Monday Afternoon in the Blogosphere

Newspapers: still a powerful force - Westside Seattle

Journalists Would Do Well to Go Back to Basics - Inside Sources

Cable news offers heat, newspapers offer light - Chippewa Herald

It’s time for journalism to stop “pushing” and start “pulling” - Poynter

Tribune Publishing Reports Spike Across Digital Content, Subscriptions - Media Post

Facebook's local news project frustrated – by lack of local newspapers - The Guardian

End of a 'good news' newspaper: Suncook Valley Sun is shutting down - Concord Monitor

The Intercept, a billionaire-funded public charity, cuts back - Columbia Journalism Review

How Newspapers are Dealing with a Shortage of Newspaper Carriers - Editor and Publisher

Facebook’s big algorithm change has spurred an angry, Fox News-dominated — News Feed - NL

Friday Morning in the Blogosphere

Newspapers flowing from the printing press

Kill newspaper's free speech lawsuit against us - PennLive

Why do communities need newspapers? - Gainesville Times

French Freelancers Form Feminist Journalism Collective - IJNET

Artificial intelligence demands genuine journalism - Editors Weblog

Former Globe and Mail Reporter on Resigning Over Race Dispute - CJR

Michael Arndt resigns as editor of Crain’s Chicago Business - Robert Feder

Magazines, Newspapers Struggle Amid $49.5 Billion Digital Ad Spend - MediaPost

The Sixth Global Fact-Checking Summit will be in Cape Town in June 2019 - Poynter

Capital Gazette, Carroll County Times and Baltimore Sun Papers Form Union - Fishbowl

As city burns around it, a newspaper staff rises to cover unspeakable tragedy - Los Angeles Times

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

Wednesday Morning in the Blogosphere

Looking for something to do after retirement?

A final blow for newspapers? - WDRB

Editorial: Why Newspapers Should Matter to You - Norwood News

Facebook suspends 'inauthentic' accounts, sees Russia link - Politico

How The Boston Globe discovered a secret TSA surveillance program - Poynter

Newsroom Employment At U.S. Newspapers Has Fallen 45% Since 2008 - Forbes

Watchdog Journalism Finds New Ways to Make an Impact in Print and Online - EP

Sinclair, Tribune Jumped Gun On Merger, Now Face Anti-Trust Issues - MediaPost

NPRs David Folkenflik says newspapers role as watchdogs is very important - Cleveland

Print advertising in UK national newspapers rises for first time since 2010 - The Guardian

Amid ‘Apocalyptic’ Carr Fire, Local Newspaper Informs Redding Community - USA Today

Monday Morning in the Blogosphere

Rest in Peace Jonathan Gold

RockYou’s publishing pivot hits a speed bump - Digiday

New York Daily News Layoffs Hit Huge Swath Of Staffers - Huffpost

Jonathan Gold, LA's preeminent food writer, has died at 57 - LAObserved

Robservations: WGN staffers still mum on Sinclair setback - Robert Feder

Has the decline in newspaper reading led to a decline in IQ? - Toronto Star

About a third of large U.S. newspapers have suffered layoffs since 2017 - PRC

Los Angeles Times restaurant critic Jonathan Gold dies at 57 - Los Angeles Times

Why we need local journalism: Look around at how vulnerable we are right now - NYDN

Study Shows Both Newspapers And Digital Natives Decimating Editorial Staffs - Media Post

Darrell Kunitomi gives his last tour of historic building as newspaper moves to El Segundo - Rafu

Tuesday Morning in the Blogosphere

Another beautiful day in La Verne, California

Read newspapers - The Standard

Subscription hell - How not to do paywalls - Tech Crunch

Robservations: Chicago Jewish Star closes - Robert Feder

Twitter Users Sent 4.2 Million Anti-Semitic Tweets Last Year - Time

I Stood Up for 'The Denver Post' and Was Forced to Resign - Rolling Stone

Decline in print news circulation worse than expected - Triad Business Journal

Warren Buffet Predicts Only 3 Newspapers Will Sustain Print Editions - MediaPost

Censorship, workload drive 2 more editors from Denver's imploding newspaper - Poynter

Women's voices are largely missing from newspaper letters to the editor - Chicago Tribune

39 Women Who Are Spearheading a Revolution in Advertising, Media and Tech - Ad Week

Wednesday Morning in the Blogosphere

It's a new year, let's make some changes - Poynter

Year of reckoning looms for Canada's newspapers - National Post

Media group: 81 reporters died, threats soared in 2017 - AP News

A New Hurdle For Newspapers: Duty Charges On Newsprint - Media Post

Former Tampa Tribune owner offers $5.75M for Boston Herald - Tampa Bay Times

News carriers rescue elderly customer on ground in record-low cold - Buffalo News

