Monday Morning in the Blogosphere

Two balikbayan boxes on the way to the Philippines, 
the journey takes seven to eight weeks

Comics are important part of newspapers - Laurinburg Exchange

Revcontent, Poynter Partner to Demonetize Fake News - MediaPost

Newspapers are Missing Opportunities in Radio - Editor and Publisher

A Journalist Reflects On His Profession’s Anti-Trump Collusion - Hot Air

Star Media Group's print and digital revenue slides - Marketing Interactive

Demise of print newspapers may have far-reaching consequences - The Hill

Should Americans Give Mainstream Media the Silent Treatment? - American Spectator

Yes, teens are texting and using social media instead of reading books - Washington Post

Student journalist experiences the 'trickle down' of hostility toward the press - Missourian

Front pages around the world pay tribute to Aretha Franklin: 'Farewell to our Queen' - Poynter

Tuesday Afternoon in the Blogosphere

Where fake news goes to die - CNN

10 Newspapers That Do It Right - Editor and Publisher

Cost cuts loom large for newspaper companies in 2017 - Poynter

Tronc nears $100 million Us Weekly purchase - Chicago Business

Amy Scattergood Is LA’s Secret Food Media Gatekeeper - LA Eater

Us Weekly Gets New Suitor at Altar After Tronc Departure - The Street

Veteran journalist Willow Bay named dean of USC Annenberg - USC News


UK newspapers want Facebook and Google probed over 'fake news' - Engadget

Knight announces revamped Prototype focused on misinformation and trust - Nieman Lab

The Washington Post’s Arc Publishing announces technology partnership with tronc - WaPo

Tuesday Morning in the Blogosphere

California receiving records amounts of rain

Today Ben got married - Tony Pierce

LA Times reporters show the way - Bill Boyarsky

Who Wants to Buy the L.A. Weekly? - LA Weekly

Layoffs hit North Jersey Media Group, again - Poynter

Don’t ridicule ‘alternative facts.’ Fact-check them - Poynter

Tronc buys Spanfeller’s Daily Meal, in niche food strategy - Politico

“Alternative facts”: 1 in 5 American newspapers ignored the Women’s March - Quartz

Fake News Sites Can’t Compete With Britain’s Partisan Newspapers - BuzzFeed News

Struggling Media Almost Desperate Enough To Hire Someone Qualified For Job - Onion

Springer launches Fussball Bild, a print daily football newspaper, in Germany - Editors Weblog

Thursday Afternoon in the Blogosphere

Rain in Southern California today

The powerhouse behind Rappler.com - Editors Weblog

Yet another Bangladeshi blogger hacked to death - CNN

The LAT and U-T merger: Double trouble? - Alan Mutter

The Next Generation of Subscription Programs - Editor and Publisher

Fear and loathing greet the Facebook-New York Times deal - Poynter

Staff layoffs hit Record, Saratogian newspapers - Albany Times Union

It's not in the best interest of shareholders to sell at this time - Romenesko

Canadian Newspapers sees 9 per cent drop in revenue - Winnipeg Free Press

Razor-thin profits are cutting into newspapers’ chances at innovation - NiemanLab

Tribune Publishing Hires Former NYT Exec Denise Warren to Oversee Digital - WSJ

Tuesday Morning in the Blogosphere

Louie Aguilar and Frank Diaz. 

Louie is now at home recovering from open heart surgery

Sun-Times can't win for losing - Robert Feder

Icy roads slowing delivery of newspapers - Knox News

Jose Antonio Vargas partners with Los Angeles Times - CNN Money

Sunday was publisher day in the pages of the LA Times - LAObserved

Oaktree Capital Buys Store Capital, Tribune Media, Eagle Bulk - Value Walk

OCR Loses Latino Reporter, Editor in Further Gabacho-fication of Paper - OCW

Sudan cracks down on press seizing entire print runs of 14 papers - The Guardian

Newspaper group seeks voluntary layoffs at Michigan publications - Crain's Detroit

i newspaper to increase cover price by 10p for second time in a year - Press Gazette

Dear Readers: It’s the blizzard that’s canceled, *NOT* your newspaper - Romenesko

