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NY Times to Charge for Digital Content

(Crain’s) — After a couple of years of talking about charging for online content to make up for declining print advertising revenue, The New York Times Co. has finally put its pay model where its mouth...

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Trial Underway for Murder of Oakland Journalist

(NPR) — In 2007, journalist Chauncey Bailey was gunned down on a street in Oakland, Calif., during broad daylight. The outspoken newspaper editor had been investigating criminal activity connected to a...

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African-American Newspaper a Family Affair

(Florida Courier) — In late 2004, the Cherry family was in a state of crisis.  Charles W. Cherry, Sr., the family patriarch, had died. Not only was he a civil rights activist, father and grandfather,...

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Will New York Times’ Paywall Pay Off?

(Christian Science Monitor) — On Monday, The New York Times rolled out its newest plan to entice readers to pay for web-based stories. For an industry whose very existence could depend on finding ways...

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Dean Baquet New Managing Editor of New York Times

(The Root) — In what’s being called a “historic and sudden shake-up” at the New York Times, Jill Abramson has been named the first female executive editor, and former Los Angeles Times Editor and...

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New Editors Broaden Diversity at New York Times

(The New Civil Rights Movement) — This past week The New York Times’ announcement of the promotion of Jill Abramson as its first woman executive editor in the 160-​year history of the “paper of record”...

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Newspaper Giant Gannett Slashes Workforce

(AP) — The nation’s largest newspaper publisher is laying off another 700 employees to cope with an unrelenting advertising slump.  Gannett, the owner of USA Today and more than 80 other daily...

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Readers Rally Around Washington City Paper

(Washington City Paper) — When Daniel Snyder, the owner of the Washington Redskins, filed a defamation lawsuit against the Washington City Paper in February, readers rushed to show their support — and...

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Housekeeper in Strauss-Kahn Case Files Libel Suit

(AP) – The hotel maid at the center of the now-teetering sex assault case against Dominique Strauss-Kahn filed a libel lawsuit Tuesday against the New York Post after the tabloid reported she was a...

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‘The Washington Post’ Gets Its First African-American Managing Editor

Kevin Merida has a career in journalism that goes back to 1979.

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Sun-Times Media Cuts Half-Dozen Staffers

(Crain’s) — Sun-Times Media Group LLC continued to cut editorial staff jobs, pursuing a plan to shrink its workforce as it centralizes its network of newspapers.  The company told the union...

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Wall Street Journal Goes Hitless

(Crain’s) — This may have been a good year for circulation at The Wall Street Journal, but it’s been a lousy year for prestige. The nation’s largest weekday paper was completely shut out this week in...

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Examiner Finds Fraud Evidence in Tribune Sale

(Chicago Sun Times) — An examiner probing Sam Zell’s buyout of the Tribune Co. in late 2007 has found evidence of “dishonesty” in the deal’s latter stages, a conclusion that could throw the company’s...

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Washington Post May Face Downgrade

(Washington Business Journal) — Moody’s Investors Service may downgrade its Washington Post Co. credit ratings because potential changes in student loan guidelines could curtail business for its...

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Bankruptcy Judge Gives Tribune More Time

(Chicago Sun Times) — A Delaware judge has agreed to again extend deadlines in the Tribune Co.’s bankruptcy as the company continues negotiating with creditors. The judge moved several deadlines in the...

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Washington Post to Run First Front Page Ad Sunday

(Washington Business Journal) — For the first time in the Washington Post’s history, the publication will run an advertisement on the paper’s front page this Sunday. McLean-based Capital One Financial...

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Forget the Denials. It’s War for Times, WSJ

(Crain’s) — One recent sunday, The New York Times went after Rupert Murdoch in a way I hope he admired. The investigation of voicemail hacking by Murdoch’s News of the World belied Arthur Ochs...

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For a Few, Papers Seem a Timely Bet

(New York Times) — Randall D. Smith, a pioneer in the hard knocks business of vulture investing, is circling a new target: the beleaguered newspaper industry. Mr. Smith puts money into risky...

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Black Publisher Files Complaint Over School District’s Call for Ad Boycott

(New American Media) — James Tucker, publisher of the African American Voice, the city’s only Black newspaper, has asked the federal government to stop a local school district from advocating an...

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Can Group Buying Save the Newspaper Business?

(Daily Finance) — Although many media pundits have declared that newspapers are in a death spiral, group buying may — just may — have an antidote. Let’s jump through the math. In 2009, the Newspaper...

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