Tag Archives: newspapers

Dean Singleton on the plight of the major metro

Posted on June 1, 2009 by Ryan Sholin

[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 … Continue reading →

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10 little white lies you hear about the future of newspapers

Posted on March 9, 2009 by Ryan Sholin

Print is dead. Journalism is dying. Paid online content will save newspapers. No one will pay for online news. You haven’t tried anything. You should try everything. We’ve tried everything. We’ve certainly tried that before, and it didn’t work then, … Continue reading →

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San Francisco

Posted on February 25, 2009 by Ryan Sholin

Yesterday, news broke that Hearst will close the San Francisco Chronicle if it a) can’t dramatically reduce costs (read as: cut payroll in half) or b) find a buyer (it won’t). Analysis: Alan Mutter Mark Potts Ken Doctor Although it … Continue reading →

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Be the platform, use the platform, syndicate the platfom

Posted on February 24, 2009 by Ryan Sholin

A lot of talk about platforms for news these days, no? A sampling: Joey Baker at CoPress defines one of the many things that “newspaper platform” could mean to a local news site: “…taking lessons from Gawker, Slashdot and the … Continue reading →

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Clay Shirky on micropayments for online news

Posted on February 10, 2009 by Ryan Sholin

I am very specifically not enjoying the current wave of handwringing over whether or not some version of micropayments, online subscription, or paywalls could work for typical U.S. news organizations. But here’s Clay Shirky: “The essential thing to understand about … Continue reading →

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