The Newsonomics of The Tribune’s Metro Agony
First published at Nieman Journalism Lab Soon, the next act of the Tribune newspaper agonies will play out. That’s agonies, as in a Biblical passion play. The Tribune papers have endured a special kind...
View ArticleThe Newsonomics of the Koch Brothers and the Sales of U.S.’ Top Metros
First published at Nieman Journalism Lab It almost makes wary Tribune watchers pine for Rupert Murdoch. In what is shaping up to be the biggest sale of metro U.S. newspapers in history, with six of the...
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The Newsonomics of the Kochs Rising — and Uprising
Related posts: The Tribune’s Metro Agony, The Koch Brothers and the Sale of the U.S. Top Metros, Rupert Murdoch’s Long Game First published at Nieman Journalism Lab It’s official. Charles and David...
View ArticleThe Newsonomics of the Kochs: Impact on the L.A. News Landscape
Companion piece: The Newsonomics of the Kochs Rising — and Uprising Related posts: The Tribune’s Metro Agony, The Koch Brothers and the Sale of the U.S. Top Metros, Rupert Murdoch’s Long Game First...
View ArticleThe Newsonomics of Jeff Bezos Buying the Washington Post
First published at Nieman Journalism Lab It is a thunderbolt. If not tossed down from Mt. Olympus, it is thrown from Mt. Amazon, not far from Washington’s beatific Olympic Mountains. Jeff Bezos’s...
View ArticleNew Hollywood Sequel: Aaron Kushner’s L.A. Register
Why, I asked, Aaron Kushner, is he announcing the new L.A. Register as we’re winding down toward the end of the year? Given that the big questions about it — when will it launch, how will it be staffed...
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Newsonomics: Tribune’s Latest Lease on Life
Follow Newsonomics on Twitter @kdoctor Companion post: Newsonomics: Split ‘Ems — & Then There Was Gannett First published at Harvard’s Nieman Journalism Lab “We’re getting toward the end of the...
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Newsonomics: Setting the News Table for 2016
How can we set the table for 2016? Advertising woes continue — deepen, actually. Whole new forms of storytelling open up and go mainstream more quickly. Virtual reality joins the harsher realities....
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Newsonomics: In Southern California’s Newspaper Chaos, Is Anyone Really...
William Baer, assistant attorney general in charge of the Department of Justice’s antitrust division, had already bluntly told all involved in the Freedom Communications newspaper bankruptcy auction...
View ArticleTribune, the Register Auction and DOJ’s Scarlet Letter
For those who have been following the ongoing tragicomedy of California’s dying newspaper industry, today, March 16, marks a climax. And as with all amazing stories, the moments leading up to that...
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