Dow Jones Co. Inc., owners of The Wall Street Journal, received an unusual and surprising offer this morning. According to CNBC, Rupert Murdoch and his company News Corp. offered $60 a share for all outstanding shares in order to ...READ»
Remember back in olden days when a story would break and the chief at the local daily would yell, "Stop the presses!" Well, they've finally stopped. And in the future, most of our newspaper content will be delivered via digital tech. ...READ»
The debate about the future of journalism rages on, with novel ideas and tantrums from all sides. But this piece of news is sure to give the argument a big shove: More research has shown that most people just won't pay for online ...READ»
The newspaper industry is almost, but not quite, running like a headless chicken in the last throes of life thanks to the digital revolution. Can it be supported by extra taxes? Should it be?READ»
We know Google loves to jab its fingers into many different pies, but this latest effort is interesting: Google's developing a micropayment engine, and looks to be courting the ailing newspaper industry as customers for its ...READ»
Ten years ago, Rob Curley was covering city hall for the Topeka daily paper. Now he's lighting up the entire industry. How a "nerd from Kansas" discovered the web, and hit the big time.READ»
For the first time in a decade, newspaper readership in India has declined. Even the seemingly booming TV news industry may be suffering from overcapacity. Are these early signs of the Indian media bubble burst?
Round 1 results of ...READ»
Architect turned graphic designer Jacek Utko doesn't look insane, and he doesn't sound insane. But he makes an insane argument: That by redesigning newspapers, and giving more power to designers, newspapers can save themselves from ...READ»
In this age of user-generated content and citizen journalism, it might seem like newspapers are becoming yesterday's news. But there's more life in them yet.READ»
Today, a fascinating front page story in the Wall Street Journal took a close look at the tensions between Arthur O. Sulzberger and Hassan Elmasry, a London-based portfolio manager at Morgan Stanley. Morgan Stanley, a large ...READ»
My heart went out to the employees of several Knight-Ridder newspapers this morning, when it became clear that their ongoing roller coaster ride was not yet over. Although the McClatchy Company won the bidding for the newspaper ...READ»
Peduru Richard from Ambalangoda created history few weeks back. He was born on the 18th of February 1924 and two weeks before he reached 87 years of age, he sat for the final examination of Dhamma School. When contacted by media he ...READ»
As of today the Seattle Post-Intelligencer is a 100% online publication, with the final print run of its paper edition already complete. Does this move sound a death knell for physical newspapers?
The Post-Intelligencer has ...READ»
Good news. Online newspaper readers will no longer miss out on local grocery store circulars. They can thank Gannett - along with a renewed appetite from traditional media for Internet firms.
In June, Gannett bought media marketer ...READ»
I understand why unions exist. Fair wages, fair hours, fair benefits. But what happens when you are a part of a union that you don’t agree with?
I am a new hire at MaineToday and the Portland Press Herald. The job I was hired ...READ»
Given that today is April Fool's Day, I'd be tempted to think that Google's announcement that it is launching a free, Web-based email service called Gmail was a spoof. But the news is all over the wire services and in all the ...READ»
A new report from the Newspaper Association of America (written up in the New York Times) shows that growth in online advertising has slowed and revenues at newspapers are, once again, on the decline. Online advertising as an ...READ»
The familiar sight of newspapers scattered on the floor outside hotel rooms might soon be a thing of the past.
In what is being billed as an environmentally-conscious move, Marriott International Inc. announced today that ...READ»
The debate over old-media news versus new Net-generation news usually rumbles on with all the fiery theatrics of a party sparkler. But not today: Google's injecting some volcanic ire. It's not new to talk about how Net technology is ...READ»
Fast Company Innovation Resource Columnist Richard Watson writes:
"If newspapers were invented tomorrow they would be hailed as a miracle innovation. They are cheap, paper thin, easy to annotate and don't use batteries. You can read ...READ»
Rupert Murdoch's banging his "Google is a thief!" drum again in an interview at a National Press Club event. Then he praised the iPad. Then things got really freaky. Murdoch, News King, would like the physical newspaper to die.The ...READ»
