journalism crisis

Amid Ad Turnaround, Print Media Continues to Lose Ground

Lindsy Embree — Thu, 17 Mar 2011 11:24:46 -0400

Full article: MediaPost
Joe Mandese
The good news is that U.S. ad economy expanded 6.5 percent in 2010. The bad news is that some major media -- especially print media like newspapers and magazines -- are still substantially below pre-recession ad spending levels of two years ago.

Charlotte Observer to Cut 20 Jobs

Lindsy Embree — Tue, 01 Feb 2011 11:25:31 -0500

Full article: Charlotte Observer
Kirsten Valle Pittman
The Charlotte Observer will lay off 20 employees, part of an effort to cut costs as the shaky economy continues to plague advertisers and revenues remain short of the company's goals.

Early Doubts on Tribune Deal

Lindsy Embree — Tue, 03 Aug 2010 06:49:42 -0400

Full article: Wall Street Journal
Mike Spector and Shira Ovide
An investment bank declined to give Tribune Co. a clean bill of financial health in 2007 that would have cleared the way for Sam Zell's $8.2 billion leveraged buyout of the media conglomerate.

Lee Newspapers See Decline

Lindsy Embree — Wed, 21 Jul 2010 09:44:23 -0400

Full article: MediaPost
Erik Sass
Judging by the latest round of quarterly results from major publishers, the newspaper business is still hurting, despite moderating declines. This includes Lee Enterprises, publisher of the St. Louis Post-Dispatch, among other newspapers, which revealed that total revenues have declined 3.6 percent.

How the Journal Sentinel Went Public, Leaving the Company with Disastrously Devalued Stock

Lindsy Embree — Tue, 20 Jul 2010 10:32:04 -0400

Full article: Milwaukee Magazine
Mary Van de Kamp Nohl
Buying shares of the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel -- as much and as often as you could -- became a mantra passed down from veterans to newcomers for 60 years. And then things went sour.

Are Newspapers Dead Yet?

Lindsy Embree — Mon, 19 Jul 2010 11:00:01 -0400

Full article: On the Media
Despite all the doomsaying about the fate of the newspaper over the last couple of years, they appear to be soldiering on, and some are even turning a profit. Will the daily newspaper survive?

Citizen Journalism Not Making Up for Loss of Local Newspapers

Lindsy Embree — Tue, 13 Jul 2010 09:22:43 -0400

Full article: Ars Technica
John Timmer
Traditional newspapers have undergone a period of contraction, with many papers shutting down entirely. At the same time, the growth of the Internet and increasing availability of tools for content production has fueled hopes that citizen journalism might pick up some of the slack. But a new survey of citizen journalism sites suggests that we're a long way from replacing what has been lost.

New Wave of Cuts at San Diego Union-Tribune

Lindsy Embree — Fri, 18 Jun 2010 11:21:53 -0400

Full article: NBC San Diego
R. Stickney
The San Diego Union-Tribune told employees that the company is cutting close to 40 newsroom positions. Reports of the number of layoffs varied from 34 to 40. They range from news reporters to Web editors to features writers.

Other Countries' Newspapers Are Faring Better than U.S. Counterparts

Lindsy Embree — Mon, 14 Jun 2010 07:58:01 -0400

Full article: New York Times
Eric Pfanner
One thing that comes across starkly in a new report is how much worse the newspaper business is faring in the United States. From 2007 to 2009, industry revenue fell 30 percent in the United States; the second-biggest decline was 21 percent, in Britain. Countries like Germany, South Korea, Australia and Austria fared better.

For US Newspaper Industry, an Example in Germany?

Lindsy Embree — Mon, 17 May 2010 07:20:23 -0400

Full article: New York Times
Eric Pfanner
Most German newspapers are owned by family concerns or other small companies with local roots, but the American industry is dominated by publicly traded chains. Under pressure from shareholders, a new study contends, American newspapers made reckless cuts in editorial and production quality, hastening the flight of readers and advertisers to the Web.