http://www.freerepublic.com/tag/newspaper/ en-us Wed, 24 Sep 2008 13:55:33 GMT Focus Forum 15 http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2089271/posts Superb, lightning fast rebuttal by the McCain campaign to a vicious smear job masquerading as journalism in today's New York Times. A must read! johnmccain.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2089271/posts#comment Wed, 24 Sep 2008 13:55:33 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2084265/posts A controversial film titled, "Obsession: Radical Islam's War Against the West," arrived last weekend in newspapers in major cities in Florida and North Carolina — two key electoral swing states that could decide the 2008 presidential contest between Republican candidate John McCain and his Democratic rival Barack Obama. The 60-minute DVD, bundled into Sunday editions, is drawing complaints from Muslims and prompting some soul-searching among journalists over their responsibilities to protecting free speech. The film itself is not new — it was made in 2005 and has been broadcast on Fox News channel, which has prompted at least one columnist,... Newsmax http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2084265/posts#comment Wed, 17 Sep 2008 14:22:58 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2063385/posts The always-interesting results of the biennial news consumption survey by the Pew Research Center for the People & the Press were released Sunday afternoon. Findings on TV news and online-only news produced a few surprises (follow to come), but on the newspaper front the indications were mainly negative, especially on the print front, but also in some aspects of newspapers on the Web. Namely: while more young people are indeed reading newspapers online, their total readership, print and Web combined, has not grown in two years. This survey was conducted by telephone from April 30 to June 1 among 3,612... Editor & Publisher http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2063385/posts#comment Sun, 17 Aug 2008 20:06:31 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2052032/posts Save Your Newspaper: Cover The Edwards Scandal The newspaper industry is in the worst financial crisis since the Great Depression. The biggest kiosk seller this month was a highbrow liberal weekly that featured a tabloid satire of a presidential candidate and his wife. The biggest newsmaker this month was a supermarket tabloid that caught a former presidential candidate visiting his extramarital baby mama, and the major journals of record won't even blog about it. Surely this is the End Times of big media. What is to be done? Where are our journalistic standards headed? And how long before what you... Gawker http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2052032/posts#comment Sun, 27 Jul 2008 12:36:14 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2050976/posts For a little humorous break from the world of hard news, we have the embarrassing story of the Valley News that serves Vermont and New Hampshire misspelling its own name on the front page of the July 21 issue. The big oopsie was followed on July 22 with an egg-on-the-face, editor's note apologizing to the readers for this ridiculous mistake. Editor's Note - Readers may have noticed that the Valley News misspelled its own name on yesterday's front page. Given that we routinely call on other institutions to hold them accountable for their mistakes, let us say for the record:... Publius' Forum http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2050976/posts#comment Fri, 25 Jul 2008 03:39:48 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2045254/posts SAN FRANCISCO (MarketWatch) -- The Chicago Tribune Media Group said Monday that Ann Marie Lipinski would step down as the editor of its flagship newspaper, with the publication preparing to go through another round of layoffs and shrink the number of its printed pages. Lipinski had been editor of the Tribune since 2001 and had been with the paper since 1978. Her resignation will take effect on Thursday. In a statement, Lipinski said that "the position is not the fit it once was." The Tribune said that Gerould Kern, the paper's vice president of editorials since 2003, will serve as... MarketWatch http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2045254/posts#comment Mon, 14 Jul 2008 17:06:17 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2041152/posts The Oakland Tribune, in an apparent effort to elect a gun-control advocate as the city's next mayor, doctors their reporting and then reneges on promises to publish opposing views. The paper's editor was directly involved - mreynolds@bayareanewsgroup.com. ------------- It never troubles me to call out a liar. When they work in the media it is a downright pleasure. In May the Trib ran an article penned in tag team by two of their journalist. I misuse the term journalist herein because what they wrote in no way resembles reporting. ... I