The Newsonomics of the November Shuffle, From Forbes to Freedom and Couric to Stelter

First published at Harvard’s Nieman Journalism Lab Ah, the pre-Thanksgiving bounty. Those of us who try to chronicle the business end of the news business have seen our plates overflowing lately. Not since the Bezos blitz of August have we seen so many announcements, shuffles, offers to ...

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Rupert’s $1 Million Republican Gift: Why It Matters

Why it's a big story: 1) The size of the gift. $1 million. 2) The size of Rupert Murdoch's presence in the news world. 3) The size of Fox News in the political news landscape. 4) The size of Murdoch's influence at the Wall Street Journal.

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Press One for News Emergency

What may appear to be a sprint to fix (where is SNL's Keenan Thompson's Mr. Fix-It when the news industry so badly needs his exhortation?) the press is really much more a marathon. And many of us feel like we've been running it for a long time already.

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