Monday Morning in the Blogosphere

Erasing the Los Angeles Times from downtown's history

Oh no, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel! - Romenesko

The terrifying truth about journalists - McSweeney's

The sky is not falling and print is still here - The Messenger

Dragons, Firings and the L.A. Times - LA Downtown News

Top newspapers lower paywalls for Hurricane Harvey - Politico

Community newspapers rebuilt – for the reader - Lake Country Now

As the water rose, this Houston TV station fought to stay on-air - Poynter

Newspaper for young people tops UK children's magazine - Press Gazette

KKK newspapers randomly delivered to Raynham homes - WCVB Boston

Half yearly circulation audit sees many newspapers suffer 10% declines - MuMbrella

Tuesday Night in the Blogosphere

Downtown Los Angeles this morning

The story teller exits - Bill Boyarsky

Publisher: No cursing in the newsroom! - Romenesko

Geeks Bearing Gifts: Reinventing TV News - Jeff Jarvis

Student journalists to take over Arizona airwaves - Poynter

Digital publishers turn to cartoons to cover the news - DigiDay

LAT snags USA Today exec for revenue officer job - LA Times

Popular Sites Become Core of New Adweek Blog Network - Adweek

New Orleans Becomes Latest City To End Chronic Veteran Homelessness - HufPo

Register Counter-Sues LA Times, Calling Them a Mean Ol' "Bully" - Gustavo Arellano

Beware of curtailing freedom of expression in the name of #CharlieHebdo - Editors Weblog

Thursday Morning in the Blogosphere

Freeway construction continues at the 10 and 605 Freeways

No print, no purchase - City Pulse

The Power of Print - Business 2 Community

Revealed: Tribune Co.'s new name - Crain's

Blood on the newsroom floor - The Media Online

News Corp Might Bid on Tribune Newspapers - Mediabistro

Gannett Buys 6 London Broadcasting Company TV Stations - Zacks

Tribune Publishing says it can carry more debt after spinoff - Chicago Tribune

Tribune Co. acquires What's-ON and moves to change name - Business Journal

How healthy is the Asia Pacific press? 35 indicators from UNESCO - InterAksyon

A 1976 Chicago Daily News article foresees ‘Electronic Newspapers’ - Romenesko

Friday Night in the Blogosphere

Memory of a once powerful newspaper

Read now or PaperLater - Phuket Gazette

Digital First versus Jim Romenesko Part I - Romenesko

Digital First versus Jim Romenesko Part II - Romenesko

What is the Future of Media and Advertising? - The Media Online

San Francisco Chronicle's Food Section Is Shut Down - Eater National

Dan Gilbert buys Detroit Free Press, Detroit News building - Detroit FP

USA Today Tries New Way to Keep Readers From Leaving - Mashable

Crucial time for drone reporting laws: industry needs to act - Editors Weblog

Controversial Italian Newspaper il Giornale Now Accepts Bitcoin - CoinDesk

American earns three-peat as 'nation's best black newspaper' - St. Louis American

Sunday Morning in the Blogosphere

The shuttered Los Angeles Times Chatsworth Production Facility today

Photo credit: Saul Daniels

The right to remember, damnit - Jeff Jarvis

Scott Gold on gold in the Los Angeles Times - Romenesko

7 Pieces of Timeless Wisdom From Maya Angelou - Mother Jones

Lewis Katz, co-owner of The Inquirer, dies in plane crash - philly.com

Freedom to Furlough Staff, Trim Long Beach to Weekly Schedule - OCBJ

An Old-Fashioned Newspaperman Takes The Helm In A Digital World - NPR

Dean Baquet Confirms He Played A Role In Jill Abramson's Ouster - Huff Post

The New York Times is restructuring its Page 1 meetings to be more digital - NJL

'Period Of Turmoil' Preceded Abramson Firing, Says Top Editor At 'Times' - NPR

Blade notifies unions, city officials of plans to close its production facilities - Toledo Blade

Tuesday Night in the Blogosphere

Brady Westwater at the Last Book Store

Sun-Times will test Bitcoin paywall - Poynter

Sun-Times to put bitcoins on trial - Robert Feder

GazetteXtra readers want bad news, stats show - GazetteXtra

Venezuelan papers threatened by newsprint shortage - WCNC

Respected American journalist expelled from Russia - Wan-Ifra

National newspapers cut jobs amid declining revenues - Leader-Post

Washington Post 'most popular' US newspaper site on Twitter - Editors Weblog

Poynter lost $1,747,581 IN 2012, according to newly posted documents - Romenesko

How many of the students read an actual paper over an online version? - George Solomon

