The Audit
Hearst buckles under advertiser pressure
The Times Union caves after reader-response post dinged real estate agents
By Ryan Chittum Dec 19, 2012 at 03:00 PM
It's been a long time since we've seen anything as craven as the Albany Times-Union's capitulation to real estate agents... More
Audit Notes: Instaflim-flam, off the Hamster Wheel, Hulu
The New York Times raises questions about a CEO’s sworn testimony
By Ryan Chittum Dec 18, 2012 at 06:50 AM
The New York Times's Nick Bilton reports that Instagram CEO Kevin Systrom appears to have misled regulators asking about Facebook's... More
Ingrassia’s balancing act
Thoughts as The New York Times business editor steps aside
By Dean Starkman Dec 17, 2012 at 11:00 AM
What are the most important American journalism jobs in the early 21st century? Given the Financial Crisis, you could make... More
Bloomberg on the impacts of inequality
One longtime McDonald’s worker’s story says a lot about the economy
By Ryan Chittum Dec 17, 2012 at 06:50 AM
Bloomberg has an excellent story on low-wage work and inequality, comparing a longtime McDonald's worker to the company's CEO, who... More
The transparent DealBook conference
When access journalism is valuable, in more ways than one
By Felix Salmon Dec 14, 2012 at 05:02 PM
Margaret Sullivan, the New York Times public editor, has mixed feelings about the first DealBook conference, which took place on... More
Audit Notes: Amazon’s shell company, The Lens, Plain Dealer cuts
Reuters unwinds how the online retail giant avoided taxes via Luxembourg
By Ryan Chittum Dec 14, 2012 at 11:00 AM
Reuters has a nice investigation into Amazon's vigorous tax avoidance, and this time it's not about sales taxes. The wire... More
8 things Cleveland can expect from The Plain Dealer’s ‘press-ageddon’
And only one of them is good
By Rebecca Theim Dec 13, 2012 at 11:00 AM
(Editor's note: This post originally ran on Cleveland Scene. For background, here's a post from yesterday on Cleveland's newspaper crisis... More
Paywall illogic
Steve Buttry distorts our arguments—and the evidence
By Ryan Chittum Dec 13, 2012 at 06:50 AM
Followers of the hot ‘n heavy paywall debate—all seven of you—may find it hard to believe, but there’s plenty of... More
In Cleveland, bracing for a free-news fallout
Fear and loathing at The Plain Dealer
By Dean Starkman Dec 12, 2012 at 03:10 PM
Cleveland Scene magazine ran a fine, overlooked story on the ticking clock at the Cleveland Plain-Dealer, as journalists and readers... More
Audit Notes: a big Dealbook conference, Gawker on unemployment, buzzed into oatmeal, etc.
An assembly of titans at the Times, listening to the jobless, etc.
By Dean Starkman Dec 10, 2012 at 11:01 PM
For better and worse, conferencing is becoming a big part of the media landscape. We do a mini-version, too.... More
News worth paying for
Looking for profit in public-interest news
By Dean Starkman Dec 10, 2012 at 11:00 AM
Now that the confetti and campaign corks had been swept up after news leaked that The Washington Post was probably... More
Audit Notes: sustainable newsrooms edition
More thoughts on digital subscriptions at the Washington Post and elsewhere
By Dean Starkman Dec 7, 2012 at 06:16 PM
Jeff Bercovici asks if the The Washington Post waited too long to install its paywall since its revenue losses,... More
Audit Notes: WaPo likely to get a wall; papers as luxury product; thought on The Daily; Barofsky
Long overdue in the nation’s capital; That was Murdoch’s ideal newspaper? etc.
By Dean Starkman Dec 6, 2012 at 06:25 PM
The news: The Wall Street Journal is reporting that the Washington Post is most likely adopting a wall next... More
Audit Notes: paying for news edition
NYT cuts would surely have been much worse without its paywall
By Ryan Chittum Dec 5, 2012 at 02:12 PM
The New York Times, after a weak third quarter, is cutting 30 senior editors positions. "Senior editor" can mean a... More
On blaming The Daily’s demise on purely technical causes
Was it any good? Who knows?
By Dean Starkman Dec 5, 2012 at 11:00 AM
Remember The Daily? Yeah, that was a long time ago. Good times. Now an artifact of history, like the Montreal... 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”
In one tweet
Luke Russert is the Golden Boy of DC
And it drives young journalists crazy
It’s official: We never need to worry about the future of journalism again!
The NYT shows us why
Why does Florida produce so much weird news? Experts explain
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.
