Wednesday Morning in the Blogosphere

50 Years in Newspapers - View News

Is the UAE’s publishing industry in trouble? - AMEinfo

Newspaper decline continues to weigh on AP earnings - ABC News

Eight cheery thoughts for life after newspapers - Hold The Front Page

The Washington Post cuts off ad tech vendors slowing its site - DigiDay

How to Succeed as a Printer in the Digital Marketing Age - Printing Impressions

Facebook and Google happy to monetise, not monitor, fake news - Editors Weblog

Washington’s Moonie-Owned Newspaper Wants To Improve Its Reputation - Daily Caller

U.S. Press Freedom Tracker will keep tabs on the safety of journalists in America - Poynter

The State of South African Journalism - There's Good News and There's Bad News - All Africa

Tuesday Morning in the Blogosphere

Royce Hall at UCLA

What to avoid when writing online headlines - Poynter

Buffett's Newspaper Group Slashes 289 Jobs - Bloomberg

The time-traveling magic of local newspapers - The Week

Verizon plans to rebrand AOL and Yahoo as ‘Oath’ - The Next Web

Newspaper publishers lose over half their employment from 2001 to  2016 - BLS

How tech companies have changed the way journalism operates - Editors Weblog

Conde Nast will now charge it's freelancers money if they want to get paid - Fashionista

Note from Register Publisher Ron Hasse: What a difference a year makes - O.C. Register

So many journalists are being killed in Mexico that one newspaper shuts down - LA Times

Fight escalates between chairman of L.A. Times parent and L.A. billionaire - Los Angeles Times

Price increase for the Sunday issue of the Los Angeles Times

Beginning with Saturday, April 1, 2017 for the Weekend Edition and Sunday, April 2, 2017 for the Sunday edition, the single copy cover price of the Sunday issues of the Los Angeles Times will increase from $3.00 to $3.66. The cover price of the daily (Monday - Saturday) issues will remain $2.00.

There's not tax in the paper vending machine." In July 1991, the State of California ruled that newspapers can be taxed by third-party retailers. So according to sales and use tax regulations for the State Board of Equalization, article 1590, if you buy a newspaper over the counter, you will pay tax on that sale.

Friday Morning in the Blogosphere

Unsold newspapers pilling up to be recycled 

Weekend to become TimesOC on April 9 - Daily Pilot

Print Newspaper Woes Continue in the UK - eMarketer

Is it time to completely rethink fact-checking? - Poynter

Can we take back the term 'fake news'? - Editors Weblog

More Cost Cuts Likely For Newspaper Industry - 24/7 Wall Street

Gannett Cuts Positions At Newspapers Across Tennessee - Forbes

Demystifying Media: What’s the Future of Local Newspapers? - Media Shift

Facebook and Google predicted to make $106 billion from advertising in 2017 - CNBC

Alex Tizon, Pulitzer Prize winner and Oregon journalism professor, dies at 57 - Oregonian

Swedish, Norwegian newspapers to ditch April Fools’ stories amid fake news concerns - RT

Thursday Morning in the Blogosphere

The La Verne fire truck was being taken away for unknown reasons?

What’s the legal definition of “fake news?” - Poynter

Newspaper printing moves to Louisville - The Gleaner

Inside The Guardian’s sinking US expansion - Digiday

Supporting newspapers, real news - Dodge City Daily Globe

Keep public notices in newspapers - Jacksonville Daily News

Newspapers Begin Staking Out Affiliate Programs - Ad Exchanger

Can a Retired Judge Save Southern Vermont's Newspapers? - Seven Days

25 MORE Ways to Improve Your Print Products in 2017 - Editor and Publisher

Community News Keeps Newspapers As Relevant As Ever - Fairfield Sun Times

The ammunition we need now more than ever – Black newspapers by - New Pittsburgh Courier

Tuesday Morning in the Blogosphere

Retired LA Times Pressmen Charlie Coleman (L) and Bert Badajos (R)

Inside The Spectator’s subscriptions strategy - Digiday

UK Newspapers Fight Falling Ad Revenues - eMarketer

The IDS will no longer print five days a week - Indiana Daily Student

World’s Press Calls on President Trump to Stop Targeting Media - Editors Weblog

Radio Is Expected to Surpass Newspapers in Local Ad Revenue by 2021 - Ad Week

Philadelphia newspapers, in the middle of reorganization, have a new editor - Poynter

