Romenesko

Washington Post
Post executive editor Leonard Downie Jr. says his news staff grew "enormously" in the past and now must become a "rational" size. ALSO: MediaNews CEO Dean Singleton says: "It's not that we're a declining business, we're in a changing business. ... We have a generation of newspaper people who want to write and impress our peers and sources rather than impress our readers and get them to read us, whether in print or online. The economy of the newspaper today will not allow us to do that any longer. To operate more efficiently, we will need fewer editors and fewer process people and hopefully more people on the street gathering news."More editor/ombud columns:
> CEO wants Gannett to be fast-paced, innovative, customer-centric (C-J)
> Newsman has heard O'Connor's dangers-to-democracy talk before (SFC)
> Purchase of KR is good for Sacramento Bee readers, says Acuna (Bee)
> Star-Telegram readers can take comfort in KR-McClatchy deal (FWS-T)
> Ryerson: Why big sports stories deserve to be on Page One (Indy Star)
> Beacon Journal hears encouraging words from readers after KR sale (BJ)
> Readers should be concerned whenever there's news consolidation (N&O)
> Blade's Coingate probe "is the finest kind of journalism there is" (Blade)
> Sun praised for coverage of gas/electric company's rate increase (Sun)
> KC Star readers surprised that storm story didn't make Page One (KCS)
> AJ-C readers give examples of what they call biased reporting (AJ-C)
> Stripes reporters have covered military's hearts/minds campaign (S&S)
> Temple: Journalists rarely call me before criticizing YourHub.com (RMN)