Call It Frightsizing

• Ken Doctor

• Ads & Commerce - Dailies - Gannett - New York Times - Tronc/Tribune Pub.

• July 2, 2008

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The news is out: Newspaper companies can no longer afford reporters and editors. Today’s L.A. Times announcement is the latest to catch a news cycle of public attention. As well it should. A 17% cut — 150 newsroom jobs — is an unnatural disaster. It’s the kind of news ...

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Yahoo and Newspapers: Playing with Fire

• Ken Doctor

• Ads & Commerce - Dailies - New York Times - The New News - Yahoo

• June 22, 2008

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As Yahoo burns, the newspaper industry watches, hoping it won’t get singed. The Google/Yahoo search ad agreement has drawn lots of comments over the past couple of weeks, but its impact on newspaper consortium members has gotten little attention. The deal itself, if implemented, ...

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