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Bangor Daily News ‘progress edition’ promotes local businesses, advertisers

Justin Martin — Thu, 26 Jan 2012 18:58:34 +0000

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

Seven Reasons Why Newspapers Are Not Rebounding As Hoped

Rick Edmonds — Mon, 15 Nov 2010 21:48:02 +0000

This was to be a year of convalescence for newspapers, not a total recovery but a dramatic improvement on the dismal results of 2008 and 2009. However, with third-quarter earnings in and just seven weeks left in 2010, the industry’s

It’s Not the Apocalypse, Media Investors Told

Rick Edmonds — Mon, 08 Dec 2008 22:02:24 +0000

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

Barbara Martinez: Marketing, Fair Value and Connecting the Dots

Rick Edmonds — Thu, 20 Nov 2008 17:12:45 +0000

Barbara Martinez is managing editor for the Web for GlobalPost, a world news site launching early next year. She previously worked on the startup of Politico. In response to the closing question at Poynter’s “Who Will Pay

John Yemma on Job One: A Sustainable Business Model

Rick Edmonds — Thu, 20 Nov 2008 16:56:03 +0000

John Yemma is editor of The Christian Science Monitor, which is converting from a daily print publication to online. To build a future for journalism, he wrote:

“The key is to establish a sustainable business

Steele to Teach Another Generation to Ask Questions

Bob Steele — Mon, 11 Feb 2008 15:08:32 +0000

“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

Murdoch: The Morning After

Rick Edmonds — Tue, 24 Jul 2007 19:32:50 +0000

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

Fresh Eyes on the Newspaper Business

Rick Edmonds — Mon, 25 Jun 2007 19:48:49 +0000

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

State of the News Media 2007: Down in the Valley, with Lots of Company

Rick Edmonds — Fri, 09 Mar 2007 19:38:00 +0000

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: An Integrated Multimedia Newsroom Is Paying Off

Rick Edmonds — Fri, 02 Mar 2007 19:49:32 +0000

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