Gannett: See You in January

I'm assuming Gannett, good operator that it is, real does have a handle on how much of its business is really digital and how much legacy, print or broadcast. But I'm not sure. In addition, it's clear that many newspaper companies as they ...

The Monitor Flips the Switch

Publishers can flip that switch, or, as many are contemplating, ease it increasingly from one position to another. It's no longer a theoretical question: by 2015, I believe we'll be living in a mainly digital/a little print world. There are six ...

Triple Financial Whammy Afflicts Newspapers

If the newspaper industry was on thin ice a month ago, the financial meltdown has meant that the creaking and cracking is getting more audible. Think of it as a triple whammy for an industry used to declaring itself the victim of a perfect ...

All About Troopergate: Live from Alaska, It’s ADN.com

Who'd a thunk it? Alaska is an epicenter of the final stretches of this Presidential campaign. Luckily, the McClatchy-owned Anchorage Daily News is on the beat and offering deep and wide coverage, complete with timely video and great ...

Reeling Into Self-Commoditization

Thumbing through the dead-tree edition of the Mercury News – quick exercise these days — looking for weekend movies, I was struck with this thought. Forget commoditization; we’re now into the age of self-commoditization. My movie tout ...

iReports Are Not “Journalism”

Good Morning Silicon Valley’s John Murrell makes a simple, but vital, point in connecting the dots in the latest Steve Jobs health scare speculation. He describes how a CNN iReport got it wrong, and how the report sent the stock diving, ...