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layoffs
Massive Layoffs at Gannett Confirmed
The rumor we reported earlier today about Gannett Newspapers laying off thousands was true. According to the Wall Street Journal, Gannett plans to cut between 1000 and 2000 jobs in the coming days. [Google/AP]
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Comment by ithabeleng metesunyane: Not a good time for me to be in journalism school. 4 Responses | Other threads
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print is dead
Quincy Jones Will Not Let Vibe Die
Today we learned that Vibe Magazine was folding. Now Vibe founder Quincy Jones is distraught over the news and determined to swoop in and save the magazine. How? "I'm'a take it online because print and all that stuff is over." More »
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Comment by T.A.N.: Quincy is a testament to it not being about a generational gap. Certain minds are timeless because they know and... 5 Responses | Other threads
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print is dead
LA Times: 'What If TMZ Got Michael Jackson's Death Wrong?'
Well you knew this was coming after the LA Times got scooped in their own backyard—An article went up yesterday on their website wondering, "How would we have reacted if TMZ had been wrong about Michael Jackson's death?" More »
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Comment by T.A.N.: this may be a little old fogieish, but might this be the story that actually creates separation between the "old"... 3 Responses | Other threads
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tabloids
Desmond's $500K Gamble: OK! Goes for Broke with Macabre Michael Jackson Death Photo
The absurd follies at OK! Magazine, British publisher Richard Desmond's cash-hemorrhaging tabloid weekly, never seem to end. This week they're tossing a desperate "Hail Mary" by paying huge to plaster an image of a dying Michael Jackson on their cover. More »
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Comment by belltolls: I wish someone would have the good sense to stage an ice dancing performance to the song "Ben" and just... 5 Responses | Other threads
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advice
Recent J-School Grad Cries to Cary Tennis
Salon's Cary Tennis is a clinically insane advice columnist. Lately he's been hearing from recent graduates whining about the job market (Remember the Harvard grad who couldn't hold a fast-food gig?) Today it's an ice cream-slingling J-school grad. More »
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Comment by anibundel: Does it mean I'm officially over 30 that my reaction to this letter was "suck it up and get a... 6 Responses | Other threads
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media
Boston Globe Runs In Big Circle
Two weeks ago, the Boston Globe's newsroom union rejected a $10 million package of (necessary) cutbacks. So management slapped them with a huge pay cut. Now they're ready to accept...what they turned down, basically! What a waste of time. More »
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Comment by worth79: yes - because red sox fans have had a tough road of late... 7 Responses | Other threads
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advertising
Google Games Bite Newspapers
Desperate for online advertising, newspapers have learned to aggressively optimize their content for Google. The result: more traffic. Junky traffic. More »
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By Ryan TateComment by BeverlyMioli: Nielson Online's data is not necessarily completely reliable. They have a panel of ~200,000 versus Compete's 2 mil and their... more » | Other threads
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print is dead
Newspaper Company Builds Its Own Coffin
Scripps—the company that closed the Rocky Mountain News and posted a $220 million loss last quarter—is opening its brand new, $95 million headquarters for the Naples (FL) Daily News. It is the worst newspaper business thing ever. More »
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Comment by garbanzo314: I know it's fashionable for Gawker's 20-something unemployed freelance writer/bartender audience to snark about every newspaper post, but there still... 1 Responses | Other threads
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Media Crack
It's Fish Wrapper, Not Weed Wrapper
In your maudlin Monday media column: Magazines fail at drug-smuggling, sad layoffs at Videogum and Boston Magazine, newspaper reporters in Canada may strike(!), the NYT pokes the WaPo, and an update on the Milwaukee journalist-cop affair scandal. More »
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Comment by lindsayism: I don't know what bugs me more: losing my job, or that horrifying '70s-Mom-haircut photo from 2001. 13 Responses | Other threads
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branding
Maxim Sure One of These Spinoffs Will Work
Maxim recently folded its UK print version, and it's facing the horrific specter of a world with no cigarette ads. Times are tough. So they're coming out with yet another brand spinoff! It's a full-blown trend now: More »
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Comment by Smitros: Sponsors for the TV show 1. Vaseline2. Wesson3. Johnson's Baby Oil4. Jergens 1 Responses | Other threads
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journalismism
"The Words 'a', 'and', and 'the' Are Not Included in the Rate"
Journalism. It is not a lucrative profession. Maybe you could be a freelancer though? Easy gigs. Airline magazines! Travel pieces! The sad reality: More »
