29 June 2020
28 June 2020
Marty Baron Made The Post Great Again. Now, the News Is Changing. - The New York Times
Want to read more carefully.
27 June 2020
Facebook Boycott: Unilever and Verizon Join Pledge to Pull Ads - The New York Times
Editing is what editors are for and they cost bottom line money. In FB waters, the two don't mix.
26 June 2020
22 June 2020
Obituaries - The Washington Post
No way to follow any births in the Washington Post? Just deaths. What a commentary on the future!
21 June 2020
Tennessee Newspaper Apologizes for ‘Utterly Indefensible’ Anti-Muslim Ad - The New York Times
Judgment in the gutter, or some such place.
20 June 2020
Déconfinement : la presse, victime du coronavirus
I think this will just get worse for a long time to come and then we will have lost such pillars of our past. Where are the new pillars?
18 June 2020
16 June 2020
15 June 2020
Newsrooms Are in Revolt. The Bosses Are in Their Country Houses. - The New York Times
Very bad collective judgments.
13 June 2020
Opinion | Roger Cohen: The Outcry Over ‘Both Sides’ Journalism - The New York Times
The situation is far from clear.
11 June 2020
07 June 2020
James Bennet Resigns as New York Times Opinion Editor - The New York Times
I hope they can get it right.
Inside the Revolts Erupting in America’s Big Newsrooms - The New York Times
How unfortunate from every perspective.
Top Editor of Philadelphia Inquirer Resigns After ‘Buildings Matter’ Headline - The New York Times
I see only one African-American face in the photo. Philadelphia's African-American population is about 40%.
04 June 2020
New York Times Says Senator’s Op-Ed Did Not Meet Standards - The New York Times
Reinforces why we need newspapers who make rational and reasonable judgments about what to publish. It is what editing is all asbout. Long live editing!
New York Times staffers denounce newspaper for Tom Cotton editorial urging military incursion into U.S. cities - The Washington Post
This is wrong, but the commentary is wonderful.
31 May 2020
29 May 2020
News Corp to Stop Printing More Than 100 Australian Newspapers - WSJ
They are so stupid. They have not figured out how to do both and there is a solution.
24 May 2020
The Project Behind a Front Page Full of Names - The New York Times
If The New York Times had not done this, who would?
18 May 2020
12 May 2020
For Bookstore Owners, Reopening Holds Promise and Peril - The New York Times
Compare with newspapers.
09 May 2020
No News Is Bad News | On the Media | WNYC Studios
What a depressing episode. God help us all, or whatever Bob GARFIELD said on the program.
05 May 2020
Newspaper’s Top Editor Is Now a ‘Homeless’ Blogger - The New York Times
A reflection of some of today.
03 May 2020
More Readers, Fewer Ads: Britain’s Local Newspapers Are Struggling - The New York Times
Movie theaters and newspapers may be down for the count.
29 April 2020
27 April 2020
I used to run White House press briefings. Here's how journalists should handle Trump (opinion) - CNN
Magnificent advice. I sure hope it does not land on deaf ears!
10 April 2020
09 April 2020
06 April 2020
02 April 2020
Carriers
Nice piece on NBC News 29 March 2020 - carrier offering to shop for customers who cannot get out. Very nice!
29 March 2020
12 March 2020
Where Westchester Teens Get Their Coronavirus News - The New York Times
I guess we all need to understand this a lot better.
05 March 2020
03 March 2020
‘Imagine This Were Your Sister,’ Ronan Farrow Tells Woody Allen’s Publisher - The New York Times
Each side in this made a decision, supportable and or objectionable. No winners. No losers.
26 February 2020
The Newseum still exists. One of its next exhibits is in a hotel suite. - The Washington Post
Articles about the Newseum are almost too sad to even open.
15 February 2020
10 February 2020
08 February 2020
Maybe Information Actually Doesn’t Want to Be Free - The New York Times
I hope this is as hopeful for the future as it seems. But how do we value information at a lower price tag and make people willing to pay for it again? Like the proverbial nickel paper. Or even penny paper.
29 January 2020
Opinion | Pompeo Called Me a ‘Liar.’ That’s Not What Bothers Me. - The New York Times
A superb response to a venile man.
28 January 2020
Worried Reporters Make a Plea: Please Buy Our Paper - The New York Times
I don't have the stomach to read much more of this.
25 January 2020
Pompeo Says NPR's Kelly Lied To Him Twice But Doesn't Deny Lashing Out : NPR
Secretary ASS. Let's see, did I spell that correctly?
