Tuesday Morning in the Blogosphere

Mapping the Brutal Subscription Battlefield - Monday Note

Rebuilding burnt churches and the role of the news media - Poynter

Pulitzer for L.A. Times reflects Chicagoan’s key role - Robert Feder

Slain Northern Irish Journalist Remembered As an Inspiration - The Cut

Warren Buffett Sees Most Newspapers as 'Toast' After Ad Decline - Bloomberg

Battle Heats Up Between Newspaper Company and Hedge Fund - Institutional Investor

See the first African-owned and published newspapers from the 1800s - Face2Face Africa

Two Sigma Advisers LP Purchases Shares of 29900 Tribune Publishing Co - Finance Daily

HS Editorial Board attempted to cover education discussion, but turned away - PLD Lamplighter

University employees steal bundles of campus newspaper to stop 'bad publicity' - The College Fix

Wednesday Morning in the Blogosphere

Los Angeles Times 1910

There's No Substitute for Print - The Atlantic

A new TV series from The New York Times - The New York Times

Robservations: It’s all over for Johnson Publishing Company - Robert Feder

Newspapers in Education recognizes National Library Week - Auburn Citizen

Reaching the Other 97%: Growing Reader Revenue Beyond Content - INMA

Can't make money from video? Don't tell that to Styria or VGTV - Editors Weblog

Newspaper Industry Leaders Find Solutions at America East - Editor and Publisher

Tabloids, “Town Hall Fat Cats”, and the vacuum of local newspapers - New Statesman

The New York Times sells premium ads based on how an article makes you feel - Poynter

Midway Como Monitor, Messenger transition to new ownership May 1 - Monitor Saint Paul

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

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

Thursday Morning in the Blogosphere

Former Los Angeles Times Publisher David Hiller with Bob Bagwell on the right.

Mr. Bagwell worked at the newspaper for sixty-five years.

Does Facebook Get an Unfair Press? - BBC

Seven Resolutions for Newspapers in 2019 - Editor and Publisher

Robservations: Block Club Chicago hires three new reporters - Robert Feder

The Los Angeles Times to bring back a standalone Food section - Los Angeles Times

Adams Publishing Group establishes new Bingham County newspaper - Post Register

Michael Hicks: Local newspapers are key in reporting corruption - Greenfield Daily Reporter

A Community Newspaper Gets Tough on a Village. The Village Pulls its ads - New York Times

Vox Tries a Membership Program, With a Twist: It’s Focused on Video Entirely on YouTube - NL

Profitable NY Times readies big expansion plans as most newspapers continue to contract - Poynter

Is Tribune Publishing Company Fuel Running Low? The Stock Reaches 1 Year Low - Thorold News

Tuesday Morning in the Blogosphere

David Joe enjoying his fifth year of retirement

The media is dead, long live the media! - Common Space

Newspaper vending rack boxes discontinued - The News Eagle

RELICS: Duluth history pressed into paper - Duluth News Tribune

This is big. Really big. “Bozo’s Circus: The 1960s,” - Robert Feder

Why people stick with the newspaper game - Bucks County Courier Times

Media Layoffs Spread While Facebook Hits $55 Billion in Revenue - The Stranger

The EU's proposal lets newspapers decide who can link to their sites - BOing BOing

Gannett rejects $1.36 billion buyout offer from Digital First Media - Chicago Tribune

By preserving local newspapers, Times performs a public service - The Wilson Times

Don’t launch a newsletter like I did. Use this guide to get it right from the start. - Poynter

Monday Morning in the Blogosphere

House bill could hinder newspapers, free press - Lusk Herald

Steve Dempsey: 'Print is dead... not the full story' - Independent

Harlow Star and three other newspapers to close in print - BBC News

Bad week for digital media: The Players' Tribune lays off eight - Digiday

Implementing efficiencies for the newspaper's future - Watertown Daily Time

A trip back to when Utah's corners were filled with newspaper stands - ABC 4

Robservations: Tribune Media sells last piece of Cubs to Ricketts family - Robert Feder

The Crisis Facing American Journalism Did Not Start With the Internet - Slate Magazine

Could Tribune Publishing Company Change Direction After More Shorts? - Thorold News

Cubs buy Tribune Media's remaining 5 percent ownership stake in the team - Chicago Tribune

Friday Morning in the Blogosphere

Plenty of snow fell in the San Gabriel Mountains

3 Predictions for Magazine Media in 2019 - Folio

CEO Justin Dearborn out in Tribune Publishing shakeup - Robert Feder

Iran newspapers, minister criticize US arrest of newscaster - Sumter Item

Construction Ramps Up for Herald Examiner Building Renovation - Urbanize

UK's Guardian switches to biodegradable wrapping for newspapers - Inhabitat

Extra! Extra! Local 1921 newspapers found underground - Utica Observer Dispatch

Montenegro Criticized Over Jail Sentence for Investigative Journalist - The Guardian

In Tribune Publishing shake-up, chief executive and former Times executives leave - LAT

Hedge fund’s ambition to dominate newspapers raises fear of a local news death spiral - USAT