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Comment by TouchedByAnOctopus: Of course this tailless monkey doesn't want to pay. Most of these Mongoloid devils would kill their own mothers over... 5 Responses | Other threads
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print is dead
The iPhone's First Upselling Magazine App
Apple says it's a first: Men's Health magazine released an iPhone app that sells additional content for more money. Maybe this is the silver bullet that will finally save print journalism! But probably not. More »
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By Ryan TateComment by croush1211: I bought this last night, and I already had purchased (or is it free?) iFitness a week or two ago.... more » | Other threads
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print is dead
Huffington Post: Acquisition Bait, Now More Than Ever
It's official: Betsy Morgan says she was indeed pushed out as the ineffectual CEO of the Huffington Post. But to what end? The new regime is downplaying profitability in favor of revenue growth — the ideal ramp for a sale. More » -
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Times Was Pretty Sure That Daily Show Thing Went Well
When the Daily Show sent Jason Jones to viciously mock the defenseless New York Times last week, the universal reaction was: Ouch. Except within the New York Times! They thought they did great. More »
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Comment by FormerEnglishMajor: John Koblin also finds out that the Daily Show cut out interviews with David Carr, Sewell Chan, and others, probably... 4 Responses | Other threads
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Media Crack
Will Your Children Know the Magic of Television?
In your variegated Wednesday media column: Television's death foretold, the magazine industry's resurgence predicted, the Boston Globe's hope springs eternal, and something for tattoo enthusiasts to read. More »
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Comment by Evil Baby Ant Eater: Will Your Children Know The Magic Of TV? Yes, because it was a effing great babysitter for me, and I turned... 3 Responses | Other threads
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Media Crack
Would a Black President And Black Commentators Be Too Much Black?
In your intermittently gloomy Monday media column: a new font at the New York Times, a fantastical price for the Boston Globe, black people would like to be invited on television sometimes, and the recession proves Steve Forbes right: More »
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Comment by TableNine: To think that they all laughed at Teve Torbe's musky Victor Mature-like scent. 2 Responses | Other threads
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labor relations
The Boston Globe BBQ: 23% Less Hot Dog, 23% More Idiocy
What do you do when your media overlords cut your salary by 23% in order to keep your job alive? Do as the Boston Globe staffers are doing and throw a rainy-weekend BBQ to "celebrate" it, naturally. More »
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By Foster KamerComment by Winterstoblame: why is this blog so obsessed with the downfall of traditional media? rejected much? 7 Responses | Other threads
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boston globe
Newspaper For Sale!
Sick of haggling with an uncooperative union as an irretrievably dying paper loses more money every day, the New York Times Co. has hired an investment bank to sell off the Boston Globe. Buyers: ignore the preceding sentence. Great opportunity! More »
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Comment by daveyjonesisdead: Some local nouveau riche will buy it, announce some grand strategy that he or she had just been sold by... 8 Responses | Other threads
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print is dead
The Daily Show Visits the New York Times, Purveyors of 'Aged News'
In what might be the most painfully funny Daily Show skit ever produced, Jason Jones visited the New York Times building in Midtown and interviewed some of the paper's staff, quite uncomfortably. More »
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Comment by elinorwhyme: Ouch. You know these guys watch The Daily Show--how could they not have been prepared with a couple of zingers... 6 Responses | Other threads
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print is dead
Fear and Loathing at the Boston Globe Over Unilateral 23% Pay Cuts
Yesterday the Globe's main union rejected a proposal from its parent company, the New York Times, that would've resulted in 10% employee pay cuts. The Times then announced a 23% pay cut instead, which slightly upset the Globe's union. More »
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Comment by sirjohnoldcastle: The beauty of this is that the union is insuring the destruction of this newspaper. The result is going... more » | Other threads
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print is dead
Boston Globe Rejects Bad Cutbacks in Favor of Worse Cutbacks
The Boston Globe lost $50 million last year. It's projected to lose $85 million this year. So the New York Times Co. asked the newsroom to accept a package of cutbacks. Yesterday, they voted "no." Now they're really getting screwed. More »
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Comment by oywhatnext: What a bunch of pigs. I was given a 10% pay cut, my benefits were slashed to the point that... 2 Responses | Other threads
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print is dead
Will the New iPhone Save Old Media?
