Ryan Sholin » MediaNews http://ryansholin.com The future of news. And more. No funny stuff. Fri, 10 Feb 2012 18:54:44 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 2006-2007 ryansholin@gmail.com (Ryan Sholin) ryansholin@gmail.com (Ryan Sholin) http://www.ryansholin.com/wp-content/plugins/podpress/images/powered_by_podpress.jpg Ryan Sholin http://ryansholin.com 144 144 Ryan Sholin on the future of newspapers, online news and journalism education. Ryan Sholin Ryan Sholin ryansholin@gmail.com no no The newspaper that almost seized the future http://ryansholin.com/2011/11/16/the-newspaper-that-almost-seized-the-future/ http://ryansholin.com/2011/11/16/the-newspaper-that-almost-seized-the-future/#comments Wed, 16 Nov 2011 12:47:58 +0000 Ryan Sholin http://ryansholin.com/2011/11/16/the-newspaper-that-almost-seized-the-future/ The newspaper that almost seized the future: The amazing true story of digital innovation and atrophy over more years than you’d expect at the San Jose Mercury News, from CJR.

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]]> http://ryansholin.com/2011/11/16/the-newspaper-that-almost-seized-the-future/feed/ 0 Dean Singleton on the plight of the major metro http://ryansholin.com/2009/06/01/dean-singleton-interview-in-colorado-statesman/ http://ryansholin.com/2009/06/01/dean-singleton-interview-in-colorado-statesman/#comments Mon, 01 Jun 2009 11:35:29 +0000 Ryan Sholin http://ryansholin.com/?p=1429 [UPDATE: Predictably, this was the wrong day to bring this up.]

I get the feeling people think of MediaNews* CEO (and AP chairman) Dean Singleton as some sort of billionaire boogeyman, the last guy in the world you’d want buying your news organization, but his take on why newspapers in major metro markets are failing is pretty interesting: with scant mention of the secular shift to online news reading consumption, he attributes some of their decline to the strength of smaller suburban papers with loyal readership and advertisers, especially in San Francisco and Boston.

I think it’s certainly more complicated than that, but he’s pointing out something that few pundits outside these markets perceive.

(via NiemanLab)

* Disclosure: I’ve worked for a newspaper or two that MediaNews owns.

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The Island of Alameda

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]]> http://ryansholin.com/2008/07/21/the-island-of-alameda/feed/ 0 RIP Mercury News – Michael Bazeley http://ryansholin.com/2008/03/06/rip-mercury-news-michael-bazeley/ http://ryansholin.com/2008/03/06/rip-mercury-news-michael-bazeley/#comments Thu, 06 Mar 2008 14:07:18 +0000 Ryan Sholin http://ryansholin.com/2008/03/06/rip-mercury-news-michael-bazeley/ Mike’s thoughtful (and painful) take on the falling fortunes of the Merc go into some detail about the organizational challenges faced by those who would innovate there if they were free to.

RIP Mercury News – Michael Bazeley

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]]> http://ryansholin.com/2008/03/06/rip-mercury-news-michael-bazeley/feed/ 0 Q&A: Topix CEO Chris Tolles on adding user comments to 61 newspaper sites – OJR http://ryansholin.com/2007/11/29/qa-topix-ceo-chris-tolles-on-adding-user-comments-to-61-newspaper-sites-ojr/ http://ryansholin.com/2007/11/29/qa-topix-ceo-chris-tolles-on-adding-user-comments-to-61-newspaper-sites-ojr/#comments Thu, 29 Nov 2007 19:33:08 +0000 Ryan Sholin http://ryansholin.com/2007/11/29/qa-topix-ceo-chris-tolles-on-adding-user-comments-to-61-newspaper-sites-ojr/ Q&A: Topix CEO Chris Tolles on adding user comments to 61 newspaper sites – OJR

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]]> http://ryansholin.com/2007/11/29/qa-topix-ceo-chris-tolles-on-adding-user-comments-to-61-newspaper-sites-ojr/feed/ 0 Mercury News plans to cut one-quarter of newsroom positions this summer – Grade the News http://ryansholin.com/2007/06/01/mercury-news-plans-to-cut-one-quarter-of-newsroom-positions-this-summer-grade-the-news/ http://ryansholin.com/2007/06/01/mercury-news-plans-to-cut-one-quarter-of-newsroom-positions-this-summer-grade-the-news/#comments Fri, 01 Jun 2007 14:11:06 +0000 Ryan Sholin http://ryansholin.com/2007/06/01/mercury-news-plans-to-cut-one-quarter-of-newsroom-positions-this-summer-grade-the-news/ Yeah John, but which quarter? Do you really think they’re cutting city hall and cops reporters?

