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One of my great disappointments over the past 10 or 15 years is the utter silence among journalism professors and j-school deans regarding the deterioration of journalistic standards, and by…
I had a special phone call this morning. The Asheville Citizen-Times is going to publish an article on the talk actuary and government consultant John Boyle delivered in Asheville about…
Gannett was supposed to have exclusive rights, but a member of the press snuck in, anyway. It was decided it was very important to noise the material abroad, so here…
Newspaper boxes are so very messy. Therefore, the Asheville Downtown Commission is again going to weigh in on proposed limits to how many boxes can go where. This is not…
Buncombe County officials removed newspaper stands from the sidewalk in front of the courthouse. The stands have been on the public property for years. What’s more, the county and the…
Sen. Jim DeMint is making the banksters pull their hair out with this op-ed demanding that we get a federal balanced budget amendment in return for a hike in the…
Gannet is taking steps to rebrand itself, de-emphasizing its newspapers and emphasizing its digital offerings: The goal is to communicate that the company — long identified as the nation’s largest…
In a Teletown Hall Meeting Thursday, Heath Shuler finally gave the public a stance on the Healthcare Bill. He stated the bill would not help the federal government financially, would…
Hey, what do you know, yet another suggestion that a state government bail out a failing newspaper. This time it is Minnesota and the Star-Tribune. And in reaction to the…
Is anyone else reminded of buggy whips and dodo birds?: Gannett will cut 10%. Time, Inc, announces job cuts and major restructuring. And Newsweek is hemorrhaging revenue: “Newsweek net income…
Watch how the market reacts today to two moves made by McClatchy yesterday. One, the company-wide pay freeze, a wonderfully gutless move by a clueless executive team. And two, the…
There is more bad news this afternoon for the newspaper business. Raleigh News and Observer?s parent company, McClatchy Company announced today that they?ll freeze employees’ wages for a year. Gannett…