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10 Jul

Pagination centralized for Eastern Ontario Region Sun Media chain

From a job posting: “Reporting to Sun Media’s East Region Pagination Co-ordinator(s), these layout editors will design broadsheet and tabloid pages including news, entertainment and sports. Graphics work will also […]

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9 Jul

Detroit community newspaper survives after facing long odds

The Birmingham Eccentric was saved from the chopping block by a group of dedicated readers and supporters. “This stuff just never happens,” says Matt Friedman, co-owner of the PR firm […]

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9 Jul

Online side of news industry is where all the action is

“As Gannett (NYSE: GCI) continues to be roiled with huge debt problems, an absent CEO, and hundreds more layoffs across its community newspapers, its digital division appears to be a […]

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8 Jul

Audioboo: iPhone app billed as Twitter for audio

If you’re looking to get audio online from an iPhone, TechCrunch noted recently that Audioboo is “about to become a huge blogger and journalist tool.” TechCrunch‘s Mike Butcher explained: “AudioBoo […]

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6 Jul

New independent weekly launches in Alberta

A group of former Sun Media employees have started a new independent weekly in Hinton, Alberta, called the Hinton Voice. This is positive news for the hard-hit weekly newspaper industry, […]

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3 Jul

Philadelphia Inquirer launches promotional program to save newspapers

“The Philadelphia Newspapers group has created four new ads to promote the value of newspapers. The new campaign promotes the theme: “Newspapers. The Savings Medium.” and is available for downloading […]

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3 Jul

Michael Jackson’s death provides lessons for online news

The Online Journalism Review offers an insightful critique of the Michael Jackson story as it was reported online. “Every major breaking news events offers its lessons to the news organizations […]

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3 Jul

Bucking the online trend in Estonia

“Starting this Monday, Postimees will stop full publication of its articles online. Its rival, Eesti Päevaleht, is going to follow suit within the next few months. “Then, the plan seemingly […]

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3 Jul

Largest American newspaper chain undertakes massive job cuts

The largest U.S. newspaper publisher is preparing to eliminate between 1,000 and 2,000 jobs from its work force of 41,500 in response to continuing drops in revenue, The Wall Street […]

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3 Jul

Bankruptcies necessary to transform journalism

Martin Langeveld offers a different analysis of the bankruptcy proceedings of several large American newspapers. He suggests this may be a good thing in order to shake up the old […]

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