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1. The Audit

   The Washington Post needs a paywall—now

   November 26, 2012 10:00 AM

   The not-so-gentle ejection of Marcus Brauchli from the top editor’s chair at The Washington Post has cast a bright spotlight now on senior leadership, including his boss, Katharine Weymouth, the newspaper’s publisher, who pushed him aside,... Continue reading

2. The Audit

   Paywalls are a means, not an end

   November 7, 2012 11:02 AM

   I like paywalls. I really do. I think it makes sense for newspapers that saw the bottom drop out of print ad revenue to now ask readers to pick up a greater share of the cost... Continue reading

3. The Audit

   Lessons from Sullivan-Silver fracas

   November 5, 2012 11:32 AM

   Before the Margaret Sullivan/Nate Silver episode fades into history, there are a couple of meta lessons to be drawn from the clash of news cultures that it represents. For the non-cognoscenti, Sullivan is the Public Editor of The... Continue reading

4. The Audit

   Audit Notes: Stray on Silver, the new-old Black, ‘rocketing’ from a low base

   November 2, 2012 11:30 AM

   The best thing about the faux-controversy between New York Times public editor Margaret Sullivan and political stats whiz Nate Silver is that it brought attention to what Silver actually does and how it differs from traditional journalism, in this... Continue reading

5. The Audit

   MSM: port in a storm

   October 31, 2012 07:35 AM

   Sandy was the first natural disaster I can remember experiencing not as a reporter but as Joe Reader/Viewer. (I’ve only reported on a few: the 1989 SF earthquake a few days after the fact; Hurricane Bob in 1991,... Continue reading

6. The Audit

   Send Candidates for The Best Business Writing 2013

   October 29, 2012 11:19 AM

   Hi Internet, This spring, we launched with Columbia University Press the first of what we hope will be a long-running in a series of collections of great stories on business, finance and the economy, called The Best Business... Continue reading

7. The Audit

   Are newspaper audiences really shrinking?

   October 18, 2012 03:00 PM

   Alan Mutter’s post the other day—"The incredible shrinking newspaper audience"—got me thinking: is the newspaper audience really shrinking? So I called him up, and we’re going to disagree. A lot depends on what you call an audience. But,... Continue reading

8. The Audit

   Tuesdays with Andrew

   October 16, 2012 04:54 PM

   An Andrew Ross Sorkin column is beginning to take on a ritualistic feel. Sorkin is The New York Times ’s M&A ace, Dealbook maven, CNBC host, he of the large Rolodex, author of the semi-official insider’s... Continue reading

9. The Audit

   Audit Notes: a missing foreclosure figure, Denton, Brookes

   October 15, 2012 07:05 AM

   This Wall Street Journal story says buyers who went through foreclosure are already back in the market, buying houses again.They’re so common, they already have a name: “boomerang” buyers. Buyers Back After Foreclosure 'Boomerang' Home Seekers Become Eligible for... Continue reading

10. The Audit

    Facing up to the high cost of free news

    October 8, 2012 11:27 AM

    Pretty soon, proponents of free digital news will have to own up to the implications of their model. The structure is flawed. To rely on online ads as the sole source of revenue is both unsound in theory,... Continue reading

11. The Audit

    The hamster wheel vs. the quality imperative

    September 14, 2012 07:22 AM

    …The great is rare; the dull quite common. But — and this is the genius of the online format — that doesn’t matter, not any more, and certainly not half as much as it used to. When you’re working... Continue reading

12. The Kicker

    Required skimming: unemployment

    August 17, 2012 06:50 AM

    This month, CJR presents “Required Skimming,” a daily miniguide to our staffers’ beats and obsessions, ranging from finance to food. If we overlooked any of your must-read destinations, please tell us in the comments. • The Huffington Post:... Continue reading

13. The Audit

    Digital goes first at the FT (Updated)

    July 30, 2012 12:06 PM

    Like them or not, newspaper paywalls continue better-than-expected performances, the latest good (for some of us) news coming from The New York Times Company and Pearson’s Financial Times. Digital subscribers to The New York Times and its sister paper,... Continue reading

14. The Audit

    Audit Notes: more NOLA rumblings, Journatic, well-squawked

    July 26, 2012 11:36 PM

    —Can we agree at this point that Advance Publications’s attempt to sell its plans for dramatic newsroom cuts and ramped up online news production at the Times-Picayune as a bold leap into the... Continue reading

15. The Audit

    A Washington reporter’s review of Barofsky’s book is unintentionally revealing

    July 26, 2012 11:20 AM

    Jackie Calmes's review of Neil Barofsky’s new book, Bailout, to me, says so much more about Washington press culture than it does about the book, which I’m reading and which Calmes didn’t like at all. It’s... Continue reading

16. The Audit

    Audit Notes: Macabre probe, Wall Street lethargy, linkless hype busters, ‘Chairman of the Fed,’ etc.

    July 25, 2012 11:04 PM

    “When my daughter-in-law touched it, she said that his foot was empty.” That’s right. Someone stole the inside of a dead man’s foot. This is just one of the grotesque, macabre, and fascinating anecdotes from... Continue reading

17. The Audit

    A WSJ ‘A-hed’ covers the same topic twice

    July 25, 2012 08:20 AM

    Back when News Corp. took over Dow Jones & Co., which some of us didn’t think was a particularly good idea, a lot of close Wall Street Journal-watchers looked to the “A-hed” as a barometer of the... Continue reading

18. The Audit

    Audit Notes: UK edition

    July 24, 2012 04:27 PM

    Make no mistake about it: the criminal charges unveiled yesterday against former top News Corp. officials mark a major step forward for British law enforcement in its pursuit of Rupert Murdoch's media giant. Throughout the whole of hack-gate, the... Continue reading

19. The Audit

    Audit Notes: NOLA stirrings, Libor’s victim, Honda-driving billionaire, etc.

    July 23, 2012 06:25 PM

    —With the news market in New Orleans suddenly up for grabs—thanks to Advance Publications's decision to slash the newsroom of the Times-Picayune in a pitiful quest for clicks—it's good to see online and alternative competitors organizing themselves... Continue reading

20. The Audit

    Introducing Best Business Writing 2012

    June 13, 2012 04:00 PM

    Columbia Journalism Review Books has just published Best Business Writing 2012, featuring pieces by Paul Krugman, Martin Wolf, Matt Taibbi, Warren Buffett, and Hugh Grant (yes, that Hugh Grant). The following is Dean Starkman's introduction to the book... Continue reading

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