Friday Morning in the Blogosphere

The Teamster truck parked across the street from the Los Angeles Times

The end of the printed newspaper - Medium

Beyond the Printed Page - Editor and Publisher

Newspapers are, pretty much, dead - Boing Boing

Extra! Extra! North Shore gets new newspapers - Crain's

LA Times asking readers about a smaller format paper - LAObserved

Newspapers might be changing, but they make money - Times-Leader

Mobile devices are conquering the time of our readers - Editors Weblog

Despite what you've heard, newspapers are still going strong - Penn Live

Newspapers To Sink Or Swim In The Sea of Changing Media - WUWM

St. Louis Post-Dispatch Alums send treats to former colleagues - Romenesko

Wednesday Morning in the Blogosphere

Mike Klop sent this to us with Charlie Packard and other colleagues 

with their baseball team from Chatsworth LAT, photo from 1987-88

Jet ending print publication - Chicago Tribune

Los Angeles Times' Ken Dilanian jumps to AP - Politico

Fairfax plans to axe staff from its newspapers - Herald Sun

Woman delivering newspapers dies in crash - Daily Journal

Print is not the future, but it's not the past either - The Guardian

Newspapers the Way They Used to Be - Guardian Liberty Voice

Uh oh, newspapers are looking like attractive investments again - CJR

Tribune CEO Sees Shows Like ‘Salem’ as Company’s Future - Bloomberg

Bloomberg News Tried Poaching The New York Times' Dean Baquet - Huff Post

New L.A. Times site: precooked tweets and a new flavor of infinite scroll - Poynter

Tuesday Night in the Blogosphere

Double rainbow over La Puente yesterday

It's a Mistake Not to Invest in Print - Mashable

Why would anyone buy a newspaper? - USA Today

Journalists remember interviewing Lou Reed - Poynter

Thomson Reuters plans to cut 3,000 positions - Romenesko

In new director Prophet, a big political spender - Gannett Blog

Kroeger: BHM 'Interested' In Trib Co. Papers - Net News Check

The importance of self–branding for journalists - Editors Weblog

What Does the Future Hold for Salt Lake City's Newspapers? - Utah Policy

New York Times Struggles to Replace Print Ads With Digital Sales - Bloomberg

Remote Control: How Big Media Uses Shell Outfits to Expand - Frying Pan News

Tuesday Night in the Blogosphere

For Newspapers, No Trust Equals No Value - Net News Check

Seattle Times’ new editor wants ‘kick-ass journalism’ - Poynter

Newspapers still believe in the myth of mass media - Jeff Jarvis

Newspapers can’t sell themselves to ‘bad’ families - Romenesko

Another wall tumbles: The Dallas Morning News - Paid Content

World’s Oldest Newspaper to Exit Print - Newspaper Death Watch

Your $450 million in Gannett charity bucks at work - Gannett Blog

October 1, 1910: The Bombing of the L.A. Times - Newspaper Alum

Media group accuses Venezuela of 'strangling' newspapers - Global Post

Online news is great, but print will always have its own - Kansas City Opinion

Saturday Night in the Blogosphere

This is how many Americans will be sleeping tonight

Twitter: The angriest site on the Internet? - CNN Tech

Busted In Middle School -- For Midol - Advice Goddess

Fort Myers | It's a very s-l-o-w news night here - Gannett Blog

Layoffs are cutting newspapers’ brain, heart - The Salt Lake Tribune

Letter from ‘W. McAvoy’ is a passage from ‘Newsroom’ - Romenesko

Ban Ki-Moon Accused of Union-Busting at UN - Broadcast Union News

It's harder than ever to avoid your picture going public - Detroit Free-Press

A Touch of Class: Knowing Our Place on the Social Ladder - Frying Pan News

Nudist released on probation for delivering newspapers in the buff - Lehigh Valley

BitWall Allows Publishers To Make Money Through Micropayments - Tech Crunch

Tuesday Afternoon in the Blogosphere

 

