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On 225th birthday, newspapers dying?

- 26. May 2008

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by AL NEUHARTH “The report of my death is an exaggeration.” - Mark Twain to the New York Journal, 1897 The first daily newspaper in the United States was born 225 years ago this week. The triweekly Pennsylvania Evening Post in Philadelphia became a daily on May 30, 1783. Since then, most cities or small [...]

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Revenue problems force Times to cut staff by 125

- 20. May 2008

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Following up on vows to bring spending in line with its shrinking revenues, The Seattle Times Co. sliced the staff at its flagship newspaper by 125 employees this week. Of the total, 73 were laid off and 52 left voluntarily, with 51 accepting buyout offers, spokeswoman Corey Digiacinto said. The Times announced a month ago [...]

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To σχέδιο αναδιοργάνωσης του Le Monde:Aπολύσεις και μείωση σελίδων

- 15. May 2008

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Unrest at Le Monde continues as one of its staffers leaked an internal document, in which Le Monde outlined its plans for reorganization, to other French daily Libération, which published a summary yesterday. To our readers, this document can be of great interest as it maps out a major daily’s strategy when forced to reduce [...]

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Ενας γάμος ανάμεσα σε “old” και “new media”

- 13. May 2008

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NEW YORK We will be monitoring reactions today to Tribune’s just-announced sale of venerable Newsday of Melville, N.Y. to Cablevision, after News Corp. dropped out. Here is an early sampling. * James Madore in Newsday: A purchase of Newsday by Cablevision Systems Corp. represents a marriage of “old” and “new” media that some experts said [...]

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China: Shanghai Daily to offer e-paper version on Amazon’s Kindle

- 12. May 2008

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The Shanghai Daily, an English language newspaper in China, has launched an e-paper edition compatible with Amazon‘s Kindle E-reader. The Daily says it is the first paper in Asia to release an e-paper version for the Kindle, reports Journalism.co.uk‘s Laura Oliver. With the addition of The Shanghai Daily, Amazon’s number of e-paper titles, including the [...]

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To Βαρόμετρο για την πορεία των εφημερίδων

- 7. May 2008

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LONDON (Reuters) – Newspapers seeking to compete with the Internet are likely to become free and place greater emphasis on comment and opinion in the future, a survey of the world’s editors showed on Tuesday.The report, conducted by Zogby International for the World Editors Forum and Reuters, revealed that newspaper editors were still optimistic about [...]

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NY Times newsroom braces for involuntary cuts

- 27. April 2008

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Editorial staff at The New York Times are bracing themselves for layoffs in the next 10 days, the New York Post reported Friday. About 50 unionized journalists have accepted buyout offers, and another 20 non-union journalists have done the same. This means “the ax could fall on as many as 30 editorial people in the [...]

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It’s A Long Hard Slog To Make Free Newspapers Profitable

- 23. April 2008

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by Philip M. Stone Publishing a free newspaper does not come cheap as Rupert Murdoch’s News International in London can attest with its thelondonpaper losing close to £17 million ($34 million, €13.5 million) in its first 10 months. And Metro International, the largest publisher of free newspapers around the world has reported a loss of [...]

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