New York: Did Toby Young Plagiarize Passages From the ‘Times’ For ‘How to Lose Friends & Alienate People’?
Tuesday, 7 October 2008, 16:03
Toby Young: "I don't think it's a sort of mealy-mouthed or weasely defense to say that the standard that British journalists are expected to hold themselves to are not as high as the standards that some American journalists hold," he explained. "We're a little less precious about this kind of thing." (via Romenesko)
Media Nation: Cape Cod blogger is sued for libel
Monday, 1 September 2008, 09:54
Dan Kennedy: "A Cape Cod blogger who criticized a group of Barnstable residents for filing a lawsuit aimed at stopping a dredging project in Barnstable Harbor has himself been sued — for libel."
Rebuilding Media: Transforming American Newspapers (Part 2)
Tuesday, 26 August 2008, 07:32
Vin Crosbie: "[I]t is … ludicrous to think that the newspaper industry as it has operated for more than 400 years would not be extremely affected and stressed by those changes in not just how people can now access information but what types of information each person choose to access according to his preferences. This is why newspapers that have reacted merely by putting their printed content online are missing the point of the change."
Editor & Publisher: Turn and Face the Change - With Newspaper Industry in Crisis, ‘Everything’s on the Table’
Saturday, 23 August 2008, 07:43
"The time could be ripe for fulfilling a longtime fantasy of some publishers — eliminating dog days like Monday, Tuesday, and Saturday. It's fueled by the obvious fact that in the U.S., at least, newspapers generally lose money during the week and coin it on Fridays and Sundays. … "
Digital Deliverance: Transforming American Newspapers (Part 1)
Thursday, 21 August 2008, 07:58
Vin Crosbie: "American newspaper companies have violated the Principle of Supply & Demand by failing to adapt their core product to a radical change in consumers' supply of news and information during the past 15 years. The other and minor one is how far too many of those companies have deviated from their local roots."
Editor & Publisher: Bill Proposed to Extend N.Y. Shield Law to Bloggers
Sunday, 17 August 2008, 08:12
New York state Sen. Thomas Duane has "proposed legislation that would protect bloggers from contempt-of-court charges for refusing to disclose confidential information or sources."
Editor & Publisher: Top Newspapers in Web/Print Penetration
Saturday, 26 July 2008, 10:02
"The Rochester Democrat and Chronicle in New York has the largest market reach when taking into account its print and online readership, according to new data from Scarborough Research."
Wednesday, 16 July 2008, 05:20
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Timothy Egan: "Last week, almost 1,000 jobs were eliminated in the American newspaper industry, perhaps the bloodiest week yet of a year where many papers are fighting for their lives."
Monday, 14 July 2008, 19:51
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"American journalists … regard themselves as members of a respectable profession – like lawyers or bankers. Their British counterparts generally prefer the idea that they are outsiders."
Sunday, 11 May 2008, 06:07
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"The Latin [American] papers were reacting to the Web, too — but they seem to see their local efforts as ways to imitate the Web’s interactivity and its encouragement of self-expression."
Saturday, 29 March 2008, 14:05
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"According to … the Newspaper Association of America, total print advertising revenue in 2007 plunged 9.4% to $42 billion compared to 2006 - the most severe percent decline since the association started measuring advertising expenditures in 1950. "
Thursday, 27 March 2008, 15:26
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"[Y[ounger voters tend to be not just consumers of news …but conduits as well — sending out e-mailed links and videos to friends and their social networks. And in turn, they rely on friends and online connections for news … they are replacing the pr
Wednesday, 12 March 2008, 16:07
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"[The US newspaper] industry has lost about 10% of circulation overall in the past four years among the leading papers, some have bled much more than others during the same period, according to an E&P analysis of data from the Audit Bureau of Circulations
Saturday, 16 February 2008, 11:34
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"The U.S. demand for British imports has been accelerated recently by a combination of the Writers Guild of America strike and the shifting face of domestic television, which is moving away from rigid scheduling and expensive scripted series."
