Romenesko

Tacoma News Tribune
David Zeeck dug up some figures after hearing Brian Williams say last week that "changing reader habits are killing the old newspaper business." The publisher writes: "Between 2006 and 2007, when daily newspaper circulation dropped about 2.5% nationwide, ratings for the national TV network news dropped 6% ...If anybody’s getting killed in the 21st-century media market, it's TV news, not newspapers." || Editor and ombud columns:
> "I've grown weary of the incessant doom and gloom"
> WP readers say the paper is too liberal, arrogant
> Hoyt: Coverage creates expectation of an Obama win
> MH has done a good job keeping polls in perspective
> Plain Dealer accepts "HYPE: The Obama Effect" DVD insert
> N&O's "Claims Department" cited by lawyer protesting Dole's ad