Thursday Morning in the Blogosphere

The Newspaper Domino Effect 

Newspapers haven't 'cracked code,' Buffett says - USA Today

The CA at 175:Reporting our own story - Commercial Appeal

Are you crazy to launch print products now? - Editors Weblog

Local paper launched an online section for older readers - CJR

New York Times Co. to Offer Buyouts to Employees - NY Times

Why some newspaper paywalls are simply unsustainable - Econo Times

Another major shareholder urges Tribune to strike a deal with Gannett - Poynter

LA Times’ Newest Investor Is Not Your Typical Newspaper-Owning Billionaire - IBT

Tribune Publishing offers more reasons why it's fending off Gannett - Chicago Business

Investor Advisory Firms Support Tribune Publishing’s Rejection Of Gannett Bid - Deadline

Friday Night in the Blogosphere

The printing presses have been removed from the 

Los Angeles Times Costa Mesa Facility

The Desert Sun is hiring! - Luis Gomez

Tribune Rises in NYSE Debut - Broadcasting Cable

Newspaper Guild takes Time to task - New York Post

Geeks Bearing Gifts: No Mas Mass Media - Jeff Jarvis

Crain’s new website holds ‘open house’ - Robert Feder

Images of protests on front pages and homepages - Poynter

In California news is free; donations welcome! - Editors Weblog

Editors and staff of The New Republic resign en masse - LAObserved

100 Layoffs Happening at OC Register, Riverside P-E - Gustavo Arellano

Michigan newspapers may lose monopoly on legal notices - Talking New Media

Friday Night in the Blogosphere

Every day I do the pickup of food from Von's La Verne, all food was donated by the customers, the day before Thanksgiving we moved three loads of food, awesome.

Don’t stop the presses just yet - The Star

Journalism and technology: to duel or dance? - Jeff Jarvis

The mistakes publishers make with mobile apps - DigiDay

Tribune Media turning off The Game 87.7 FM - Robert Feder

Buzzfeed passes $100 M. in revenue for 2014 - Capital New York

Tribune Interactive's new apps for the LA Times - Talking New Media

Blue Christmas on horizon for Gray Lady with layoffs looming - New York Post

Contrary to stereotypes, millennials rely on newspaper media - Suwannee Democrat

Today in Media History: Jimmy Breslin’s 1963 JFK column: ‘It’s an Honor’ - Poynter

Newspaper media takes center stage during the Holiday Shopping season - Quad-Cities

Japanese paper apologizes for writing 'sex slaves' instead of 'comfort women' - Mashable

LA Press Club finalists from Los Angeles TImes

JOURNALIST OF THE YEAR

A2. PRINT (Under 50,000 Circulation)
• Dan Evans, Times Community News

A7. PHOTO JOURNALIST
• Rick Loomis, Los Angeles Times
• Allen J. Schaben, Los Angeles Times

DAILY/WEEKLY NEWSPAPERS
B2. NEWS FEATURE (Over 1,000 words)
• Thomas Curwen, Los Angeles Times, “Here, a bullet sets the pace”
• Thomas Curwen, Los Angeles Times, “Leaving a piece of paradise”

B4. PERSONALITY PROFILE
• Michael J. Mishak, Los Angeles Times, "For Gavin Newsom, It's Lonely Just Below The Top"

B6. BUSINESS
• Anh Do Los Angeles Times, "In Vietnamese Salons, Nails, Polish And Unvarnished Opinions"

B10. ENTERTAINMENT NEWS OR FEATURE
• Daniel Miller, Los Angeles Times, “A Surprise Showbiz Exit”

B11. SPORTS
• Eric Sondheimer, Los Angeles Times, “Bernstein High Football Players Earn Letters —Of Parents' Love”

