There is something a little sad and dispiriting about this. It is being reported that whoever buys the Boston Globe will get another New England newspaper thrown in for free. In this case the Worcester Telegram & Gazette. It is almost like some newspapers are doing so badly that media owners are...
The fate of the Boston Globe is hanging in the balance this week as the New York Times Company moves towards a deal with unions, but one with journalists is so far out of reach. According to a report in the Washington Post, the New York Times Company has backed off from threats to close the paper temporarily...
The economy and swine flu is bad enough, but while big stories fill the front pages of US newspapers, new figures show that the rate of decline in print circulation has accelerated since last autumn. According to a report in the New York Times, figures out on Monday show a more than 7% drop compared...
The New York Times addressed the "chatter" about paid content, but said nothing concrete, indicating that it is struggling to work out a route forward on how to charge consumers for content. As the New York Times reported a 27% slide in advertising revenues and a $74m loss ( with more to come...
A few more interesting bits out of the Newspaper Association of America with stories about how badly several newspapers are faring after implementing major changes. I blogged yesterday about what Google CEO Eric Schmidt told executives in San Diego, but Fortune has a story today about how three newspapers...
