Inside the Toronto Star’s $10 Million Niche Print Business

John Cruickshank, publisher of the Toronto Star, is the first to acknowledge that his strategy for the paper seems anachronistic. Cruickshank talked the New York Times Syndicate into providing him a semi-custom weekly collection of global news and book reviews so he could sell a ...

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The Newsonomics of the Washington Post and New York Times Network Wars

Call it the newspaper network wars. The Washington Post’s Newspaper Partner Program has grown from a March-planted seedling into a full-grown fall oak. The initiative now includes more than 120 daily newspapers in the U.S., and could connect with more than 200,000 digital newspaper subscribers ...

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Newsonomics: The Futures of Gannett’s Newsrooms

First published at Harvard’s Nieman Journalism Lab Related post: What’s in a Name? Three Startups Talk About the Value of Newsroom Titles It’s easy to ridicule Gannett’s latest newsroom proclamations. The company recently set itself up for satire by announcing “newsrooms of the future” — ...

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What’s in a Name? Three Startups Talk About the Value of Newsroom Titles

First published at Harvard’s Nieman Journalism Lab Gannett is right: Newsroom job titles do matter. (Related story: Newsonomics: Gannett’s Newsrooms’ Futures“) The largest newspaper company in the United States is revising its job titles, bringing in some that would have ...

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What Splitsville Tells Us — and New Intrigue in L.A.

First published at Harvard’s Nieman Journalism Lab   Earlier, related posts: Tribune’s Latest Lease on Life                                        Split ‘Ems — & Then There Was Gannett                           ... Read More

10 Takeaways from Gannett’s Blockbuster Announcements

Follow Newsonomics on Twitter @kdoctor Earlier, related posts: Split ‘Ems — & Then There Was Gannett                                                                                Good Gracia... Read More

A Stormy Set of Revenue Numbers for The New York Times

Follow Newsonomics on Twitter @kdoctor   First published at Harvard’s Nieman Journalism Lab   On the call for The New York Times’ first quarter financials in April, executives cautioned that the bright Q1 results — up in overall revenue and in print and digital ad revenue — ...

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The Newsonomics of How and Why

Follow Newsonomics on Twitter @kdoctor   First published at Harvard’s Nieman Journalism Lab Try this: Make a list with two simple columns. On the left, write Who, What, When, and Where. On the right column, write How and Why. Then, go to any news site — local, national, or global — ...

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The Newsonomics of The Oregonian’s New Editor’s Challenge

Follow Newsonomics at @kdoctor   First published at Harvard’s Nieman Journalism Lab It’s tough to find a place with more news change than Portland, Oregon. At the center of that change is the new Oregonian. Like New Orleans, Cleveland, Syracuse, and most other Advance ...

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The Newsonomics of European Crowds Funding New News

Follow Newsonomics on Twitter @kdoctor First published at Harvard’s Nieman Journalism Lab   VIENNA — A small roar erupted in the crowded workshop. Krautreporter, with hours to go, had met its crowdfunded goal, gaining a commitment of €60 each from what would turn out to be 17,000 ...

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