Wall Street Journal, Gannett, to Lay Off over 1,000 Workers

Gannett, one of the largest newspaper publishers in the United States, that publishes Wall Street Journal, is to lay off over 1,000 workers due to a slow off in advertising sales. As much as 2,000 people could be laid off in this latest round of cutbacks, but the actual...

No freedom of sex at Freedom Forum's Newseum

The posh, nearly half billion dollar building, now a venue for expensive meetings, seminars, Bar Mitzvahs, stands for the freedom of the Press and varied education issues related to the First Amendment. But an...

Gannett Newspaper Employees Told to Take a Week Off From Work

Alida Antonia Cornelius January 14th, 2008 Gannett, owner of USA Today and other newspapers across the USA, has stated that they are asking nearly 40,000 employees to take an unpaid one week furlough. Newspapers...

Gannett Q2 Profits Down 36%, Shares Tank (GCI)

More pain in the newspaper business today."Thanks to a write-down of nearly $3 billion, we knew Gannett (GCI) was looking at an ugly Q2. And Gannett delivered, announcing 36% earnings drop in preliminary results...

How Gannett's Argus Leader daily & Mogulus Broke the Clinton RFK flap story

NEW YORK, N.Y.    ----   May 30, 2008   ----   When Gannett announced its partnership last month with a small NY-based Net livestreaming startup called Mogulus, it never...

Fall in classified revenue clobbers Gannett

Gannett's, publisher of USA Today and many other newspapers is seeing their stock price and revenues  continue to decline."Eeesh. Profits for Gannett (GCI),the nation's biggest newspaper company, dove 9%, the company announced Monday morning. Classified revenue -- thanks...

New York Times Earnings Reflect Ongoing Double Whammy

Even the venerable NYTimes is not immune to the dramatic downturn in newspaper revenues."With ad spending overall down just under double digits at 9% for the first quarter, the New York Times' results -- most...

Why the mainstream media needs to engage with audiences

"The afternoon session at the Online Journalism Symposium focuses on the shift from passive audiences to online communities.Jim Brady, executive editor of the WashingtonPost.com makes a compelling argument for engaging with audiences online. The Post’s strategy is smart -...

Trivial Pursuit: from Tabletop to TV

Yes, another game show. Do we care that Trivial Pursuit is the Big Kahuna of trivia, or are we just bored of new game shows? I don't even know anymore..."Five-a-week half-hour "Trivial Pursuit: America Plays" will kick off in the fall. Counting the Fox O&Os, distributor...

Report: Air Force lost track of five nuclear missiles

This is just one of many episodes of lost Nukes. Let's hope they are not an everyday accurance."Three Air Force officers quoted in the Airforce Times say a B-52 bomber mistakenly loaded with five nuclear...

Gannett's New Lease On News

Call it "UGC" or citizen journalism or Pro-Am partnership, it is good journalism.

Gannett, McClatchy, Tribune Plan Web Ad Network

"U.S. newspaper publishers Gannett Co. Inc. (GCI.N), McClatchy Co. (MNI.N) and Tribune Co.plan to sell advertising jointly on their Web sites in a bid to capture more online revenue as circulation slips."

Startup offers 'neutral' web video outlet

Positioning itself as an independent third party, ClipSyndicate is distributing short-form video clips for Clear Channel and Sinclair stations. Other broadcasters may follow.By Wayne KarrfaltThe National Broadband Co. (NBBC), a joint venture of NBC and its affiliates, is a...

usatoday-world [news]

World News.

Media Giant Follows NowPublic Lead

"Gannett Co., the nation's largest newspaper chain, is radically changing the way its papers gather and present news by incorporating elements of reader-created "citizen journalism," mining online community...

closeSign in to NowPublic

is reporting from