Author Alex Burk
Author of "Dying Breed: The True Story of How the Internet Killed My Career as a Newspaper Reporter"
Wednesday, November 28, 2012
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Thursday, October 18, 2012
Syracuse newspaper to lay off 115 employees
SYRACUSE, N.Y. — The Post-Standard of Syracuse says it will lay off 115
full- and part-time employees as it moves ahead with plans to combine
print and online operations to form two new companies early next year.
http://online.wsj.com/article/APad8eddc03ae94371aa9b6335ac76d526.html
http://online.wsj.com/article/APad8eddc03ae94371aa9b6335ac76d526.html
The beginning of the end
Newsweek will publish its final print edition December 31, the company
announced Thursday morning. It will launch a subscription product
called Newsweek Global, some of whose content will be available on the
Daily Beast. A note from Editor-in-Chief Tina Brown lays out the change:
http://www.poynter.org/latest-news/mediawire/192028/newsweek-to-reduce-staff-eliminate-print-edition-as-it-goes-digital-only-in-2013/
http://www.poynter.org/latest-news/mediawire/192028/newsweek-to-reduce-staff-eliminate-print-edition-as-it-goes-digital-only-in-2013/
Wednesday, October 10, 2012
Decline in foreclosure notices prompts layoffs at Bend Bulletin
The parent company of The Bulletin newspaper of Bend announced it is reducing employees because of a loss of revenue from foreclosure notices.
Western Communications, which also published the Redmond Spokesman and five other papers, says the cuts affecting less than 10 percent of the company's nearly 400 workers will be accomplished through layoffs and attrition.
http://www.oregonlive.com/business/index.ssf/2012/10/fewer_foreclosures_notices_pro.html
Tuesday, October 9, 2012
Decline in foreclosure notices prompts layoffs at Bend Bulletin
The parent company of The Bulletin newspaper of Bend announced it is reducing employees because of a loss of revenue from foreclosure notices.
Western Communications, which also published the Redmond Spokesman and five other papers, says the cuts affecting less than 10 percent of the company's nearly 400 workers will be accomplished through layoffs and attrition.
http://www.oregonlive.com/business/index.ssf/2012/10/fewer_foreclosures_notices_pro.html
Western Communications, which also published the Redmond Spokesman and five other papers, says the cuts affecting less than 10 percent of the company's nearly 400 workers will be accomplished through layoffs and attrition.
http://www.oregonlive.com/business/index.ssf/2012/10/fewer_foreclosures_notices_pro.html
Media General sells Tampa Trib
Media General Inc. today said it sold the Tampa (Fla.) Tribune, completing its exit from the newspaper industry.
Los Angeles-based private equity investment group Revolution Capital Group purchased the paper and TBO.com for $9.5 million. They will be operated by a newly created local entity called the Tampa Media Group, the companies said.
http://www.newsandtech.com/dateline/article_104e40d4-1183-11e2-b94a-001a4bcf887a.html
Los Angeles-based private equity investment group Revolution Capital Group purchased the paper and TBO.com for $9.5 million. They will be operated by a newly created local entity called the Tampa Media Group, the companies said.
http://www.newsandtech.com/dateline/article_104e40d4-1183-11e2-b94a-001a4bcf887a.html
Friday, September 7, 2012
Journal Register bankruptcy gets second-day analysis
The Journal Register Company announced it was declaring bankruptcy Wednesday. Digital First Media operates JRC; its CEO, John Paton, said in the announcement that a subsidiary of JRC’s current owners has made a bid for the company, so possibly when the company emerges from bankruptcy it will enjoy the same management, just with less debt. It’s not an easy business move to get one’s arms around. Here are a couple of explainers:
http://www.poynter.org/latest-news/mediawire/187689/journal-register-bankruptcy-gets-second-day-analysis/
http://www.poynter.org/latest-news/mediawire/187689/journal-register-bankruptcy-gets-second-day-analysis/
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