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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The Newsonomics of Disruption

Consider emerging tablet news disruption. For 18 months, the tablet and smartphone news environment has been single-brand-oriented. Early top-drawer brand winners include: The New York Times, the Wall Street Journal, the Guardian, the Daily Mail, the Telegraph, the BBC, NPR, the Financial ...

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Why We Have a Hard Time Thinking of Yahoo as a News Company

Bartz hardly seemed like the proud captain of a news enterprise. You know, the news, it's just so negative, so ungainly, just too darn hard to understand...The CEO of this $6.5 billion company, who is "on Yahoo all day", is just another one of those Americans who just can't through the Tea ...

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