Archive for January, 2010
We’re here to help newspapers, Google exec says
Friday, January 29th, 2010
Devices like Apple’s iPad may help newspapers and traditional publishers, but only significant evolution will save them, Google’s chief economist, Hal Varian, said in a talk with journalism students at …
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Winnipeg Free Press owners take look at Philly
Friday, January 29th, 2010
A Canadian investment firm is among seven or eight entities said to be considering bidding to buy the Inquirer and Daily News and bring their parent company out of its …
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Potential bidders for Canwest papers
Friday, January 29th, 2010
Potential bidders for Canwest Limited Partnership, whose creditors are seeking bids in excess of $1-billion for the entire chain, which owns the National Post and 10 major city dailies.
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Sun, Province sponsor government-run centre
Thursday, January 28th, 2010
Vancouver’s two major newspapers are sponsoring a government-run centre that will tell international media covering the 2010 Winter Olympics about how the province is dealing with homelessness issues in the …
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Government subsidies of newspapers a U.S. tradition
Thursday, January 28th, 2010
American newspapers have relied on government subsidies since Washington’s day, but that support has dropped sharply in the last four decades, according to a report to be released Thursday by …
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Press refit delays WSJ New York edition
Thursday, January 28th, 2010
Technical snags threaten to delay Rupert Murdoch’s plan to create a metropolitan edition of The Wall Street Journal and go head-to-head locally with The New York Times, according to several …
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Pay wall not so successful
Wednesday, January 27th, 2010
In late October, Newsday put its web site behind a pay wall. Three months later, how many people have signed up to pay to get unfettered access? The answer: 35 …
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Bonuses would drain company, union says
Wednesday, January 27th, 2010
Bankrupt Tribune Co.’s plan to pay out as much as $45.6 million in bonuses would drain more than 10% of operating cash flow to reward top managers for a year …
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‘Some evidence’ classified ads recovering, U.S. chain says
Wednesday, January 27th, 2010
The McClatchy Co. CEO Gary Pruitt said Wednesday there is “some evidence that classified advertising is recovering” as the nation’s third-largest newspaper publisher reported it swung to a profit in …
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Former Quebecor World sold to U.S. printing company
Tuesday, January 26th, 2010
World Color Press Inc., the Montreal-based company formerly known as Quebecor World, has agreed to be taken over by one of the largest privately held printing companies in a deal …
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