Mercury News plans to cut one-quarter of newsroom positions this summer – Grade the News

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]]> http://ryansholin.com/2007/06/01/mercury-news-plans-to-cut-one-quarter-of-newsroom-positions-this-summer-grade-the-news/feed/ 0 Like Chron, Merc to cut 1/4th of newsroom – Peninsula Press Club http://ryansholin.com/2007/06/01/like-chron-merc-to-cut-14th-of-newsroom-peninsula-press-club/ http://ryansholin.com/2007/06/01/like-chron-merc-to-cut-14th-of-newsroom-peninsula-press-club/#comments Fri, 01 Jun 2007 14:09:48 +0000 Ryan Sholin http://ryansholin.com/2007/06/01/like-chron-merc-to-cut-14th-of-newsroom-peninsula-press-club/ Take this story with a grain of salt. Lots of moving parts.

Like Chron, Merc to cut 1/4th of newsroom – Peninsula Press Club

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]]> http://ryansholin.com/2007/06/01/like-chron-merc-to-cut-14th-of-newsroom-peninsula-press-club/feed/ 0 Denver Post offers newsroom buyouts http://ryansholin.com/2007/04/24/denver-post-offers-newsroom-buyouts/ http://ryansholin.com/2007/04/24/denver-post-offers-newsroom-buyouts/#comments Tue, 24 Apr 2007 14:29:01 +0000 Ryan Sholin http://ryansholin.com/2007/04/24/denver-post-offers-newsroom-buyouts/ “The Post’s buyouts are available to full- time union-represented and management employees ages 50 and older. Workers with 20 or more years with the company will get a year’s pay; those with less than 20 years will receive two weeks’ pay per year of servi

Denver Post offers newsroom buyouts

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]]> http://ryansholin.com/2007/04/24/denver-post-offers-newsroom-buyouts/feed/ 0 The Crisis of Consolidation in Bay Area News Media – Grade the News http://ryansholin.com/2007/04/16/the-crisis-of-consolidation-in-bay-area-news-media-grade-the-news/ http://ryansholin.com/2007/04/16/the-crisis-of-consolidation-in-bay-area-news-media-grade-the-news/#comments Mon, 16 Apr 2007 19:42:53 +0000 Ryan Sholin http://ryansholin.com/2007/04/16/the-crisis-of-consolidation-in-bay-area-news-media-grade-the-news/ Phil Trounstine on the Hearst/MediaNews dealings. I’ve seen no hint of any combination of journalistic forces, but here’s the warning about what if.. via Romenesko.

The Crisis of Consolidation in Bay Area News Media – Grade the News

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]]> http://ryansholin.com/2007/04/16/the-crisis-of-consolidation-in-bay-area-news-media-grade-the-news/feed/ 0 Canadians politely begin invasion of Bay Area – SF Bay Guardian politics blog http://ryansholin.com/2007/03/29/canadians-politely-begin-invasion-of-bay-area-sf-bay-guardian-politics-blog/ http://ryansholin.com/2007/03/29/canadians-politely-begin-invasion-of-bay-area-sf-bay-guardian-politics-blog/#comments Thu, 29 Mar 2007 14:24:47 +0000 Ryan Sholin http://ryansholin.com/2007/03/29/canadians-politely-begin-invasion-of-bay-area-sf-bay-guardian-politics-blog/ Notes on the Chronicle’s new outsourced press, musings on the future of Bay Area newspaper consolidation.

Canadians politely begin invasion of Bay Area – SF Bay Guardian politics blog

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