogosphere

Randy's Donuts at 805 West Manchester Ave.

Good newspapers alive, well - American Press

Buzzmedia to Acquire Spin Magazine - Music Weekly

Twitter + Print: Combining the New and the Old - B2C

How Print Media will Evolve in 2013 - Marketing Mag

The newsonomics of the digital-only paywall parade - NJL

Asbury Park | Paper's building put up for sale - Gannett Blog

To print, or not to print: that is the question - Awramba Times

Press Gazette axes magazine for online-only edition - Guardian

Digital Cracks 50% of Ad Revenue at Wired Magazine - Ad Age

Postmedia Network Reports First Quarter Results - Daily Finance

Wednesday Morning in the Blogosphere

Closing Time at Fresh & Easy - Frying Pan News

Martore sells $1.3M of Gannett stock - Gannett Blog

Extra, Extra! Newspapers Are on the Block - Investors Place

Tribune Co. making moves to possibly sell papers - Mark Lacter

Sporting News prints final magazine after 126 years - Sherman Report

Tribune Co. interviews bankers about sale of newspapers - Romenesko

Register owner buys O.C. magazine group Churm Media - OC Register

They Confiscate Your Personal Property And Then Sell It - Advice Goddess

Buffett Is Latest Billionaire to Struggle With Newspaper Revival - Bloomberg

OC Register Hires LAT Alums Margot Roosevelt, Joanna Clay - Fishbowl LA

Men, highly educated are more engaged with news on mobile devices - Poynter

Monday Night in the Blogosphere

LA Times Raises Newsstand Prices - Fishbowl LA

'Orange County Register' Presses Hum With Optimism - NPR

Journo remembers the night he shot someone - Kevin Roderick

Furloughs | On chances for another Q1 furlough - Gannett Blog

Pay to Play: The Era of Free News Is Ending - Daily Download

If it bleeds, it leads — online, but not as much in print - Poynter

Philadelphia newspapers latest to charge for online access - MarketWatch

Newspaper Industry Decline – The Infographic - Newspaper Death Watch

Corporate Magic: Turning Employees Into Contractors - Frying Pan News

KC STAR ANNOUNCES LAYOFFS IN TIME FOR HOLIDAYS - Bottom Line

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‘New York Times confirms non-newsroom layoffs’

Jim Romenesko reports on the New York Times:

More than 50 people were laid off on the corporate side. The layoffs include George Freeman, one of their well-known in-house lawyers. The worry is this is just the beginning of cuts — and that the company is putting pressure on the unions. Several of the people who were laid off were minorities, including African Americans and Hispanics.

Continue reading: Jim Romenesko