April 16, 2024
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Look at some of the individual results, and you understand why the New York Times just announced that it is taking another 100 jobs out of its newsroom and why other newsroom (and, of course, wider) cuts may increase -- not decrease -- as Wall Street indicates that an overall economic recovery ...
Read MoreWhat is Christine Varney taking from her newspaper industry talks? Obama's new anti-trust chief has drawn a lot of attention for her interest in Google's books deal, and beyond that, to Google's great search dominance. Varney has also been meeting with news industry people, management and ...
Read MoreNow, an announced price may well vary from a simple dollar; it's better optics for the Times. For instance, the new owner could put more dollars into the buy, if the Times agrees to keep current Globe pension obligations, for instance. There are all kinds of content, advertising and technology ...
Read MoreThe Daily Eric to Tell Readers What They Want to Know Within six months, Google will automatically serve news readers the news they want by combining its knowledge of their reading, buying and search behavior. Google will sell premium ads on these pages and keep the revenue, sharing none with ...
Read MoreI’d like to read the Los Angeles Times manual on "how to deal with difficult situations." Though it’s never been made public, it’s clear it’s been infiltrated by those disseminating disinformation. The result: no matter what seems to happen at the Times in the ...
Read MoreConsider the new Big City American journalism and the emerging cast of characters owning it. It’s a page right out of the history books when a few well-heeled titans controlled the press, and its new incarnation could have all kinds of implications for the Yahoo Newspaper Consortium, for ...
Read MoreI’m little surprised by the results, though I wish I were. The Times is barely profitable. (See comments at end of post from NYT spokesperson Catherine Mathis to this point.) With ad spending overall down just under double digits at 9% for the first quarter, the New York Times’ ...
Read MoreCall it physics. Call it Zen. Call it journalism. As I cover the waning fortunes of legacy media and rising fortunes of start-up journalism sites, I can’t help but think of equilibrium. Maybe it’s being back on the Left Coast too long, but somehow the scales seem to be balancing. ...
Read MoreYou can feel the walls closing in at the new, light-filled Times building off Times Square. Consider: —America’s (the world’s?) largest newsroom is getting a major haircut. Of the current 1300 jobs, 100 will be gone soon, victim of the increasingly familiar buyout/layoff ...
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