It doesn't take a particularly creative publishing executive to imagine a big opportunity in the new iPhone software Apple showed off today.
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By Ryan TateComment by TheHonJudgeSmails: Reading on my iPhone is just a little bit easier than reading a full-size novel from a city block away. 7 Responses | Other threads
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moguls
Sam Zell: Failure
Gnomish billionaire CEO of the bankrupt Tribune Co. Sam Zell may give up control of his company to creditors. Is it too early to declare Zell the biggest failure of the "Death of Newspapers" era? No, let's just declare it! More » -
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Boston Globe Readies Futile Contract War
Today is showdown day! In one corner: the Boston Globe, a storied failing newspaper. In the other corner: the NYT Co., a storied failing newspaper company. Neither one will give in until they're both dead. More »
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Comment by Kid Twist: So the choice here is a 10 percent pay cut or, eventually, a 100 percent pay cut. More evidence that... 1 Responses | Other threads
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jobs
Post-Journalism Career #627: Subway Musician
What are laid-off journalists doing these days, besides growing ever angrier? One of them is going to play his guitar in the subway! Which we guarantee is a more fun job: More »
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Comment by NormaPabsy: It may be funny to you guys, but I spent 80 thousand dollars on my journalism degree and I'm current... 4 Responses | Other threads
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layoffs
Bloodbath at the New York Observer
The New York Observer said goodbye to Peter Kaplan for good this week. Today, they've laid off a huge portion of their writing staff—including some of their very best [Updated below]:
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Comment by Nick Denton: Did the Observer's Barnes -- or PR agency Rubinstein -- read the statement they just put out on the cutbacks... 14 Responses | Other threads
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Media Crack
There Are Pennies to Be Made In Media!
In your all wet Friday media column: Hachette figures out how to get money, ABC figures out how to save money, the NYT Co. vows not to lose money, and a website that will not make money: More »
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Comment by hatchetman: Hachette Filipacchi Media: the trailer trash of the media industry. Watch Bonnier really do something with those mags. What's Hachette... more » | Other threads
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Media Crack
Recession Kills SpongeBob
In your inexorable Thursday media column: Nickelodeon magazine folds, newspapers face threats from within and without, Glenn Beck is allegedly a superstar, and the answer to a question you didn't know you had: More »
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Comment by Mama Penguino: I know of one five year old who is going to be crushed at this news. 5 Responses | Other threads
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Media Crack
Making, Writing About Music Both Lead to Poverty
In your woozy Wednesday media column: multiple music magazines die, the Boston Globe thinks it's too tough to kill, Harvard newsies can't find jobs, Surface magazine gets a cheaper office, and a report from the newspaper conspiracy meeting: More »
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Comment by MissCast: As a musician and a music journalist - yes, I am a Poor squared. 4 Responses | Other threads
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print is dead
Dave Eggers Reassures Us That Print Lives, Via Email
Last month, San Franciscan literary figure Dave Eggers promised to personally email anyone who feared that print is dead, and cheer them up. He's done it! Here's your full Dave Eggers 'Print Lives' Reassurance Email:
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Comment by Mount_Prion: The ironic thing is that, if you ever have to try to publish a book with Mr. Eggers, you'll discover... 5 Responses | Other threads
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print is dead
Graydon Carter's Fool-Proof Plan to Save Newspapers
Newspapers have been having problems, and whatnot. Why have they not asked Vanity Fair editor Graydon Carter's advice sooner? Despite this error, Carter has deigned to stop having amazing sex for a few minutes to tell you how to save newspapers: More »
