Newsonomics: The Halving of America’s Daily Newsrooms

Cigar maker. Elevator operator. Pinsetter. Iceman. Lamplighter. Switchboard operator. Local daily newspaper reporter? How soon will we have to add this once-stable occupation to the list of jobs that once were — occupations once numerous that slid into obsolescence? (Not to mention the even ...

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Nine Questions: A “Recovery” Damage Assessment Quiz for Publishers

By my calculation, readers (print and/or online) of news from U.S. newspaper companies will see about three quarters of a million stories fewer in 2009 than they did in say, 2006, before this big round of cuts began. I get to the number starting with ASNE's census number of 8300 newsroom jobs ...

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