Metros Take Brunt of Circulation Declines

Important Details:  For 25 years, newspaper circulation has been like a rollercoaster slowly ratcheting down a hill, each yearly click marking a 1 percent – more or less – decline. Now the incline appears to be steepening, with today’s release of the industry’s ...

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What Time is It? It’s Google Time!

Important Details: Wasn’t it inevitable? Google Daylight Time. I mean Google Calendar. The company whose products page is a modern-day tapestry of our hyperkinetic 21st century lives now wants to become our clock and timer as well. Google Calendar is a kind of product, at least, ...

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Heard While Outsell-ing: NAA and NEXPO This Week

What We’re Seeing: In the wake of McClatchy’s purchase of Knight Ridder, the Newspaper Association of America (NAA) held its annual conference in Chicago this week. Taking place concurrently was NEXPO, its annual tech trade show. Outsell’s CEO Anthea Stratigos and ...

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McClatchy Should Be a “Strategic Seller”

Important Details: The next act of the Knight Ridder drama has begun to play out. Almost as soon as Knight Ridder announced its sale to McClatchy Co. on March 13, McClatchy CEO Gary Pruitt announced that his company would immediately sell off a dozen of the newly acquired properties. McClatchy ...

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