Texas Newspaper Tells Readers to 'Enjoy the High Life' at Resort Where Scalia Died
Bad news travels fast, but apparently not fast enough for the The Austin American-Statesman.
Who Just Bought Nevada’s Largest Newspaper for $140 Million?
“Who owns a multimillion dollar newspaper?” is not a question you hear very often. But with the shrouded sale of the largest paper in Nevada, the Las Vegas Review-Journal, to an undisclosed owner, the question is being asked over and over.
Charleston Newspaper Puts Gun Ad Over Shooting Massacre Headline
This is, uh, an unfortunate juxtaposition from the Charleston Post and Courier, which has an ad for a local gun store slapped over its name and on top of its leading story about the Emanuel AME Church massacre.
And the Oscar for Best Headline Goes to the Oakland Tribune
Friday's front page of the Oakland Tribune captures the whitewashed Oscar nominations with a flawless headline.
The New York Post Wins The Petraeus Headline Contest
Heh. Well played. The Daily News went with a lame acronym, while the Washington Post, which I don't think even wants to win the tabloid war anymore, chooses the stuffy "Citing affair, Petraeus steps down from CIA."
Newspaper Survives 'Comment Flash Mob'
At 3:15PM, Berlin time, The Wall Street Journal suffered an unprecedented attack, The Wall Street Journal reports. A shadowy organization called "Anonymous Kollektiv" had orchestrated a "comment flash mob." The chilling result: Facebook comments. Here is what they said:
Lady Gaga Is Going to Be a Newspaper Editor
As if spending 72 hours in an egg wasn't bad enough: Lady Gaga is going to be a newspaper editor for an entire day. She'll be stopping by the office of the free tabloid Metro on May 17th to guest-edit the paper. Look for an infographic on prosthetic horn maintenance.
With Peter Kaplan's Exit, a New York Media Era Closes
It's as impossible to imagine the New York Observer without Peter Kaplan as it is to imagine him without a paper to edit. As he told Gawker, "I love my paper and my staff desperately."
Transcript Of 'NYT' Speech Announcing 100 Layoffs Keller: "We intend to move quickly"
Say what you want about New York Times executive editor Bill Keller, who announced yesterday (left) the newspaper would be cutting 100 newsroom positions this year. But the guy gives a damn good bad-news speech. "We-all of us-have taken a badly wounded, publicly humiliated newsroom and restored it, largely by dint of…
Sam Zell Cuts 500 Newspaper Jobs At Tribune, 150 At 'LAT' Alone
And so it begins. Tribune CEO Sam Zell announced in an email today to employees that he'll be cutting 400-500 positions across the company's various newspaper divisions. "Unfortunately, I can't turn this ship from its course of the past 10 years within just a few months," Zell wrote. "Further, while I will do…