7th and Broadway, downtown Los Angeles

Washington Post Joins the 21st Century - Daily Finance

Newspapers' Costs Shift To Consumers - Arkansas Business

USA Today forecasts big plunge in retail sales - Gannett Blog

Criminals Aren't Deterred By Gun-Free Zones - Advice Goddess

Daily newspapers merge in Butler, Warren counties - Biz Journals

European Newspapers Wake Up to New Reality - Wall Street Journal

Student newspapers grapple with the future of industry - The Pendulum

Percentage of people who go online with their phones doubles - Poynter

A Leading Street Newspaper Investigates Long-Term Sustainability - NPQ

Why 2012 Was the One Percent’s Favorite Year Since 1928 - Frying Pan News

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

Tuesday Morning in the Blogosphere

The Last Book Store DTLA

The Death of Print (Buildings) - The Daily Beast

Bring back The Cablevision 22 - Broadcast Union News

Newspapers adapt to technology - Dodge City Daily Globe

Forecasting circulation revenue when print dies - Gannett Blog

Great journalism still matters, editor says - The Press-Enterprise

News Corp. 2Q Earnings Preview: Higher Profits And Hardball - IBT

OC Register, investing heavily in print, also readies paywall - Poynter

Sentinel solicits donations for managing editor's care - Kevin Roderick

Chinese, Russians Are Main Hackers of Newspapers - Voice of America

Murdoch Coveting Papers Must Wait as Rift Stalls Media Rules - Bloomberg

Thursday Morning in the Blogosphere

While taking a walk in San Dimas I may have stumbled across the last mailbox in town?

The Mailbox That Vanished - Joseph Mailander

Journalism as service: Lessons from Sandy - Jeff Jarvis

2012 layoffs and buyouts at U.S. newspapers - Paper Cuts

Will this marketing design sell advertising? - Gannett Blog

Labor’s Message Gap and the Art of Politics - Frying Pan News

LA Times pulled the story and their “the headline must not - Romenesko

Washington Times is readying itself for staff reductions - Washington Post

As Editorial Walls Crumble, Advertisers Rush In - Newspaper Death Watch

KKLA-FM Host Frank Pastore Shared Prophetic Observation - Fishbowl LA

Warren Buffett and Abramson don’t see print newspapers going away - Romenesko

Friday Morning in the Blogosphere

By Artist Melvin Wallace Clark

They're still selling papers - Haaretz

Americans mistrust media more than ever - Poynter

Is the press manipulated by liberals? - Herald Online

Gannett soars to a post-recession high - Gannett Blog

Another day, another newspaper bankruptcy - The Awl

Are Newspapers Making a Comeback? - Daily Finance

How Prop. 32 Could Enrich Two Billionaires - Frying Pan News

News-Record parent says newspapers not on market - Triad Biz Blog

OC Register Publisher Thanks Troops for a Good Start - Fishbowl LA

CWA and Verizon Reach a Tentative Agreement - Broadcast Union News

Tuesday Afternoon in the Blogosphere

The Three Bilinguals

Meet writer/director Maylen Calienes

KPCC drops Patt Morrison show - Kevin Roderick

Are We Ready For the End of the Newspaper? - Huff Post

20% of Newspapers Now Have Online Paywalls - Mashable

Court denies challenge in Tribune Co. case - Chicago Tribune

Why newspapers need to get to know their readers better - Gigaom

A resident of L.A.'s skid row finds comic relief - Los Angeles Times

Anchor’s Failed Vin Scully Joke Results in a Profanity - Fishbowl LA

Newspapers Fighting Deal on Postage for Ad Fliers - New York Times

Newspaper’s Google rank went way down because it sold links - Poynter

Patriot-News, Post-Standard change print schedule to 3 days a week - Romenesko

Tuesday Afternoon in the Blogosphere

Sam Zell meets the Blogging Pressman

• Is ABC News made in America? - Jeff Jarvis
• Trib bankruptcy saga nears end - News and Tech
• Gannett print advertising down 8% in 2nd quarter - Poynter
• Family Leave Is the Law, Not a Luxury - Maria Elena Durazo
• Warning: Whatever you do, don't call it a paywall - Gannett Blog
• Los Angeles Daily Journal Lays Off Photographers - Fishbowl LA
• Tribune Wins Court Approval To Exit Bankruptcy - Huffington Post
• Tribune Exit Plan Finally Wins Approval - Courthouse News Service
• Tribune turns to newsroom to fill void after dropping Journatic - Sun-Times
• Judge says he will OK Tribune's plan for ending bankruptcy - Kevin Roderick