World Corporate Media Losing the Information Revolution

"MIAMI — The Miami Herald announced widespread layoffs Monday, with plans to cut 250 full-time jobs — 17 percent of the newspaper’s workforce.  The monopoly that the Miami Herald has enjoyed for decades...

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...

Censorship con't.--McClatchy gets cold shoulder from Pentagon and Defense Dep...

I wrote about the excellent journalistic work of PBS and Bill Moyers in producing the documentary "Buying the War"and made my students view it. You can watch it online, so don't pass this one up. The website the doc is embedded in, is the future of journalism, at least of one...

Print Media continues to make moves in line with Tech

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) - McClatchy Co., the nation's third largest newspaper publisher, will begin providing international news coverage and commentary to online powerhouse Yahoo Inc. in a partnership that further underscores the media industry's shifting balance of power.

Rockefeller: Cheney applied 'constant' pressure to stall investigation on fla...

"WASHINGTON - Vice President Dick Cheney exerted "constant" pressure on the Republican former chairman of the Senate Intelligence Committee to stall an investigation into the Bush administration's use of flawed intelligence on Iraq, the panel's Democratic chairman charged...

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."

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Weak ads weigh on newspaper publishers (AP)

" Newspaper publishers continued to struggle with a weak business climate in the third quarter, as McClatchy Co. and Scripps Co. reported lower advertising results. Scripps, however, got another boost from its thriving cable networks. McClatchy, reporting its first full...

Media conglomeration in Sacramento

McClatchy Co., the company that owns the Sacramento Bee and the Minneapolis Star Tribune, is set to buy Knight Ridder, the US' second largest newspaper chain. McClatchy placed the highest bid for the chain at $4.8...

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