Wednesday Morning in the Blogosphere

(L) Mike Carlson and Al Calderon, former pressmen LA Times

Local news was a star in this year’s Pulitzers - Poynter

Why National Editors Should Connect With Local Reporters - Source

ESSAY: The 'Denver Post Rebellion'… One Year Later - Pagosa Daily Post

After our Pulitzer win, reflections on why we do what we do - Sun Sentinel

Toronto Star, New York Times Use Sampling to Entice Young Readers - INMA

Print Media Market Global Trends, Insights and Growth Outlook - Market Trends

Stafford man charged after attacking newspaper delivery vehicle with hammer - WTVR

Oshkosh Area School District responds to school newspaper censorship - We Are Green Bay

The Liberator: A Dive Into This Century-Old Newspaper Unearths Historical Truths - LA Weekly

British Airways Dumps Financial Times: Newspaper Rages with Advert - Paddle Your Own Kanoo

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

Tuesday Night in the Blogosphere

Truck loaded with food for the students at Mt. Sac. College tomorrow

The Folio: Eddie and Ozzie Awards - Folio

Calendars might be the next great online publishing tool - Poynter

Three Ways to Develop Media Advertising Superstar Sellers - INMA

Decline in Readers, Ads Leads Hundreds of Newspapers to Fold - Snopes

Communities lose when newspapers die or slide into decline - The Columbian

Should news orgs be legally liable for the traumatic situations they put reporters in? - NL

More than 1400 cities and towns in US have lost newspapers in past - South Bend Tribune

66870 Shares in Tribune Publishing Acquired by GSA Capital Partners LLP - Fairfield Current

Publisher of Loudoun Tribune Newspaper Arrested, Accused of Wire Fraud - NBC4 Washington

Newspapers stolen after story about former Catholic university professor - Student Press Law Center

Wednesday Morning in the Blogosphere

The lonely streets of Skid Row Los Angeles

Newspapers still valuable to majority of Americans - Clarencebee

Why Branded Video Is a Must-Have Product for Publishers - Folio

The Rocky Mountain News closed a decade ago this week - Poynter

Judges Select 10 Finalists for World’s Best-Designed Newspaper - SND

Publishers grow frustrated by the lack of revenue from Apple News - Digiday

Dagens Nyheter Shares 5 Steps for Successful Digital Transformation - INMA

'Spanish Warren Buffett' may be key to McClatchy's Tribune bid - New York Post

Strs Ohio Acquires New Stake in Tribune Publishing Co (TPCO) - Fairfield Current

As these newsrooms shrank, they started working together to uncover corruption - Poynter

What the Media Insight Project Tells Publishers About Modern News Audience - Local MA

Tuesday Morning in the Blogosphere

Back in the day when the newspaper was owned by Sam Zell

Getting Over Ourselves - CJR

How the Definition of ‘Journalist’ Is Changing - Recode

Robot Journalism Supports Digital Transition in Scandinavia - INMA

The Morning Call's journalists are starting a union - Lehigh Valley Live

Robservations: Chicago Tribune writer goes out with a bang - Robert Feder

Santa Rosa newspaper carrier killed after car rolls on him - Bakersfield Now

Retired carpenter found second life as newspaper carrier - Southgate News Herald

Tribune Publishing to Report Fourth Quarter and Full Year 2018 Results on March 13 - Nasdaq

Cartoonist faces backlash by adding Jussie Smollett to Famous African-American storytellers - CT

Alden's Bid For Gannett Underscores Struggles Of Ghost Newspapers - MediaPost Communications

Sunday Morning in the Blogosphere

Presidents’ Day, officially Washington’s Birthday, in the United States, holiday (third Monday in February) popularly recognized as honouring George Washington and Abraham Lincoln.