will not accuse these literary desperadoes of prostituting themselves... Cowboy Confessional http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2041152/posts#comment Sat, 5 Jul 2008 17:20:18 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2039983/posts An Indian company will take over copy editing duties for some stories published in The Orange County Register and will handle page layout for a community newspaper at the company that owns the Pulitzer Prize-winning daily, the newspaper confirmed Tuesday. Orange County Register Communications Inc. will begin a one-month trial with Mindworks Global Media at the end of June, said John Fabris, a deputy editor at the Register. Mindworks' Web site says the company is based outside New Delhi and provides "high-quality editorial and design services to global media firms ... using top-end journalistic and design talent in India." Editors... Business Week http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2039983/posts#comment Wed, 2 Jul 2008 23:40:50 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2039507/posts Iran orders paper director's arrest for 'insulting' president Jul 1, 2008 TEHRAN (AFP) - Iran's judiciary on Tuesday ordered the arrest of the director of a leading reformist newspaper over an article attacking President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad for his remarks on the Shiites' "hidden imam." Mohammad Javad Haghshenas, director of Etemad Melli newspaper, has been issued with an order for arrest and investigation on charges of spreading lies and publishing "an insulting piece", a spokesman for Tehran public and revolutionary courts told the ISNA student agency. The spokesman said the "insulting" article was written by mid-ranking cleric Rasoul Montajab-Nia in Tuesday's... AFP http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2039507/posts#comment Wed, 2 Jul 2008 01:18:50 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2036193/posts MSM's Downsizing Bloodbath May Give Alternative Media a Boost Downsizing BloodbathWhat the newspaper industry's unprecedented wave of layoffs says about American journalism -- and what it means for newspaper readers and bloggers By DAVID PAULIN The downsizing bloodbath in America's newspaper industry is different from earlier waves of layoffs over the years. This time top editors and reporters are being let go at the most prestigious newspapers. What does all this say about American journalism? And what will it mean for newspaper readers and bloggers? First, consider the financially troubled New York Times. Layoffs are being threatened there -- something... Modern Conservative http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2036193/posts#comment Wed, 25 Jun 2008 15:48:28 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2022461/posts ST. PETERSBURG – The St. Petersburg Times will offer an enhanced retirement option to reduce its payroll and, depending on response, could resort to layoffs later this year. The newspaper also is imposing a one-year wage freeze for remaining employees. In a letter to staff, Times editor and chairman Paul Tash said the measures were a response to a “difficult economic climate” that has been especially hard on advertising, the largest source of newspaper revenue. Over the last two years, the Times’ fulltime staff has dropped from more than 1,500 to fewer than 1,300, mostly by attrition. “We are navigating... ST Pete Times http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2022461/posts#comment Wed, 28 May 2008 15:13:24 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1971191/posts WILMINGTON -- Wilmington's Star News is laying off more than a dozen employees, and the cuts will be felt in their newsroom. Fifteen jobs were cut in Wilmington, and 100 jobs were elminated at the paper's parent company, The New York Times. Star News executive editor, Tim Griggs says six of the fifteen jobs are coming from the newsroom, while other positions are being trimmed from the production advertising and marketing departments. Griggs had said the Star News is thriving, but the industry as a whole is suffering with dropped circulation and ad sales primarly due to competition from the... WECT TV6 http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1971191/posts#comment Sat, 16 Feb 2008 00:44:08 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1969658/posts Danish newspapers have demonstrated solidarity with Kurt Westergaard and Jyllands-Posten today. After the arrests of conspirators determined to assassinate the editorial cartoonist, the other newspapers in Denmark today have reprinted the cartoon that aroused the ire of Muslims in the first place. They want to make the point that no one can intimidate them into silence: Newspapers in Denmark Wednesday reprinted the controversial cartoon of the Prophet Mohammed that sparked worldwide protests two years ago. The move came one day after Danish authorities arrested three people