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Orono, Maine — On the evening of Jan. 13, I sat down with my home-delivered copy of The Bangor Daily News. I was drawn to an historical insert detailing the pasts of seven Maine businesses between 64 and 158… Read more
They don’t have theme days at the annual UBS Global Media Conference in New York this week, but the opener of this year’s could have carried the title, “Tales We Tell Ourselves to Get Through the Recession.” Top of… Read more
“Bob Steele asks and answers lots of questions.” So reads one of the bios I’ve used in my role as a faculty member at Poynter. I’ve asked and answered many thousands of questions in my 18-plus years at Poynter… Read more
Now that Rupert Murdoch has succeeded in his bid for The Wall Street Journal, what will he do with it?
Since the formality of shareholder approval remains, nothing is likely to happen immediately. Murdoch’s history with other acquisitions… Read more
Last week’s NAA Mid-Year Media Review in New York City only got down to basic questions as it ended with a general round-table discussion on the industry’s future.
“Aren’t we dancing around the issue of whether we need… Read more
Last spring, a young newspaper executive impressed me with a prophetic metaphor. The newspaper industry, she said, is entering a valley of economic hardship. And the hills on the other side are several years away.
In the 12… Read more
The Financial Times
had several reasons to celebrate this week.
It marked the 10th anniversary of its American edition. Less sentimentally, it was able to report
full-year 2006 results that included growth in circulation, ad revenue… Read more