The News Frontier

The Sweet Smell of Failure (Or Success) At a News Startup

Launch pad: Portland, Oregon

By Michael Andersen and Barry Johnson   Dec 7, 2010 at 02:28 PM

CJR’s “Launch Pad” feature invites new media publishers to blog about their experiences on the news frontier. Past columns by... More

You, Too, Can Own a Piece of The Onion

“America’s Finest News Source” is now franchising out its printing biz

By Lauren Kirchner   Dec 7, 2010 at 01:00 PM

After twenty-two years, The Onion has decided to both get out of the print business and double down on print... More

Why Amazon Caved, and What It Means for the Rest of Us

A Q&A with Ethan Zuckerman

By Lauren Kirchner   Dec 3, 2010 at 10:20 AM

Amazon Web Services dropped WikiLeaks material from its servers on Tuesday, a move that is widely assumed to be a... More

Startup Rocket Science

Technical specs for a modern journalism business

By Michael Andersen and Barry Johnson   Nov 30, 2010 at 10:59 AM

CJR’s “Launch Pad” feature invites new media publishers to blog about their experiences on the news frontier. Past columns by... More

The Power of the Drones

Inside Slate’s efforts to crowdsource good ideas

By Daniel Luzer   Nov 23, 2010 at 11:46 AM

People have to be damn committed to an idea to attend an event about it on a Monday night, even... More

How to Tackle the Sales Demon

Launch Pad: Portland, Oregon

By Michael Andersen and Barry Johnson   Nov 23, 2010 at 10:59 AM

CJR’s “Launch Pad” feature invites new media publishers to blog about their experiences on the news frontier. Past columns by... More

The Daily for iPad is On Its Way

Rupert Murdoch skips the web, goes straight for the store

By Lauren Kirchner   Nov 22, 2010 at 02:30 PM

Women’s Wear Daily broke the news last week that NewsCorp’s iPad “newspaper,” the Daily, will launch next month in a... More

The Washington Independent Will Close Down

By Lauren Kirchner   Nov 17, 2010 at 02:58 PM

A post on The Washington Independent announced today that the three-year-old online startup will be shutting down as of December... More

Steal This Heat Map!

Easy, free program to turn spreadsheets into maps

By Lauren Kirchner   Nov 17, 2010 at 02:30 PM

In the vein of CJR’s “data visualization for beginners” posts, here’s another free and easy tool available for journalists who... More

Jim VandeHei Talks Politico Pro

“We’re going to dig really deep… really cover what’s happening.”

By Joel Meares   Nov 16, 2010 at 03:44 PM

Politico has just announced it will be launching a subscriber service, Politico Pro, next February. According to a press release,... More

Zagat Remains a Profitable Brand

Does it matter that it hasn’t won the web?

By Lauren Kirchner   Nov 16, 2010 at 02:50 PM

The New York Times ran a story over the weekend called “Zagat Survey Aims to Regain Its Online Balance,” about... More

Echoes of Grit and Humor

Great Lakes news startup brings on an inspiring new voice

By Curtis Brainard   Nov 16, 2010 at 02:30 PM

If all goes as planned, Tom Henry’s decision to take on more work—in the form of a monthly column for... More

Why Journalists are Terrible at Time Management

Launch Pad: Portland, Oregon

By Michael Andersen and Barry Johnson   Nov 16, 2010 at 12:49 PM

CJR’s “Launch Pad” feature invites new media publishers to blog about their experiences on the news frontier. All of Michael... More

Newsweek.com Editors Are Feeling Burned

As they take to Tumblr to plead for their jobs

By Lauren Kirchner   Nov 15, 2010 at 02:20 PM

When Newsweek and The Daily Beast announced on Friday that they were merging the two brands and installing Tina Brown... More

NewsBeast Notes

Wherein two media brands merge, and the Internet says hmmm

By Lauren Kirchner   Nov 12, 2010 at 04:00 PM

The Tweets: @TheTinaBeast We’re getting hitched! Daily Beast, Newsweek To Wed http://thebea.st/dCdnfB @Newsweek It's official, we're merging with @TheDailyBeast http://bit.ly/9PGYz7... More