Hedge fund guts newspapers - The Gazette

Magazine Publishers Race to Capitalize on the Paywall Trend - Folio

Tribune Publishing Recognizes 'Hartford Courant' Newsroom Union - NPR

Los Angeles Times Labor Dispute Escalates - Los Angeles Business Journal

Google’s Planned Audio News Service Is Dangerous for News Industry - INMA

At least 40 newspapers cancel 'Non Sequitur' comic strip - Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

Apollo Global Management to Buy Majority Stake in Cox Media - Cox Enterprises

LA Times demands that reporters sign away rights to books, and movies - Boing Boing

This website impersonated a fact-checking outlet to publish fake news stories - Poynter

Newspapers are not non-profit ... Newspapers are a for-profit business - Park Rapids Enterprise

Wednesday Morning in the Blogosphere

Los Angeles City Hall under construction 1927

Editorial: Mic Goes Bust(le) - Editor and Publisher

Email’s Next Act: It’s Still About ‘The List’ - Folio

Newspapers are still the modern approach - Estevan Mercury

How Facebook went from friend to frenemy - The Conversation

Media's Fatal Flaw: Ignoring the Mistakes of Newspapers - Wired

“We’re trying to grab people by the collar everyday”: Axios - Vanity Fair

Engaging Digital Non-Subscribers With Micropayments, Metrics - INMA

Wilson Times Co. purchases Wake Weekly newspapers - The Wilson Times

Local newspaper stays off the internet to avoid competition - News 12 New Jersey

Historic newspapers found in Norway attic returned to Rumford - Lewiston Sun Journal

Milwaukee Journal stopped putting every story on social media and tripled its following - Poynter

Wednesday Morning in the Blogosphere

Los Angeles Times Building at 2nd Street and Broadway

Hands-On Fact-Checking: A Short Course (FREE) - Poynter

Look up to See the Coming Battle of Privacy vs. Access - RJI

Wired Very Quietly Laid Off Five Journalists Last Week - Slate

Newspapers Are Stockpiling Ink and Newsprint Against Brexit - Bloomberg

Grindr shuts down its LGBTQ news site, INTO, after 17-month run - NBC News

Why journalists at the nation's largest newspaper chain are nervous - Erie News Now

A resolution for journalists in 2019: Earn the public’s trust by showing your work - Recode

USA Today Finds Quick Success With Subscriber Engagement, Retention Programme - INMA

A vulture firm's bid for Gannett shows there's still value in newspapers — for plundering - LAT

Nicaraguan newspapers change format due to lack of printing supplies stuck in customs - KCFJA

Monday Morning in the Blogosphere

Another beautiful day in Southern California

This Is How a Newspaper Dies - Politico

Call News continues circulation decline - Lagniappe

Meredith Sells Fortune Magazine for $150 Million - Folio

Ask Matt ... if journalism is dying - Hendersonville Lightning

Newspaper circ Q3 2018: Sunday Sun, City Press lead losses - MarkLives

Layoffs at Tampa Bay Times and Hearst Rattle Newspaper Industry - 24/7 Wall St.

And now for something completely different: Chinese robot news readers - Reuters

Philippines Says It Will Charge Veteran Journalist Critical of Duterte - The New York Times

Turkish journalist quits pro-govt Hürriyet newspaper after falling victim to censorship - Ahval

Flexible Paywalls Used as Segmentation Tools are Key to Acquisition, Retention Success - INMA

Wednesday Morning in the Blogosphere

Teens Shun Print Mags - Folio

How to survive the online trolls - Editors Weblog

New South Dakota Newspaper In Online Era - Keloland TV

The Art of Listening: Lessons in Analytics at Wall Street Journal - INMA

'Pittsburgh Post-Gazette' Reduces Print Run To 5 Days A Week - Media Post

Tariffs on newsprint would be huge blow for newspapers - Aurora News Register

Private equity firms are circling local TV owners such as Tribune and Sinclair - CNBC

Co-owner of Lillie Suburban Newspapers files for bankruptcy - Minneapolis Star Tribune

McClatchy Newspapers Lay Off Nearly 4 Percent of Staff in Cost-cutting move - The Wrap

How misinformation spreads online, one of the most popular messaging apps in Asia - Poynter

Newspaper Industry Events

mediaXchange

April 30 – May 3, 2017

Marriott French Quarter, New Orleans, LA

www.newsmediaalliance.org/events/mediaxchange

INMA World Congress of News Media

May 21-23, 2017

Times Center

New York

www.inma.org/worldcongress

Metro Production Conference

June 1-3, 2017

Tampa, Florida

Saddlebrook Resort

www.metroproduction.org

Print '17

Sept. 10 - 14, 2017

Chicago

Mid America Newspaper Conference

Sept. 21 – 23, 2017

Country Club Hotel & Spa, Lake of the Ozarks, MO

http://www.midamericanewspaper.com/

IFRA World Publishing Expo and DCX Digital Conference

Oct. 9 – 11, 2017

Berlin, Germany

https://events.wan-ifra.org