B12. HEADLINE
• Mike Davis, Los Angeles Times, “Dodgers Are The Colossus Of Road”
• Laura Dominick, Los Angeles Times, “Mist Connections”
• Blake Hennon, Los Angeles Times, “Tonight's Forecast Calls For Scattered Viewership”
• Kevin Leung, Los Angeles Times, “He's A Wokking Encyclopedia”

ART/PHOTOGRAPHY
D1. NEWS PHOTO
• Allen J. Schaben, Los Angeles Times, “U.S Open of Surfing Riot”

D4. SPORTS PHOTO
• Rick Loomis, Los Angeles Times, “Sports Photo”
• Allen J. Schaben, Los Angeles Times, “Rally Time for Matt Kemp”

D7. PHOTO ESSAY
• Rick Loomis, Los Angeles Times, “A Soldier's Wife”

ONLINE
H1b.ENVIRONMENTAL RELATED NEWS
H2. INVESTIGATIVE
• Myron Levin (ex-later) and Lilly Fowler, FairWarning, “Power Tool Industry Resisting Safety Fix”

H6. MULTIMEDIA PACKAGE
• Rick Loomis, Los Angeles Times, “Private Wars”

Tensions Rise at The New York Times

This video was shot as The Times' daily Page One meeting gets underway. February 29, 2012




New York Times Editors Respond To Staffers' Protest

New Layoffs in Philly Prompt Guild Advisories

We all know layoffs are coming to the editorial department at the Los Angeles Times, not certain when this will occur or how many writers will be leaving the newspaper yet. Prior to the new year a handful of Times writers left for new positions across the country.

Here's what's happening at the Philadelphia Inquirer.

Two weeks after Newspaper Guild members at Philadelphia's two newspapers avoided a strike and signed onto a new agreement, many staffers are bracing for layoffs, with some reportedly arriving already today. Rumors of job cuts have been swirling at the newsrooms of the Philadelphia Inquirer and Daily News since last week, according to some guild leaders.

The Associated Press reports this afternoon that the Inquirer began a round of layoffs today. Several reporters at the Inquirer said they were told Tuesday morning that their jobs were being eliminated, according to AP. The employees said that they were told to meet with personnel officials on Wednesday to discuss details of their severance pay and health benefits.

"The specific number of layoffs is still unclear because some Inquirer employees have already taken other jobs since word of the impending layoffs was announced in November," the AP reports.

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Tuesday Morning Shorts

The "lone nut" theory of the American newspaper assassination
As regular readers know, I'm a fan of some conspiracy theories. And so really, what could be a more compelling conspiracy theory than the plot to destroy the American newspaper, hatched -- in our imagination anyway -- by a secret cabal of bloggers and Web gurus meeting in a diner off Calle Ocho in Miami, then launching their assault on circulation from a Grassy Knoll somewhere in cyberspace?

AP cameraman killed by Iraq insurgents
BAGHDAD, Iraq -- A television cameraman working for The Associated Press was shot to death by insurgents while covering clashes Tuesday in the northern city of Mosul, police said.

Post-Gazette workers rally for support
More than 100 Pittsburgh Post-Gazette union members lined the Boulevard of the Allies yesterday, holding signs such as "No News is Bad News" and "Journalism = Democracy" as they rallied to drum up support for contract talks and to draw attention to the industry's thinning ranks.

Majority of newspapers' unions ratify contracts
The union workers were offered a package that included a $750 cash payment in September 2007, another $750 payment in January 2008, and a $25-a-week raise in the contract's third year. Some unions also agreed to changes that would allow staffing and payroll reductions.

Talk Radio's New Competition: Interactive, Live 'Blog' Podcasts
Move over, Howard Stern and Dr. Laura. There's a new talk radio star in town — the Internet blogger.

NEWSDAY SCRIBES BLAST TRIBUNE CUTS
More than 100 Newsday reporters and editors signed a letter of protest blasting Tribune boss Dennis FitzSimons for widespread cuts that have sliced about one-third of the paper's editorial staff over the past three years.