who allegedly were plotting a "terror-related assassination" of Kurt Westergaard, one of the cartoonist... Captain's Quarters http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1969658/posts#comment Wed, 13 Feb 2008 15:26:49 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1957933/posts Topic: Memos Sent to Romenesko Date/Time: 1/22/2008 6:36:40 PM Title: Star Tribune publisher's memo Posted By: Jim Romenesko Taking Charge of Our Future By Chris Harte, [Minneapolis Star Tribune] Publisher and Chairman Last fall I told you I would write about our overall situation toward the end of the year. I waited before writing because November ad revenue was slightly better than recent months, and I hoped it was the start of a modestly better trend. But December was right back to the pattern of steep revenue declines that we'd seen since early in the year. We have budgeted for... Poynter Online http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1957933/posts#comment Wed, 23 Jan 2008 00:43:29 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1950767/posts Sun-Times wrestles with new reality Planned newsroom layoffs and other cost cuts highlight shifts in the industry's business model, and readers in Chicago -- a notoriously competitive news town -- may ultimately suffer By Barbara Rose and Robert Manor Tribune staff reporters January 9, 2008 Readers of the Chicago Sun-Times picked up a smaller paper Tuesday, the latest tangible sign of the economic struggles engaging metropolitan newspapers around the country. The tabloid's physical shrinkage, by about 1 inch to save newsprint costs, is more easily accomplished than the pending staff cuts that will pare editorial positions by 19 percent, the... chicagotribune.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1950767/posts#comment Wed, 9 Jan 2008 13:50:14 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1941779/posts It was Harte — the point man for Avista Capital Partners' 2006 Strib purchase — who hired away St. Paul Pioneer Press publisher Par Ridder in March. By September, the coup had turned into a full-fledged disgrace; a judge bounced Ridder from the job for taking confidential information from St. Paul. Harte — who is not an Avista partner but has told Stribites he has a substantial investment in the paper — was thrust into the publisher's chair. ...However, Harte has made some high-profile changes. Just weeks after Ridder's exit, he ousted longtime editorial page editor Susan Albright, who for... Minnpost http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1941779/posts#comment Wed, 19 Dec 2007 17:14:02 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1941134/posts Sun-Times Planning Job Cuts As Budget Tightens Could Latest Round Of Cutbacks Lead To End Of Newspaper? CHICAGO (CBS) ― Morale among employees at the Chicago Sun-Times is taking another slip. Company e-mails on Friday notified workers of drastic budget cuts that will lead to lost jobs. As CBS 2 Chief Correspondent Jay Levine reports, the Sun-Times was devastated by owners David Radler, sentenced Monday to two years in jail; and Conrad Black, who last week got six years for stealing millions. Some say the tailspin the paper is taking could be fatal. "One person I know in the newsroom... CBS2 Chicago http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1941134/posts#comment Tue, 18 Dec 2007 13:08:58 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1936307/posts News To Her by: Malcolm A. Kline, December 06, 2007 Reality is for people who can’t face academia. As reported by Matt Eagan in The Hartford Courant, one academic, in commenting on the vanishing breed of scribes known as newspaper film critics, showed that she herself has a hard time distinguishing between breaking stories and popular features. “It’s just part of the disappearance of news from daily newspapers,” Jeanine Bassinger of Wesleyan University says. “As newspapers are cutting back, there is a feeling that readers will get their reviews from somewhere else.” “Those of us who were used to reading... Campus Report http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1936307/posts#comment Fri, 7 Dec 2007 20:37:38 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1928367/posts snip Their streamlined glass-and-steel forms proclaimed a faith in machine-age efficiency and an open, honest, democratic society. Newspaper journalism, too, is part of that history. Transparency, independence, the free flow of information, moral clarity, objective truth — these notions took hold and flourished in the last century at papers like The Times. To many this idealism reached its pinnacle in the period stretching from the civil rights movement to the Vietnam War to Watergate, when journalists grew accustomed to speaking truth to power, and the public could still accept reporters as impartial observers. snip Maybe this accounts for the tower’s... The New York Times http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1928367/posts#comment Tue, 20 Nov 2007 15:48:36 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1926125/posts BASTROP (TV8) - Since the events in Jena, there have been a number of reported incidents involving nooses across America--in schools, offices, even on a college campus. Tonight, a newspaper is in dutch over just such a graphic in one of its own ads. TV8's Dustin Barnes has the story. Bastrop Councilwoman Betty Olive got calls from her constituents after this ad appeared in friday's issue of The Daily Enterprise Newspaper. Betty Olive says "Certainly at this particular time, that caught the eyes of a lot of readers and they expressed their concerns. The copy for the newspaper's advertising office... knoe.