24 January 2020
Reporter says Mike Pompeo cursed and demanded she find Ukraine on a map after interview - CNNPolitics
She does not work for a newspaper, but thank goodness she is there and is who she is!
Jim Lehrer, understated PBS news anchor and presidential debate moderator, dies at 85 - The Washington Post
They don't make 'em like that anymore.
22 January 2020
Opinion | How Amazon, Geico and Walmart Fund Propaganda - The New York Times
This is really bad and inexcusable.
17 January 2020
Justice Dept. Investigating Years-Old Leaks and Appears Focused on Comey - The New York Times
I wonder how this will touch the news organizations receiving the leaks?
03 January 2020
Luxury Developers Turn the Page on Old Newspaper Headquarters - WSJ
At least it is not reduced to the dust of ages, or of whatever.
21 December 2019
The Newseum belonged to an earlier age of media culture. It couldn't survive the change. - The Washington Post
The pace of change is nauseating.
These Reporters Lost Their Jobs. Here Are the Stories They Couldn’t Tell. - The New York Times
We have lost a national commitment to be informed. I cannot imagine a route that gets it back for us.
14 December 2019
The Kansas City Star to drop Saturday print edition | KCTV5 News This Morning | kctv5.com
So it goes by trickles.
Netflix trips for ‘Irishman’ and ‘Marriage Story’ anger rivals -- and raise questions - The Washington Post
Bad no matter how you rate it.
13 December 2019
01 December 2019
27 November 2019
Chris interviews one of his ‘heroes’: Fmr. Hearst CEO Frank Bennack
I bet there is a whole story to why he does not have his own entry in Wikipedia. Probably involves money and power.
20 November 2019
How the Collapse of Local News Is Causing a ‘National Crisis’ - The New York Times
It seems too little, too late.
18 November 2019
So the Internet Didn’t Turn Out the Way We Hoped. Now What? - The New York Times
A bunch of great stories here.
17 November 2019
14 November 2019
26 October 2019
How to get more out of your subscription to The Herald-Sun | Durham Herald Sun
What a missed opportunity. How silly.
24 October 2019
23 October 2019
22 October 2019
Mimicking Local News, a Network of Michigan Websites Pushes Politics - The New York Times
Our system of freedom of expression is sick. How we treat her will spell our futures.
21 October 2019
Local News Is Dying. New York May Try to Pass a Law to Save It. - The New York Times
Las gasps are getting less convincing.
19 October 2019
08 October 2019
07 October 2019
Staff Directory | News Media Alliance
Only recognize Paul BOYLE. He has certainly demonstrated resiliency!
06 October 2019
Pete Hamill on Jimmy Breslin and the heralded world of beat reporters - CBS News
Continued sadness over all of this.
25 September 2019
06 September 2019
SNPA, Inland to Merge on Oct. 1 – Editor & Publisher Magazine: Since 1884, the Voice of News Publishing
So many changes. So little progress.
04 September 2019
03 September 2019
31 August 2019
13 August 2019
A Times Editor Is Demoted as the Paper Discusses Its Coverage of Race - The New York Times
Frankly, far too touchy. Too many important things to do without doing more than giving whatever critique is warrranted here and moving on.....
07 August 2019
North Carolina Newspapers Form Media Management Company – Editor & Publisher
Not sure I see the long-term value proposition.
03 August 2019
01 August 2019
The L.A. Times’ disappointing digital numbers show the game’s not just about drawing in subscribers — it’s about keeping them » Nieman Journalism Lab
I still think they are all trying to climb the wrong tree.
27 July 2019
5 facts about the state of the news media in 2018 | Pew Research Center
This stuff is too discouraging to read regularly!
13 July 2019
10 July 2019
The Chicago Defender, Legendary Black Newspaper, Prints Last Copy - The New York Times
We are evolving in the wrong direction.
08 July 2019
As the World Heats Up, the Climate for News Is Changing, Too - The New York Times
I think we are missing the point.
05 July 2019
Longtime Newspaper To Shut Down In Youngstown, Ohio : NPR
I still don't believe that a creative solution is out of reach. The shame comes in not thinking hard enough in different ways about values, prinicipals, etc.
Tears, Laughter and Ideas for a Post-Vindicator Future - Business Journal Daily
I see nothing creative here.
04 May 2019
Why The Times Is Taking Down Its Paywall for 3 Days - The New York Times
I don't get it. Not well explained at all.
12 February 2019
07 February 2019
20 January 2019
15 January 2019
Hedge Fund Called ‘Destroyer of Newspapers’ Bids for USA Today Owner Gannett - The New York Times
The downward spiral accelerates.
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