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Comment by Vic_Damocles: Sounds like GC has been spending a little too much time in the Conde bunker. The Times, like a lot... 3 Responses | Other threads
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print is dead
Barbara Ehrenreich's Depressing J-School Commencement Speech
Barbara Ehrenreich is the lefty author who likes to write the kind of stories about the poors which most magazines consider too depressing or otherwise unmarketable. So it should come as no surprise that her journalism-school commencement address is really depressing. Food stamps are mentioned! More »
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By Ryan TateComment by iplaudius: She crusades for a lot of important issues, but she always faults systemic or structural problems: it’s always, in the... 11 Responses | Other threads
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Media Crack
Let Us Count The Ways That Print Is Dead
In your suddenly Tuesday media column: Conde Nast moves its B-team, Larry Hackett despises humanity, and print is dead, along with baseball and apple pie and puppies: More »
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Comment by unclevanya: You will take baseball from me when you pry it from my cold, dead hands. This I vow to my future... 1 Responses | Other threads
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Media Crack
I'm Tired, Your Job is Gone, C-Ya!
In your bad-itudinal Thursday media column: Seymour Hersh hates newspapers, Paste Magazine makes bank, journalists deserve to be paid a mere pittance, and MissBehave's final goodbye email to staffers, which is not a very good one: More »
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intellectuals
Dave Eggers Makes Futile Gesture
Do you fear that Print Is Dead? Allow America's most venerable human, Dave Eggers, to assure you—via email—that it is not: More »
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Comment by subpar: Am I the only person aged 18-35 living in New York who does not enjoy reading anything Dave Eggers has... 13 Responses | Other threads
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consequences
Fewer Newspapers= Death of Innocents
What's the worst part of the decline of newspapers? Oh maybe it's all the innocent people who will DIE. Every time you don't buy a paper you practically slip the noose around a condemned man's neck! More » -
print is dead
Google's Newspaper That Wasn't
Eric Schmidt now says Google thought about buying a newspaper but rejected the idea as "crossing the line" between technology and content. The real message for newspaper hacks: You're just not profitable. Compared with, say, TV and movies. More »
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By Ryan TateComment by Nyarlathotep: Online video is a growth business. It will 'grow' into the $100B Cable/Satellite TV market. more » | Other threads
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journalismism
These Teens Are Our Sorry Future
NBC's Today this morning introduced us to some tech-addled teens who were helpless without their mobile phones. Let's all point and laugh, and cry. More »
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By Ryan TateComment by Mount_Prion: OK. I know that 17,500 txts/mo is unhealthy, but does that make anybody here aside from me feel pathetic? Like, shit,... 7 Responses | Other threads
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Media Crack
The 'J' in 'Journalismism' Is For 'Jobless'
In your job-searching Monday media column: Looking for work: college professors, Harvard Crimson editors, ombudsmen everywhere. Finding work: portly gossipmongers. All's well! More »
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Comment by SultanaEleusis: I hoped, when I saw the picture, that Bill O'Reilly was suddenly jobless. But no such luck... more » | Other threads
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print is dead
Prognosis: Nothing New. Newspapers Still Dying. Everywhere.
The oldest newspaper in Arizona, the Tuscon Citizen, published their last issue yesterday, are going online, op-ed only. The Ann Arbor News publishes their last issue in July, going online, twice weekly.
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By Foster KamerComment by SteverMan: The headline is in error. Newspapers are dying in America. In Europe and Asia, they're fine. more » | Other threads
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