The men at the top of most city newspapers across the country talk about their readers wanting more local news. Yet, they continue to lay off and buy out scores of local reporters.
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Gone baby
In a previous post, I mentioned PC Magazine was not publishing a print product anymore and would be only available online. Earlier this month Ziff-Davis, which published PC Mag, announced it was out of the print business completely. As this news item mentions, Z-D was responsible for many magazines over its 82-year history, many that I read at one time or another.
Interview with a …
No, not that. A journalist in her 20s. An interesting street interview by JD Lasica, touching on most of the social media sites and newspapers to some extent.
Does it matter?
Whether newspapers die, that is. Well, I’m sure many of us would say yes. But maybe it’s not about how the news is delivered, but rather that we are concerned about journalism, the stories, the ones that matter. Will they die or fade away?
A couple of viewpoints:
One from a social media site. Are social media sites in competition with newspapers? Yeah, actually, I believe they are.
Riding the digital wave
A nice resource for journalists learning about and making the transition into the new media era.
More fodder for the journalism fires
Both reports are from Australia. Still, they seem quite relevant for the U.S. and rest of the world.