Ontario Tuition Reforms Could Spell Disaster For Student Newspapers, Unions - HuffPost Canada

Thursday Morning in the Blogosphere

Rainbow over the food pantry yesterday

Did we just experience the hardest decade in journalism? - Poynter

Ann Dwyer named editor of Crain’s Chicago Business - Robert Feder

L.A. Times writing more of Union-Tribune stories - San Diego Reader

Florida History: Here are Florida’s top 25 stories of all time - Jacksonville

Production: The Benefits of Gray Bars in Newspapers - Editor and Publisher

End of two daily newspapers announced in South Arkansas - Arkansas Times

No Good Guys In The Battle Between Gannett And Digital First Media - WGBH

Iran State Television Says U.S. is Holding One of Its Journalists - New York Times

Attorney general nominee William Barr doesn’t reject the possibility of jailing journalists - Vox

Fake newsprint copies, and a fake Washington Post home page, are making the rounds - Poynter

Tuesday Morning in the Blogosphere

Downtown Los Angeles

Gannett Gets a Taste of Its Own Medicine - Washington Post

Troy Record closes only remaining office - Albany Times Union

Steve Warmbir named Sun-Times managing editor - Robert Feder

Bid for Gannett latest challenge for newspaper industry - The News Tribune

Gannett Shares Soar On $1.4B Hostile Bid From Digital First Media - Deadline

Private employers: You can’t forbid your workers from talking to journalists - Poynter

How Politico Europe Grew Its Subscriptions Business by 50 Percent in 2018 - Digiday

This is what happened when investor Sam Zell purchased the Tribune Company - The Street

New York Times Launches a Flash Audio Briefing and Other Voice Stuff for Alexa - Nieman Lab

Let the 2019 Consolidation Games begin! Alden seeks to swallow Gannett - Nieman Journalism Lab

Tuesday Morning in the Blogosphere

We fly tonight at 10:30 PM to the Philippines 

Let’s give thanks for Chicago media Turkeys of the Year - Robert Feder

How to fight information overload and find signals in the noise - Poynter

Trump’s Lies Are a Virus, and News Organizations Are the Host - Atlantic

Southwest suburban newspapers seek aid for Malibu - The Mokena Messenger

Why the Decline of Newspapers Is Bad for the Environment - Pacific Standard

How a Small-Town Newspaper Editor Won a Pulitzer Prize - New York Times

Announcing the Quartz AI Studio, designed to help journalists use machine learning - Quartz

Collaborative effort between student newspapers explores cannabis policies - University Affairs

Why Covering the Environment is One of the Most Dangerous Beats in Journalism - Nieman Lab

Facebook-NY Times fight gets ugly: Social network slams newspaper's 'inaccuracies' - Fox News

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

Saturday Morning in the Blogosphere

Khashoggi corpse went down the drains –Report - The Punch

Schibsted’s VG: On the Road to Digital Profitability - WAN-IFRA

Hong Kong effectively blacklists senior British journalist - The Guardian

The Widespread Problems Associated With Newspaper Declines - KJZZ

McClatchy shares rise with quarterly profit - Sacramento Business Journal

With job cuts looming, Tribune Publishing offers buyouts to staff - Robert Feder

Publisher Cites 'Financial Impact' Of Newsroom Massacre, Offers Buyouts - HuffPost

Owner of The Virginian-Pilot, Daily Press offers buyouts to newsrooms - Virginian-Pilot

The Sun newsroom receives buyout offers from Tribune Publishing - Baltimore Fishbowl

Victoria Advocate delivery driver dies transporting load of newspapers - Victoria Advocate

First and largest Vietnamese-language daily newspaper in U.S. to celebrate 40 years - LAT

Tuesday Morning in the Blogosphere

We have a battery stealing crew operating in our area, many businesses, churches, and charities have been targeted. I have a heavy duty chain around the two batteries, and a bale of cardboard in an attempt to stop the thieves. 

Ross Perot, Jerry Jones Behind Tribune Publishing Bid - Newsmax

Robservations: On second thought, Sun-Times brings back TV listings - Robert Feder

Here’s how Vote.org got full-page ads into every college newspaper in the U.S. - Poynter

About the Jewish mourners' prayer on the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette front page - Pittsburgh Post

Tribune Media Company stock returned 14.88% positive in past quarter - Wall Street Morning

In Saudi Arabia, WaPo’s coverage of Khashoggi killing fuels calls for Amazon boycott - WaPo

With no election results, Gannett newspapers edge into the future for their print product - Digiday

If You Let Commenters Go After Your Reporters, It Hurts Your Credibility with Other Readers - NL

Shrinking Boston Globe Pursues Funding Alternatives for Accountability Journalism - Media Nation

Digital, international growth are the way forward as China weathers shifting media landscape -  CMP