Boston Globe Media Partners Launches Program To Support Non-Profits - Business Wire

Tuesday Night in the Blogosphere

Taken at New Horizons Anaheim, California

Millennials Still Want Their Newspapers - NAA

Gannett Foundation exec gifts 2012! - Gannett Blog

Dispelling myths about newspapers - Biz Community

Benghazi story was ‘deficient in several respects’ - Poynter

Obamacare Smears Can’t Hide Three Major Truths - Robert Reich

GCDW to scale printed edition back to four days a week - Daily World

GateHouse Media emerges from prepackaged bankruptcy - Wicked Local

Oregon Newspaper chain will no longer provide health insurance - Romenesko

The latest battleground for cloud marketing wars: Newspapers - Network World

For newspapers, paywalls remain more about print than digital - Talking New Media

Percent of U.S. households taking a weekday newspaper

SOURCE: Jim Romenesko

Monday Afternoon in the Blogosphere

Photo credit: Joshua Stearns

What is journalism, redux - Jeff Jarvis

Americans Are Warming Again to Unions - Time

Tulsa World announces layoffs of 50 employees - KJRH

The Full-Time Worker: A Vanishing American - Frying Pan News

Georgia newspaper chain closes its photo department - Romenesko

Koch brothers use Web to take on media reports they dispute - WaPo

Los Angeles Times incredible shrinking Sunday newspaper - LAObserved

Newspaper websites overwhelm readers, should declutter - Editors Weblog

Tribune Co. spinoff the final nail in coffin for print media - Daily Northwestern

Tribune gave Free Press’ birthday cake to charitable organization - Romenesko

Thursday Afternoon in the Blogosphere

Murdoch’s empire to split today - Editors Weblog

Big Al | In death, he really did have it his way - Gannett Blog

Bewkes saves millions by using thinner stock - New York Post

Join a discussion on Tribune and the Koch brothers - Romenesko

LA News Group gets new president and publisher - Kevin Roderick

L.A. Times: Pull the Plug on State’s Enterprise Zones - Frying Pan News

New York Times announces plan to meter its mobile applications - Poynter

Why We Tried To Crowdfund The Tribune Company From The Kochs - Other98

The Oregonian is Reducing Home Delivery Days, Laying Off Staff - Willamette Wk

Alternative Cancer Care Is An Alternative To Possibly Staying Alive - Advice Goddess

Monday Night in the Blogosphere

Edward with Councilwoman Jan Perry, the next Mayor of Los Angeles



Hints of a West Coast expansion - Gannett Blog

Recession Still Very Real for Americans - Frying Pan News

New Owners — Kind Of — For LA Weekly - Pandora Young

Newspapers using Press+ offer fewer free articles - Romenesko

Robert Zimmerman: My family is not racist - Los Angeles Wave

It is very difficult to keep track of newspaper closures - Guardian

Covering the World of Business, Digital Only - New York Times

Why I Think The New York Times Is Going To Go Bust - Forbes

Tribune eyes former Discovery executive Liguori as CEO - Reuters

Deputies break up illegal street race, 27 arrested  - Redlands Daily Facts

Friday Afternoon in the Blogosphere

Sammy Maloof and I feeding the homeless on Skid Row Los Angeles

Report: Geoff Boucher Exiting LAT - Fishbowl LA

Journalism is becoming a ‘rarefied practice’ - Poynter

Ed Fuentes Shares His View on L.A. County Arts - KCET

Time is of the essence for digital overhaul - New York Post

A newspaper’s longform experiment pays off - Paid Content

Publisher resigns, CEO steps in to lead newspapers - Gilroy Dispatch

NAA stunned by deal given to newspapers’ largest mail competitor - NT

Local TV is considered the most trustworthy source of news - Romenesko

Hostess Brands’ Contract Offer: Let Them Eat Twinkies - Frying Pan News

Street racing may have caused crash where two were electrocuted - Kevin Roderick

How to Succeed in Journalism when You Can't Afford an Internship - Random House

‘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