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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: Boston Globe bids, WSJ flops at BuzzFeed, News Corp.
A 94 percent fall in value over twenty years
By Ryan Chittum Jun 28, 2013 at 12:41 PM
Bloomberg News gets some details on The New York Times's impending sale of The Boston Globe and Worcester Telegram &... 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
Woman’s work - The twisted reality of an Italian freelancer in Syria
Sourcing Trayvon Martin ‘photos’ from stormfront - Not a good idea, Business Insider
Elizabeth Warren, the antidote to CNBC - The senator schools the talking heads on bank regulation
Art Laffer + PR blitz = press failure - The media types up the retail lobby’s propaganda
Reuters’s global warming about-face - A survey shows the newswire ran 50 percent fewer stories on climate change after hiring a “skeptic”
Barack Obama: ‘those old times aren’t coming back’
“It used to be there were local newspapers everywhere. If you wanted to be a journalist, you could really make a good living working for your hometown paper”
The Guardian’s editor opens up on Reddit
Alan Rusbridger, editor of The Guardian, answered questions in an Ask Me Anything
The (almost) lost speech of Justice Anthony Kennedy
How his insightful remarks about the Constitution inadvertently make the case for a Supreme Court “media pool”
Fox News sues TVEyes for copyright infringement
Says subscription service sells access to its content without permission nor compensation
CJR's Guide to Online News Startups
ACEsTooHigh.com – Reporting on the science, education, and policy surrounding childhood trauma
Who Owns What
The Business of Digital Journalism
A report from the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism
Questions and exercises for journalism students.
