“In Philadelphia, reporters wonder whether major layoffs announced last fall don’t presage the folding of the Philadelphia Daily News which, unlike the Inquirer, has been losing money.”

So wrote Matt Cooper in a 1987 story about Knight Ridder. Matter of fact,… Read more

State and local governments are almost as pressed as newspapers these days to shave expenses in the face of falling revenues.

That has given fresh impetus to efforts that would allow municipalities to post all or some of their legal… Read more

I was as puzzled as the next guy when I learned Sunday that the Philadelphia Media Network, publisher of the city’s two dailies, is on the auction block.

This comes a mere 17 months since a group of private… Read more

As a new revenue stream for newspaper organizations and other legacy media, video advertising has so far resembled a meandering creek more than a swift river.

From my Minnesota boyhood, I learned that you can walk across the headwaters of the Mississippi on… Read more

After three full years of preparation, the Associated Press and 28 other news organizations begin today an ambitious venture to license original news content and collect royalties from aggregators.

Variously known as the News Registry and News Licensing Group during its… Read more

The New York Times Co.’s clutch of 16 midsized and small newspapers was a relic of the prosperous pre-digital days of the 1980s and 1990s. Back then, the very comfortable margins at these properties (mostly in the Sun Belt)… Read more

The annual UBS media conference in New York City is essentially an opportunity for publicly-traded companies to pitch the value of their stock. The tough questions I alluded to in my preview a week ago hang in the air… Read more