Today was the final day of daily print for the Christian Science Monitor, one of the world’s most read and respected newspapers. The 101-year-old international paper had a print circulation of over 56,000, and announced in October that it would transition to weekly printing, citing losses of $18.9 million a year.
The paper has won 7 [...]
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R.I.P.- The Christian Science Monitor
Posted in Journalism Stuff, Newspaper Deaths, tagged Christian Science Monitor, closing, daily, newspaper, print, weekly on March 27, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Making the paper a non-profit?
Posted in Journalism Stuff, Political Stuff, tagged Cleveland Plain Dealer, Kevin O'Brien, newspapers, non-profit, Sen. Cardin on March 26, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
In a bill introduced by Senator Benjamin Cardin D-Md, newspapers would be given the option to take a tax exemption.
Individual papers would have to classify themselves as “non-profit,” which would bar them from making political endorsements, but they could still report on political issues including campaigns.
For papers taking the distinction, advertising and subscription revenue would [...]
Bush to offer insight in “Decision Points”
Posted in Political Stuff, tagged Decision Points, Obama, Politico, President Bush on March 18, 2009 | 2 Comments »
Possibly the most “misunderestimated” man in American history, former-President George W. Bush is working on a memoir titled “Decision Points,” chronicling his thoughts from his early childhood through the current financial crisis.
The book, which is due to come out in the fall of 2010, will be released months after Laura Bush is expected to publish [...]
R.I.P.- The Seattle Post-Intelligencer
Posted in Journalism Stuff, tagged Hearst, journalism, newspaper, Seattle Post-Intelligencer on March 17, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Hearst announced yesterday that today would be the last day of printing for one of it’s oldest and most read newspapers, The Seattle Post-Intelligencer.
The paper will continue to maintain it’s site, seattlepi.com, making it the first major newspaper to make the shift from print to online-only. The decision leaves Seattle, like most major cities, with [...]
Post Editor blogs about job search
Posted in Journalism Stuff, tagged Columbus Dispatch, nojournalismjobs.com, Rick Rouan, The Post on March 11, 2009 | 2 Comments »
There are no jobs in journalism. And once again, that horrid fact has been rubbed in my face.
Earlier this week Rick Rouan, editor in chief of The Post, started a blog to chronicle his search for a journalism job after graduation. Rouan, who has had two newspaper internships including one last summer at the Columbus [...]
Another grim day for the printing press
Posted in Journalism Stuff, tagged Cleveland Plain Dealer, Jean Dubail, jobs, John Kroll, journalism, Terrance Egger, The Boston Globe, The Miami Herald, Yahoo! News on March 10, 2009 | 1 Comment »
We’ve all read the countless stories and heard the discouraging reports of newspapers laying off, buying out and not hiring employees. But I guess that finally hit-home for me yesterday.
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