Software Engineer Starts Unlikely Business: A Weekly Newspaper - New York Times

Long-running German garrison newspapers to discontinue print runs - Stars and Stripes

Pittsburgh Post-Gazette nixes newspaper home delivery it deems 'too costly' - Trib Live

Tronc Feud Escalates as Billionaire Investor Demands Access to Records - New York Times

Friday Morning in the Blogosphere

Top photo 1939, bottom 1941  from USC Digital Library

Ventura County Star editor announces retirement - VC Star

Who says millennials don't read newspapers? - Press Gazette

Bill could end public, legal notices in newspapers - The Times News

I've kicked my last newspaper subscription into touch - The Media Online

Twitter might build a paid subscription service for power users - The Verge

Tronc spends $56 million to buy back stock from Oaktree - Chicago Tribune

Tech giants need to place higher value on professional journalism - Editors Weblog

Hollywood Reporter Paying Out Nearly $1M In Class Action Freelancers Deal - Deadline

One question that turns courageous journalists into cowards - Columbia Journalism Review

Newspaper vendor told 'push off' from stand where he has worked for 40 years - Independent

Thursday Afternoon in the Blogosphere

The Los Angeles Times from the parking structure

Tronc’s Faltering Age of the Machines - Ad Week

A fight for Tronc, media moves and more - LAObserved

What will Zell do with $2.1 billion in cash? - Chicago Business

The Guardian Continues To Pare U.S. Edition - Huffington Post

Tronc Board Dispute Said to Center on Soon-Shiong's Trades - Bloomberg

Major Tronc investor Oaktree revealed in an SEC filing - Service Corporate

Black Newspapers Pleading ‘Our Own Cause’ In America For 190 Years - NJG

Retired Operations Director Reflects on Industry Changes - Editor and Publisher

AdModX on a mission to help Black newspapers survive and thrive - Westside Gazette

Tronc Investor Patrick Soon-Shiong Ups Stake Again in Battle for Newspaper - The Street

Saturday Night in the Blogosphere

Editorial: All Ideas Welcomed - Editor and Publisher

UK Newspapers Fight Falling Ad Revenues - eMarketer

Gannett’s push into New Jersey saps local coverage - CJR

We need Black newspapers now more than ever - Florida Courier

The Los Angeles Times won the General Excellence Award - SABEW

Fox Said Approached to Thwart Possible Tribune-Sinclair Deal - Bloomberg

Keep Florida in the know, with public notice ads in newspapers - Orlando Sentinel

Gannett Cuts Print Editions Of 3 Southern Newspapers - MediaPost Communications

Lead Stories is debunking misinformation starting to trend on social media - Journalism UK

Reporter Who Scooped Trump Tax Return Won Pulitzer for Exposing Loopholes - The Wrap

Thursday Morning in the Blogosphere

Merly and I with La Verne Councilwoman Robin Carder

Tronc’s typos - San Diego Reader

Are daily opinion pages headed to the morgue? - Poynter

Social Media is No Longer a Safe Place - Editor and Publisher

Gothamist Deleted Negative Coverage of Its New Owner - Jezebel

News Apps Are Dying Off. But in a Way, They’ll Live On - Wired

The New York Times and The Washington Post are at war - Poynter

Quartz, launched four years ago, is now profitable - Talking Biz News

Former Sun-Times publisher named Canadian diplomat here - Robert Feder

Now is a good time to double-check your Twitter permissions - Nieman Lab

Breitbart News is now the 29th most trafficked site in the United States - Breitbart

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

Los Angeles Times Retirees Breakfast

The retired pressmen gathered Tuesday in West Covina to reminisce and see one another, the group was also joined by colleagues from other departments which worked side by side producing the newspaper. Would you like to have a gathering in your area? Let me know so we can get the word out.   

