Newsonomics: Split ‘Ems — & Then There Was Gannett

Follow Newsonomics on Twitter @kdoctor Companion post: Newsonomics: Tribune’s Latest Lease on Life   First published at Harvard’s Nieman Journalism Lab The Journal Communications/E.W. Scripps merger and split last week may have seemed like a bolt out of the blue, but it’s a ...

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Good Gracia Almighty; It’s What the Gannett CEO Didn’t Say That Matters

Follow Newsonomics on Twitter @kdoctor   First published at Harvard’s Nieman Journalism Lab U.S. daily publishers stiffened their stomachs, knowing that print ad revenues would continue in 2014, after three years of more or less 8% annual declines. The first quarter was decent, a ...

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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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Newsonomics: 10 Top Snapshots on Larry Kramer’s USA Today

Kramer inherits a widely known brand — maybe not really “The Nation’s Newspaper,” but in its hotel and airport ubiquity, a mark seared into the minds of many. Yet it’s oddly a mid-market, Middle America medium with Flyover Country warmth. Being stuck in the middle isn’t a good place in the ...

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