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Reluctantly, a Daily Stops Its Presses, Living Online

Holiday Shapiro — Mon, 28 Apr 2008 06:32:49 -0700

With print revenue down and online revenue growing, newspaper executives are anticipating the day when big city dailies and national papers will abandon their print versions. That day has arrived in Madison, Wis.

Enough Is Enough

Holiday Shapiro — Wed, 09 Apr 2008 08:28:01 -0700

Newspapers are cutting back. Newsroom layoffs are widespread. News space has shrunk as newspapers consolidate sections and eliminate customary features. Circulation, on the wane since the late 1980s, is being deliberately reduced to eliminate unprofitable delivery in areas far from core markets.

Study Finds Editor-Reader Gap in News Sites

Holiday Shapiro — Wed, 09 Apr 2008 07:51:43 -0700

Newspaper readers agree with editors on the basics of what makes good journalism, but they are more apt to want looser rules for online conversations, a new study on news credibility has found.

Newspapers: Buyer Beware

Holiday Shapiro — Tue, 08 Apr 2008 07:45:34 -0700

So why would anyone buy a newspaper? Well, for one thing, they make money. Despite the Internet and the slowing economy, many newspapers remain highly profitable.

Print and Online: Like Ham and Eggs

Holiday Shapiro — Mon, 07 Apr 2008 14:35:38 -0700

Most regular local readers of The Post read it on newsprint. And when they want something in the paper and it's not there, they usually don't like me telling them to find it on washingtonpost.com. Dear readers, this problem can be handled only by using the same words I recently used to journalists complaining about nasty online comments on their work: Get over it. Please.

Life Without the Print Edition

Holiday Shapiro — Wed, 02 Apr 2008 07:53:16 -0700

I stopped getting the print edition of my local newspaper this month. Among my new-media expert colleagues, I'm behind the curve with that move; many gave up the print habit long ago. But compared to the general population, I'm still ahead of most folks. I admit, I feel a bit guilty about this.

Chart: Print

Ben Byrne — Mon, 10 Mar 2008 12:45:26 -0700