April 18, 2024
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Companion column: Newsonomics: The New York Times Restarts its New Product Model, in Spanish If 2015 was a year to pause, reflect and plan, for The New York Times, 2016 is a year of aggressive new product development. Last year CEO Mark Thompson reshuffled most of his top executive team ...
Read MoreCompanion column: Michael Ferro immediately redefines Tribune Publishing’s chairman role Today, in the Ronald Reagan Federal Building and U.S. Courthouse in Santa Ana, Calif., the Orange County Register – for the second time—begins to emerge from bankruptcy. There may not be much ...
Read MoreCompanion column: Santa Ana Showdown: Tribune’s Bid for Southern California Michael Ferro’s new title at Tribune Publishing is “non-executive chair.” Since Ferro’s company, Merrick Media, bought a major stake in Tribune earlier this month, he is behaving more like an executive ...
Read MoreIf your image of Mexico comes only from election rhetoric, you might think of it as a land of drug-pushing, crime-committing illegals aiming to upset all Americans hold dear. Well, it turns out Mexico is a market, not only for American goods of many kinds, but also for journalism. This election ...
Read MoreChicago entrepreneur Michael Ferro will soon move across town, into the third-floor chairman’s suite in the legendary Tribune Tower. Yes, he’ll be 16 floors below Tribune Publishing CEO Jack Griffin, and the Tower is for sale anyway, but his new presence there will be something to watch. On ...
Read MoreAfter a brief spell of normalcy seemed to return to the Las Vegas Review-Journal, all bets are now off. A new publisher has appeared overnight at the paper, a new editor will be installed as soon as Friday, and, sources tell me, stories involving new owner Sheldon Adelson are being reviewed, ...
Read MoreSeveral mysteries tumbled out of Sheldon Adelson’s secret $140 million purchase of the Las Vegas Review-Journal in early December (“The new breed of newspaper mogul”). Some have been answered, and others hang in the air. One big one: seller Gatehouse Media’s own journalistic ethics. That’s a ...
Read MoreSay it ain’t so. Tell me that last week’s ownership legerdemain in Philadelphia wasn’t actually accompanied by huzzahs of “saving journalism.” That smart people didn’t proclaim the Philly ownership shuffle “one of the most exciting and viable models for journalism in the country right now.” ...
Read MoreHow far has the newspaper trade fallen? RELATED ARTICLE As giant platforms rise, local news is getting crushed September 1, 2015 It’s been another depressing year for those who value robust local news. Yet Sheldon Adelson’s reluctant outing as the new owner of the Las Vegas ...
Read MoreCompanion article: What Are They Thinking: Quartz Redesign Lays Out a New Home Page ‘Welcome Mat’ Is Quartz the next digital-news start-up to be bought? In the continuing roll-up and old media investment in digital news start-ups, Atlantic Media’s Quartz may be next in line. ...
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