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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

Who wants today’s newspapers? - The Drum

When newspapers were the social media - Press Connects

Tribune Set to Deliver Good News to Investors - Barron's

One Facebook post which shook Russia - Open Democracy

Newspapers' Only Survival Lies In Revenue - Net News Check

Debt restructuring helps Postmedia post first-quarter profit - The Star

Despite digital age, traditional newspapers still relevant - Monett Times

Stand up and fight to save our free press and the future of newspapers - Gazette

China's Xinhua to merge three newspapers into new media group - South China Morning Post

Number of Daily Newspaper Transactions in 2016 Highest Since the Great Recession - E and P

Monday Morning in the Blogosphere

Baguio City, Philippines

“10 newspapers That Do It Right.” - Editor and Publisher

PREDICTIONS FOR JOURNALISM 2017 - Nieman Lab

Local papers buck trend with climbing readership - ProPrint

What does the future of publishing look like? - The Guardian

Print is dead. Long live print. - Columbia Journalism Review

One rough year for newspapers, and Detroit feels it - Media Life

New York Times Shares Surge as It Breaks Free From an Industry - 24/7 Wall St

Cox Newspapers’ founder spins in his grave as lights go out at - Saint Peters Blog

Newspapers Gone Horribly Wrong… Bloopers Worthy Of Headlines - We Like Viral

L.A.-Bred Artist Who Created One of the Most Influential Comic Strips Ever - LA Weekly

Monday Afternoon in the Blogosphere

The blog will be silent as I depart for the Philippines tomorrow for one month.

What Is a Pressman? - Learn.org

The Origin Of The Newspaper - Science 2.0

Asia’s print media are on the ropes - Financial Times

Facebook’s fake news problem won’t fix itself - Poynter

Harry Potter's Moving Newspapers Are Now Real - Media Post

Gannett and Tronc shares tank on speculation deal is off - Poynter

Gannett Print Ad Revs Drop 11%, Digital Rises - Publishers Daily

The Death of the Homepage Has Been Greatly Exaggerated - Editor and Publisher

Daily Bruin wins awards for nation’s best online, daily college newspaper - Daily Bruin

Publisher of largest Spanish-language weekly newspaper, master of reinvention - NY Daily News

Saturday Night in the Blogosphere

Los Angeles as seen from the Santa Monica Freeway

How to Send an Email in 1984 - Motherboard

Will the U-T go to Gannett? - San Diego Reader

Will print become weekend art? - Editors Weblog

Sun-Times brings back columnist Phil Kadner - Robert Feder

How to prepare for journalism jobs of the near-future - Poynter

Gannett mulls acquiring Dallas Morning News - New York Post

Reporter contract talks rev up at Tronc's suburban papers - Crain's

Game Time for Gannett: Why a Possible Tronc Acquisition Matters - Media File

Facebook Overestimated Key Video Metric for Two Years - The Wall Street Journal

OC Register moving headquarters from Santa Ana to Anaheim in 2017 - OC Register

Saturday Morning in the Blogosphere

Los Angeles once had two major newspapers

Tossing newspapers isn’t for everybody - News Cut

Oaktree pushes Tribune toward Gannett deal - Crain's

Tribune turning tables on Gannett is fanciful - Breakingviews

Gannett mails letter to Tribune Publishing stockholders - Reuters

Time for Newspapers to Disrupt Themselves - Editor and Publisher

What Television Advertisers Can Learn from Newspapers - Fortune

Tribune Publishing comments on Gannett letter to shareholders - Tribune Publishing

Ferro could support Tribune sale if he gets a ‘piece of the action’ - Capital New York

Gannett's Higher Offer Price for Tribune Conjures Memories of 2007 Sam Zell - The Street

Tribune's No. 2 investor: Delaying a deal could destroy enormous shareholder value - Poynter

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Saturday Morning in the Blogosphere

Downtown Los Angeles

2016 Prize Announcement - The Pulitzer Prizes

Could Tampa Bay lose a daily newspaper? - WTSP

What would we do without newspapers? - Salina Journal

Detroit newspapers make tentative contract deal - Crain's

Power outage created hellish night - The San Diego Union-Tribune

With new roadblocks for digital news sites, what happens next? - NiemanLab

Unearthed newspapers offer us a time capsule of memories - Chicago Tribune

Newspapers Gobble Each Other Up to Survive Digital Apocalypse - Bloomberg

What's next for Orange County Register buyer Digital First? - Los Angeles Times

Digital First Media’s real price for southern California papers: A paltry $16 million - Politico