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1926125/posts#comment Thu, 15 Nov 2007 14:32:15 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1921611/posts The Houston Chronicle is now the sixth-largest metropolitan newspaper in the nation on Sundays — up from seventh — and remains at seventh-place weekdays, the Audit Bureau of Circulations reported Monday. Chronicle Publisher and President Jack Sweeney said the Chronicle was outperforming most major markets in the country. "We virtually held steady in daily circulation and showed a gain on Sunday," Sweeney said. Sunday circulation ticked up .09 percent, from 692,593 to 693,228. Daily circulation dipped .13 percent, from 508,091 to 507,437. "We want more of our readers engaged in the paper seven days a week, so we've worked hard... Houston Chronicle http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1921611/posts#comment Tue, 6 Nov 2007 13:30:09 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/1921193/posts There's nothing like a good dose of schadenfreude to make one's morning. From Editor & Publisher: NEW YORK The Audit Bureau of Circulations released circulation numbers for more than 700 daily newspapers this morning for the six-month period ending September 2007. Of the top 25 papers in daily circulation (see chart, separate story), only four showed gains.According to an analysis of ABC figures, for 538 daily U.S. newspapers, circulation declined 2.5% to 40,689,617. For 609 papers that filed on Sunday, overall circulation dropped 3.5% to 46,771,486. The percentages are based on comparisons from the same period a year ago.For The... Editor & Publisher http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/1921193/posts#comment Mon, 5 Nov 2007 16:38:22 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1921115/posts NEW YORK The Audit Bureau of Circulations released circulation numbers for more than 700 daily newspapers this morning for the six-month period ending September 2007. Of the top 25 papers in daily circulation (see chart, separate story), only four showed gains. For The New York Times, daily circulation fell 4.51% to 1,037,828 and Sunday plunged 7.59% to 1,500,394, at least partly due to a price increase. Daily circulation at The Washington Post was down 3.2% to 635,087 and Sunday was down 3.9% to 894,428. Daily circulation at The Boston Globe tumbled 6.6% to 360,695 and Sunday fell about the same,... Editor and Publisher http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1921115/posts#comment Mon, 5 Nov 2007 13:52:36 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1910378/posts Even though all the Founding Fathers pretended that they hated the media (which then meant newspapers and tract publishing) each of them had their very own newspaper supporters and nearly all paid for tracts that supported their viewpoints and policies to be published. These tracts and newspapers were usually subscription supported, but sometimes they were freely distributed. Flash forward to today in Chicago. Today, thanks to a law ushered in the back door right under everyone's noses, it is illegal to distribute free newspapers. Were the Founders alive today, Richard Daley, King of Chicago, would prevent them from distributing their... The New Media Journal http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1910378/posts#comment Fri, 12 Oct 2007 17:35:41 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1906533/posts Colorado State University is still experiencing the fallout from a profane editorial that ran in the college's student newspaper two weeks ago. CSU police investigated a threat that was called into The Rocky Mountain Collegian last week. Advertising in the newspaper and other student- run media organizations remains down. And at least one parent of a CSU student might withdraw her daughter from the school. "It's true. We are reconsidering schools," said Casper resident Cathy Ide, whose daughter, Holly Loucks, is a sophomore construction management major. The school's alumni relations and admissions offices have also received calls and e-mails concerning... Rocky Mountain News http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1906533/posts#comment Thu, 4 Oct 2007 16:24:58 GMT