Monday Morning in the Blogosphere

California Voters will decide if the fuel taxes are needed tomorrow

Tampa Bay Times announces staff reductions - Poynter

Missing Newspapers Have Been Found - The Missourian

No Next Day Election Results For Gannett Newspapers - Memphis Flyer

Bulgarian Newspapers 'Losing Trust, Money and Readers' - Balkan Insight

Can Nonprofit News Help Save the Media Industry? - Editor and Publisher

Robservations: One down: Sun-Times brings back crossword - Robert Feder

Tablet Magazine’s Jewish Focus Pulls Staff to Pittsburgh on a Mission - NYT

About 30 jobs cut thanks to layoffs and buyouts at Hearst Connecticut - Poynter

Readers React: Newspapers heart and soul of America - Allentown Morning Call

Newsroom Employees are Less Diverse Than U.S. Workers Overall - Pew Research Center

Friday Morning in the Blogosphere

Our Balikbayan Boxes have arrived in the Philippines after a very delayed trip

Publisher of the Year Terry Egger - Editor and Publisher

Creative Loafing Charlotte Abruptly Ceases Print Production - Folio

Omnivorous GateHouse Continues to Swallow Local Papers - Poynter

Tribune Publishing Gets Bids From McClatchy, Donerail - Bloomberg

Robservations: Tribune Publishing draws multiple bidders - Robert Feder

The New York Times passes 3 million mark in paid digital subscribers - Poynter

Put Jamal Khashoggi Square outside the Saudi consulate on Sawtelle - LAObserved

Digital defeats print as Gannett steps away from printed election results - Ken Doctor

Former Union-Tribune cartoonist Steve Kelley goes to Pittsburgh - San Diego Reader

Emanuel confidant Michael Sacks eyes Tribune Publishing - Crain's Chicago Business

Friday Morning in the Blogosphere

Los Angeles Times Pressmen from the 1960's

The Stories Behind the Nation's Oldest Newspapers - 24/7 Wall St

Tribune suspends package delivery ‘out of caution’ - Robert Feder

How Facebook deals with misinformation, in one graphic - Poynter

The Erosion of Hong Kong’s Free Press - Columbia Journalism Review

America's newspapers are vanishing, Illinois losing more than most - WQAD

Apple’s Radical Approach to News: Humans Over Machines - New York Times

ATT donates $250,000 to defend press freedom - Committee to Protect Journalists

Dozens of old WWII newspapers found hidden in wall of Seattle home - 13WHAM-TV

Herald-Tribune project wins EPPY from Editor and Publisher - Sarasota Herald-Tribune

Just like vinyl records, "print" newspapers are NOT relics of the past - The Rogersville Review

What do newspapers lose when they use non-professional photography? - American Press Institute

Monday Night in the Blogosphere

My grandsons carved pumpkins for Halloween 

People still read newspapers - Logan Daily News

Here's who the LA Times has newly hired - LAObserved

No, A.I. Won’t Solve the Fake News Problem - New York Times

One-Fifth of US Newspapers Close in Last 14 Years - Daily Yonder

Seven ways news outlets can rebuild trust and sustainability - Poynter

Newspapers stolen from Dayton neighborhood - My Dayton Daily News

Jim Kirk named publisher, executive editor of Crain’s Chicago Business - Robert Feder

Washington Post Publisher Calls Saudi Announcement on Khashoggi a ‘Coverup’ - CNN

Now THIS is fake health news – and it appears in major newspapers - Health News Review

Hearst Acquires 7 Weekly Newspapers from Hersam Acorn Newspapers - Subscription Insider

Monday Night in the Blogosphere

Merly and I return to the Philippines on November 20th for a six week trip, 

looking forward to some time away

What happened to those Sun-Times podcasts? - Robert Feder

Why the FBI is Investigating Media Buying Practices - Digiday

The Khashoggi case: Not ‘going away without answers’ - Poynter

Main lobby for community papers reports a big loss - The Rural Blog

About 1,300 U.S. communities have totally lost news coverage - Poynter

JP Morgan and Ford cancel plans for Saudi investor event - Dhaka Tribune

Trump Says ‘Rogue Killers’ May Be Behind Khashoggi Disappearance - Reuters

ABP goes hyperlocal to adapt to India's shifting print, digital markets - Editors Weblog

You Cannot Downsize Your Way To Profit: Newspapers Customers Changing Habits - Forbes

How Newspapers are Rethinking and Delivering the Online User Experience - Editor and Publisher

Friday Morning in the Blogosphere

Dr. Patrick Soon-Shiong visiting the pressmen at the Los Angeles Times yesterday

Photo Credit: Jimmy Chadwick

More cuts at the Herald - CommonWealth Magazine

AIM Media Midwest acquires, sells newspapers - Lima Ohio

Tronc changing its name back to Tribune Publishing - Sun Sentinel

Sudan seizes two newspapers as EU urges press freedom - News24

It’s official: Tronc changes name back to Tribune Publishing - Robert Feder

There’s a Crack at the Heart of Facebook’s Advertising Business - The Verge

Why a road on Florida’s Gulf Coast is named after a newspaper in Ohio - Poynter

Newspapers need help to continue delivering original content online - Inde Online

Competitors Build ‘News Hardware’ for the Home - Missouri School of Journalism

Elderly Clare County man gets time served in newspaper littering case - The Morning Sun

San Francisco Magazine primed to be gutted, shifted away from news focus - Mission Local