Friday Morning in the Blogosphere

Many journalists have been let go at Gannett, Buzzfeed, and Huffpost this week

Gannett lays off journalists across the country - Poynter

You’ve Decided to Implement a Paywall. Now What? - Folio

Correspondent’s Business Model One to Watch - WAN-IFRA

Public notices are most effective in newspapers - Wilson Post

Second graders celebrate with publishing party - Chanute Tribune

New Orleans Newspaper's Super Bowl Preview Is Going Viral - The Spun

Five things you need to know about the future of journalism - Editors Weblog

Opinion: Prescription to save the Detroit Free Press -- Sell it to local owners - Deadline Detroit

Faced with hostile takeover, newspaper chain decides to take its own life - Minnesota Public Radio

Colombian Startup Goes Beyond Reporting, Launches Public Conversation Around Issues - IJNET

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

Newspaper Industry Events

mediaXchange

April 30 – May 3, 2017

Marriott French Quarter, New Orleans, LA

www.newsmediaalliance.org/events/mediaxchange

INMA World Congress of News Media

May 21-23, 2017

Times Center

New York

www.inma.org/worldcongress

Metro Production Conference

June 1-3, 2017

Tampa, Florida

Saddlebrook Resort

www.metroproduction.org

Print '17

Sept. 10 - 14, 2017

Chicago

Mid America Newspaper Conference

Sept. 21 – 23, 2017

Country Club Hotel & Spa, Lake of the Ozarks, MO

http://www.midamericanewspaper.com/

IFRA World Publishing Expo and DCX Digital Conference

Oct. 9 – 11, 2017

Berlin, Germany

https://events.wan-ifra.org

Circulation revenue passes ad revenue for first time

"For 2014, circulation generated $92 billion compared to $87 billion for advertising according to a world press trends survey released as WAN-IFRA begins its annual World Congress meeting in Washington."

“' The basic assumption of the news business model — the subsidy that advertisers have long provided to news content — is gone…,' Larry Kilman, secretary-general of WAN-IFRA, commented in a release."

"Despite strong growth in digital subscriptions and advertising, print still provides 93 percent of revenues."

"A total of 2.7 billion people read newspapers in print and another 770 million on desktop digital platforms. "

"A breakdown of average daily time spent with various media:

Smartphone — 97 minutes.
Tablet — 37 minutes.
Television — 81 minutes.
Desktop — 70 minutes.
Radio — 44 minutes.
Print — 33 minutes."

- Brett Levy

http://www.poynter.org/…/worldwide-newspaper-circulation-r…/

Tuesday Night in the Blogosphere

Los Angeles City Hall with Joye Long

Rupert Murdoch Free of newspapers - Reuters

The Last Trace of a Great Newspaper - Barron's

OC Register to launch daily Irvine newspaper - The Fresno Bee

Newspapers’ TV purchases may backfire comeback plans - Wan-Ifra

‘Where is my newspaper?’ We’re doing our best - Vernon Broadcaster

Senator Wants Government to Decide Who is a Journalist - Technorati

Demise of daily newspaper has consequences beyond tradition - Oregonian

Reporters at GateHouse withhold bylines after editor is laid off - Romenesko

Diversifying Away From Newspapers and Into TV Stations - Smallcap Network

Newspapers are doing so poorly that television looks like better bet - Investor Place