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 Afternoon in the Blogosphere

Los Angeles Times Guild

LA Times union vote is Thursday - LAObserved

The biggest unknowns in media in 2018 - Poynter

A grand tribute to a golden era of cartoons - Poynter

A note from our new publisher - The New York Times

'Los Angeles Times' Newsroom Employees To Vote On Unionizing - NPR

Daily News editor is retiring -- and Tronc hasn't hired a replacement - CNN

Alabama newspaper publisher ‘regrets’ spanking women reporters - Raw Story

Think tank offers encouraging words for rural newspapers - McCook Daily Gazette

Witless Protectionism Now Puts a Bull's Eye on Your Local Newspaper - Real Clear Markets

I Helped Popularize The Term Fake News And Now I Cringe Every Time I Hear It - BuzzFeed