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Major papers’ longform meltdown
Stories longer than 2,000 words down 86 percent at the LAT since 2003, 50 percent at WaPo, etc.
By Dean Starkman Jan 17, 2013 at 03:11 PM
No one equates story-length with quality. Let’s start with that concession. But still. Story-length is hardly meaningless when you consider... More
‘The future is medieval’
A discussion with the scholars behind the “Gutenberg Parenthesis,” a sweeping theory of digital—and journalism—transformation
By Dean Starkman Jun 7, 2013 at 08:05 AM
What follows is an interview and discussion I had in Odense, Denmark, with Thomas Pettitt and Lars Ole Sauerberg, two... More
Harry Potter Hits the E-Book Market
By Ryan Chittum Mar 29, 2012 at 05:42 PM
I've never understood quite why, in a digital age that allows companies to sell directly to their customers, that book... More
New York Times paywall growth slows
But it remains to be seen whether that’s a one-quarter blip or the new normal
By Ryan Chittum Apr 26, 2013 at 06:50 AM
The torrid growth in digital-only subscribers to The New York Times slowed sharply in the first quarter. Worse, advertising fell... More
Newsweek and the (relative) health of print mags
Not all is dark for the industry
By Ryan Chittum Oct 24, 2012 at 06:50 AM
News that Newsweek is exiting print was hardly surprising coming two years after the Washington Post Company unloaded it for... More
The Boston Globe, up for sale again
The Times goes all in on the Times
By Ryan Chittum Feb 20, 2013 at 05:35 PM
Back in 1993, The New York Times Company bought the Globe for about $1.8 billion (adjusted for inflation). Four years... More
A game of telephone fools the Times
And the newspaper-of-record short-arms the correction
By Ryan Chittum May 18, 2012 at 03:00 PM
The New York Times posts a nasty correction on its Sunday op-ed by William Deresiewicz, who asserted that a study... More
A new cross-border tax-haven database and its significance
The International Consortium of Investigative Journalists pushes into new journalism territory
By Dean Starkman Jun 17, 2013 at 06:50 AM
The International Consortium of Investigative Journalists hit the mother lode when it published the first of its dozens of exposés... More
All You Can Eat Magazines
Ken Doctor reports on a promising venture from five major publishers
By Ryan Chittum Apr 4, 2012 at 07:51 PM
Ken Doctor has a very interesting report for the Nieman Journalism Lab on the new consortium called Next Issue Media... More
An eye on the Times-Picayune’s numbers
Some questions about what executives say are positive circulation trends
By Ryan Chittum Feb 22, 2013 at 03:00 PM
We'll have a long story on the Times-Picayune next week, but Publisher Ricky Mathews and Editor Jim Amoss released some... More
An ink-stained stretch
Can Aaron Kushner save the Orange County Register—and the newspaper industry?
By Ryan Chittum May 1, 2013 at 12:00 AM
Betting man Kushner bought the Register cheap and is investing in it heavily, including one of the biggest hiring... More
Andrew Sullivan’s bold experiment
And how to think about it
By Dean Starkman Jan 3, 2013 at 06:50 AM
The great journalism paywall debate has picked up steam lately as more newspapers move away from the idea of giving... More
Another A1 Times-Picayune press release
This time the publisher takes to the front page, eliding the gutting of his newsroom
By Ryan Chittum Jun 20, 2012 at 06:50 AM
Not content with dominating the Times-Picayune's front page on Thursday with a press release from its editor, the paper ran... More
Anti-paywall dead-enders
Why worry about evidence when you can argue against straw men?
By Ryan Chittum Dec 3, 2012 at 06:50 AM
In 1944, Lt. Hiroo Onoda was sent by the Japanese Army to the remote Philippine Island of Lubang with instructions... More
Apples and oranges on Google and publishers
Print performance is bad enough without putting a thumb on the scale
By Ryan Chittum Nov 14, 2012 at 06:50 AM
Slate tells us that "Google ad revenue tops entire US print media industry" in the first six months of the... More
Audit Notes: Daily Planet holds up, record collapse, presidential fundraising
The Onion on the least believable part of Superman comics
By Ryan Chittum Jul 10, 2012 at 06:50 AM
This Onion article on the outdated Daily Planet is spot on: Frustrated fans of the Superman comic book said Monday... More
Audit Notes: Guardian Editor on Hackgate, Judge Rakoff, Confidence Game
By Ryan Chittum Nov 10, 2011 at 07:44 PM
Read Guardian Editor Alan Rusbridger's Orwell lecture for an excellent overview and analysis of Murdoch's hacking scandal, and his paper's... More
Audit Notes: Smart Money, NYT CEO, sushi chefs and nola.com
Dow Jones lays off staff and goes all-digital with its personal-finance magazine
By Ryan Chittum Jun 21, 2012 at 09:22 PM
Dow Jones is shutting down Smart Money magazine, laying off most of the staff and going to a digital-only format... More
Audit Notes: Bank Run, Silicon Valley Small-ball, Anti-Free
By Ryan Chittum Apr 19, 2012 at 12:00 AM
Michael Lewis, who says he sympathizes with the Occupy Wall Street movement, interviews himself on what he would do if... More
Audit Notes: blame the borrowers, Walmart cashiers, newspaper prices
The Democratic Party platform on mortgage issues
By Ryan Chittum Sep 5, 2012 at 11:00 AM
Henry Blodget somehow thinks that "everyone has spent the last five years trying to blame the housing crash on every... More
#Realtalk: This isn’t another ‘golden age’ for print - But it is one for media
Social media in smaller markets - How three social media managers deal with smaller markets and more local coverage.
A rally for laid-off Sun-Times photogs - A protest Thursday morning drew about 150 picketers to the newspaper’s headquarters
Reporting, or illegal hacking - Scripps reporters are accused of violating the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act
Exchange Watch: California Dreaming - Low healthcare premiums on the West Coast were trumpeted as a big, good-news Obamacare story. But: “Compared to what?”
Oops! LAX TSA officer shamed a BoingBoing writer’s daughter
And he used his media clout to make it a thing
Can ladymags do serious journalism?
Some people don’t seem to think so
Atlantic launches weekly iPhone mag
The paid product its prez teased a few months back has arrived
The usefulness of pie charts, in two pie charts
Business Insider launched an excellent attack against pie charts. But if all those words are bogging you down, WaPo has a simpler version
CJR's Guide to Online News Startups
Uptown Messenger – Hyperlocal news for a neighborhood in New Orleans
Who Owns What
The Business of Digital Journalism
A report from the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism
Questions and exercises for journalism students.
