Monthly Archives: March 2011

Frédéric Filloux examines what would happen if the New York Times went all digital:   Could the New York Times be viable as a digital-only operation? What a ridiculous question: With almost a million copies sold every day, why would … Continue reading →

Frank Blethen will be appearing in “Fit to Print”:   The American Society of News Editors will honor Frank A. Blethen, publisher and CEO of The Seattle Times, as the recipient of the ASNE Award for News Leadership. Blethen is … Continue reading →

An update on the largest newspaper chain in the U.S.:   Nashville Tennessean Publisher Carol Hudler, who also is president of the regional South Group of newspapers, told employees the following in an early-afternoon e-mail, according to two of my readers: … Continue reading →

An examination of newspaper trends in Canada: Almost 8 out of 10 adults living in markets where daily newspapers are available read either a printed edition or visited a newspaper website each week. Migration to newspaper websites continues, but the … Continue reading →

Federica Cherubini examines journalism studies in France: Four main journalism research centres and labs in France have decided to form a unique centre, the GIS Journalisme (Groupe d’intérêt scientifique). They believed that academic research in the media and journalism fields … Continue reading →

Jeff Bercovici reports on The Daily:   How many subscriptions to The Daily, News Corp.’s iPad-only multimedia newspaper, have been sold since the expiration of the free trial period last week? I have no idea. That’s why there’s an asterisk … Continue reading →

An update on FCIR: The Florida Center for Investigative Reporting, the first bilingual investigative nonprofit in the Sunshine State, has received tax-exempt status from the Internal Revenue Service. The IRS ruling allows FCIR to act as a public charity and … Continue reading →

James Mackintosh reports on Conrad Black:   It would be prudent to pause before taking advice from a man who was gaoled and his business empire broken up. Still, (Lord) Conrad Black, former owner of the Hollinger International media group, … Continue reading →

Alan Mutter reports on the annual convention last weekend of the Newspaper Association of America:   “The newspaper model is broken and can’t be fixed, unless you have the same definition of winning as Charlie Sheen,” said Publisher No. 1. … Continue reading →

paidcontent.org rates the most successful digital media companies in the U.S.:   There’s no doubt that people are spending increasing amounts of time with digital media (the web and mobile devices) and decreasing amounts with traditional media (newspapers, magazines and … Continue reading →