LA Times Editor Calls Staffer ‘Morally Bankrupt’ for Leaked Recording - The Wrap

Union-Tribune may fold its operation into the Los Angeles Times - San Diego Reader

Rick Berman Is Behind Business Group’s Anti-Labor-Board Campaign - Mother Jones

How Newspapers are Banking on Being the Most Trusted Sources of Marijuana News - EP

Donald Trump Scarily Eyes a 30 Percent Tax on the Newspapers We Read - Real Clear Markets

Tuesday Night in the Blogosphere

Today’s gossip is tomorrow’s news - Nick Denton

Daily Herald offers employee buyouts - Robert Feder

Sen. Durbin urges FCC to reject Sinclair-Tribune deal - SJR

Our view: An ode and elegy to newspaper carriers - East Oregonian

Many Americans Believe Fake News Is Sowing Confusion - Journalism

Newspapers Need 5x Faster Digital Growth Just To Stand Still - MediaPost

Journalism’s New Patrons: California nonprofit targets individual donors - CJR

5 quick thoughts on Cox putting its Austin and Palm Beach papers up for sale - Poynter

Liberal Reporter Brutally Arrested While Covering Republican Ed Gillespie - Law Newz

Bruce Karsh, Tribune Media's Chairman of the Board of Directors, resigns - Tribune Media

Tuesday Night in the Blogosphere

Teamsters truck outside the Los Angeles Times production facility

Publishers Pivot To Video, Extend Reach - Media Post

Your newspaper continues to serve - Price Sun Advocate

Malta car bomb kills Panama Papers journalist - The Guardian

Gravediggers at L.A.’s Biggest Cemetery Unionized - LA Weekly

Tronc Inc (TRNC): A Look Behind The Numbers - The Stock Talker

West Linn Paper Company will close after 128 years - Portland Tribune

Media struggles to develop strategies for covering hate incidents - Poynter

New York Times' Breakthrough 'The Daily' Soars Past 100M Download Mark - The Street

Sinclair Broadcast receives TV station bids as it pursues Tribune acquisition - Baltimore Sun

Managing Paper Waste, Our Most Precious and Expensive Commodity - Editor and Publisher

Wednesday Afternoon in the Blogosphere

I completely support the Los Angeles Times writers 

and will do what ever I can to offer aid

The Los Angeles Times Guild - LAT Guild

The flip side of disinformation is trust - Nieman Lab

Newspaper union battles tronc's L.A. Times - San Diego Reader

North Bend High School newspaper goes out of print - The World

Don't Look Now, But Some Newspapers Are Breaking Even - Media Post

Every Yahoo Account That Existed In Mid-2013 Was Likely Hacked - NPR

Massive redevelopment plan for Tribune printing site unveiled - Chicago Sun-Times

LA Times Staffers Want to Unionize and Their Bosses Are Trying to Stop Them - Splinter

Vermont newspaper blasted after publishing crude Las Vegas cartoon after shooting - Crime Online

Los Angeles Times Newsroom, Challenging Tronc, Goes Public With Union Push - New York Times

Wednesday Morning in the Blogosphere

Pressmen at the Los Angeles Times about 1970

Union-Tribune, apple of Jobs’s eye? - San Diego Reader

LA Times newsroom love for Megan Garvey - LAObserved

Is Facebook The Next Front Page For Newspapers? - MediaPost

Between the Stacks: National Newspaper Carrier Day - Moultrie News

Warren Buffett Still Secretly Loves to Control What You Read - TheStreet

Government and corporations hinder journalists with ‘media capture’ - CJR

Sweden's government wants newspapers to pay less tax - The Local Sweden

Newseum’s president steps down as financial review begins - Washington Post

Inside a small Texas newsroom that lost power and kept covering the storm - Poynter

As Crosswords Move Online, Publishers Can Still Make a Profit - Editor and Publisher

Friday Morning in the Blogosphere

Few reporters have formal data training - Journalism UK

More Publishers Adopt Video As Audiences Grow - Media Post

Cox, Gannett plan deal to print Ohio papers - Dayton Daily News

Typos are only a hint of what latest Times staff cuts might deliver - CJR

New York Times copy editors are being encouraged to take buyouts - Poynter

Huge payday awaits Tribune Media execs after Sinclair merger - Robert Feder

Postmedia swings to profit, but print ad revenue takes hit - The Globe and Mail

There’s a newspaper chain that’s grown profits for the past 5 years - Nieman Lab

Dean Baquet Answers Readers’ Questions on Editing in the Newsroom - New York Times

A photo staff that works it continues to make a newspaper terrific - Minneapolis Star Tribune