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1. June 20, 2012 06:50 AM

   Another A1 Times-Picayune press release

   This time the publisher takes to the front page, eliding the gutting of his newsroom

   By Ryan Chittum

   Not content with dominating the Times-Picayune's front page on Thursday with a press release from its editor, the paper ran an awfully similar piece by the new publisher on page one Sunday headlined "The Times-Picayune and NOLA.com are here to stay." As if the Times-Pic needed to remind New Orleanians that its absentee owners have brought in an outsider to...

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2. November 14, 2012 06:50 AM

   Apples and oranges on Google and publishers

   Print performance is bad enough without putting a thumb on the scale

   By Ryan Chittum

   Slate tells us that "Google ad revenue tops entire US print media industry" in the first six months of the year, based off this chart from a German outfit called Statista: Business Insider makes it its "CHART OF THE DAY" and says "Google Is Bigger Than The U.S. Print Ad Business." That's (sort of) accurate, but misleading. There's an apples-to-oranges...

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3. June 15, 2012 06:50 AM

   The Times-Picayune’s front-page press release

   Advance Publication's Alabama papers take even worse hits than New Orleans

   By Ryan Chittum

   You know the backlash is serious when the Times-Picayune wraps itself in Katrina and puts a press release/editorial by the editor on page one of the paper: Great journalism not bound by medium Katrina shows promise of digital age in New Orleans The headline and deck are bad enough, but the text is worse (emphasis mine): In the aftermath of...

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