Invisible Inkling

Ryan Sholin on the future of newspapers, online news and journalism education.

All About knight-ridder

The Mercury News, Silicon Valley, and the Future of Newspapers

It’s getting fun.
Seriously, these could be the best of times for the future of newspapers, with twelve orphans out there right now just waiting to be transformed into… well, to be transformed into whatever’s coming next in mass media.
Dan Gillmor floated the idea that Yahoo could swoop in from Sunnyvale and buy the San Jose [...]

Knight Ridder sold

The New York Times and others are reporting that Knight Ridder has sold to McClatchy.
Just a note from my Internet-focused brain:  Every article I read that says something like “with the future of print newspapers in question” or “with declining print circulation” grossly overlooks the fact that Knight Ridder Digital, the online section of KR’s [...]

Spicy Breakfast Links

I can’t promise this will be a new feature or anything, after all, I can only handle so much spice in my granola, but here’s a couple…wait for it…hot links.

The Wall Street Journal is all over the rumored/upcoming/already-happened/to-be-announced-at-9am-pacific-time/only-a-rumor sale of Knight Ridder. Its report offers some new information: there’s a massive bonus coming [...]