The Newsonomics of the Death & Life of California News

All we can say with certainty: we’re witnessing the death and life of California news. Who will own the biggest news media? Who will manage the biggest news media? How much of a life in print will be left for newspapers as they go digital? And, of course, how many journalists will be paid to ...

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The Quote

Bay Citizen's Jonathan Weber explains the ins and outs of working as a New York Times bureau, nailing some of the difficulties of marrying old and new journalism as the Times reaches beyond its old comfort zone.

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Jonathan Weber: On Finding the New Bay Area Voice

The [New York] Times has tremendous talent and editorial resources, obviously, and it will be great fun to work with such top-notch writers, editors, photographers. The association will also help a lot with brand-building and reach. The trickiest part will probably be marrying the NYT voice and ...

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New San Francisco Independent News Site Unsettles Status Quo

Important Details:  San Francisco financier Warren Hellman has announced one of the most ambitious independent online news start-ups. He’s putting up seed money of $5 million with plans to hire “dozens of journalists” to cover the news in and around San Francisco. Hellman has ...

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9 Questions on GooglyHoo: WAN, the EU, ACAP, Joe Nocera and the Consortium

You got your East Coast news. You got your West Coast news. Something about the cratering US financial system going on out there on the isle of Manhattan, sources tell me. Meanwhile, here on the Left Coast, it’s round 74 of Google and Yahoo. GooglyHoo is giving lots of people a case of ...

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