March 2009
h+ spring issue is out →
h+ spring issue is out.
I just had a quick flick through and it’s full of goodness. Check it out!
February 2009
Hearst papers to begin charging for some web... →
Blogs.WSJ.com Hearst Newspapers president Steven Swartz says in a memo: “Exactly how much paid content to hold back from our free sites will be a judgment call made daily by our management, whose…
Suicide Letter Full Of Simpsons References | The... →
It’s funny because it’s true.
AP announces news management changes →
Romenesko Memos After Associated Press senior managing editor Mike Silverman retires at the end of March, his core responsibilities will be shared by Mike Oreskes and John Daniszewski. Silverman…
Additional items for February 27, 2009 →
> Mann: Sue Google if it doesn’t agree to share ad revenue > Finke: “I try to deliver news in a punchier, funnier, way” > Bunch blasts the “close the Daily News” chicken littles > Listen…
NYT to launch two citizen journalism websites →
Editor & Publisher The sites will focus on three New Jersey communities and two Brooklyn neighborhoods, with most contributions coming from local residents. A Times staffer will oversee each site….
Wolff sees a return to "the old, deal-a-minute,... →
AdAge.com
”[Rupert Murdoch] does what he wants to do — even if that might appear to be counterintuitive or dopey,” says Michael Wolff. He also tells Simon Dumenco: * The…
How one courts reporter explains her job to her... →
NJ.com She lies. Carmen Juri doesn’t want to tell her 6-year-old daughter about the murders, fatal accidents and other mayhem she covers. “It’s all too much for little ears. It’s even hard for…
Tribune promotes Luft to D.C. bureau chief, ends... →
Politico.com A Tribune memo says: “As consumers find more and more places from which to get their national news, the need for the company to maintain its own dedicated broadcasting presence in…
ASNE cancels 2009 convention "because of the... →
From: ASNE Sent: Friday, February 27, 2009 12:03 PM Subject: ASNE CONVENTION CANCELED VIA E-MAIL AND U.S. MAIL Dear XXXX: ASNE’s leadership has decided to cancel our 2009 convention because of…
"There's little evidence that Florida's papers are... →
Florida Trend
That’s what Cynthia Barnett writes in her Florida Trend cover story. Paul Tash, editor of Poynter’s St. Petersburg Times, tells her: “Despite the carnage in…
"When [Google's CEO] says he worries about the... →
New York Times That’s how Philadelphia Media Holdings CEO Brian Tierney reacts to Google’s decision to put ads on Google News pages. Alisa Bowen, a Reuters senior vice president, adds: “We are…
Watching Match Game ‘76. I’m still fascinated that this show was allowed to air during the day.
Report: Hearst to introduce an electronic reader... →
Fortune Hearst hopes its reader can do for periodicals what Amazon’s Kindle is doing for books. “We are keenly interested in this, and expect these devices will be a big part of our future,” says …
About 150 gather for "Seattle As a No-Newspaper... →
Seattle Post-Intelligencer || No News Is Bad News | UStream.tv Read the tweets from nnbn or watch the event.
Rocky staffers' thoughts on their paper's closing →
Columbia Journalism Review CJR is soliciting them. Sports columnist Dave Krieger writes: “The corporate suits come in and cry their crocodile tears, then whiz on home to continue collecting their…
Newsday execs mum on plan to charge for web... →
Newsday Cablevision and Newsday executives and editors declined to discuss their plan to charge for web content, but publisher Timothy Knight said in a statement: “We are in the process of…
"The Rocky kept swinging until the very end" →
Rocky Mountain News Since 2000, only six papers won more Pulitzers, writes Kevin Vaughan. And this week, the paper’s sports section was named one of the 10 best in the country. “In my opinion, we…
Temple: Why Colorado loses the Rocky, not the Post →
Rocky Mountain News
Contrary to a lot of what’s been written, the Rocky isn’t struggling financially any more than the Denver Post, says Rocky editor John Temple. “But its…
Saddened to hear about the death of Johnny “Red” Kerr. His voice always will be synonymous w/Bulls broadcasts.
QRCodes that do moar →
As regular readers know, we’re pretty into QRCodes on Grinding. From dating sites, to carpets to graffiti pirate radio stations to.. just about everything. I thought by now we’d have documented…
There’s something unsettling being on Twitter as Colbert talks about Congress members Twittering during Obama’s speech last nite.
Newsday owner: "We plan to end the distribution of... →
Reuters A Newsday rep wasn’t immediately available to elaborate on the paper’s web plans. Cablevision chief operating officer Tom Rutledge made no-more-free-content remark during a call with…
Weta Workshop makes functional Mermaid Tail →
From The Dominion Post:
Nadya Vessey lost her legs as a child but now she swims like a mermaid.
Ms Vessey’s mermaid tail was created by Wellington-based film industry wizards Weta…
Fortune apologizes for plagiarizing NYT mag story →
New York Observer Fortune says Barney Gimbel’s “Russia’s King of Crude” story in the Feb. 2 issue includes several passages lifted from a 2004 New York Times article by Peter Maass. Gimbel has…
Denver Post names the Rocky journalists it's hired →
Romenesko Memos “Obviously, we have only a short window to win over the Rocky readers,” Denver Post editor Greg Moore tells his staff. “These moves will help. These hires represent less than 5% of…
Pentagon OKs media photos of war dead →
Associated Press The Penagon has decided to allow photos of flag-draped caskets at Dover Air Force Base, Del., if the families of the fallen troops agree.
Rocky Mountain News to publish its final edition... →
Rocky Mountain News “Today the Rocky Mountain News, long the leading voice in Denver, becomes a victim of changing times in our industry and huge economic challenges,” Scripps CEO Rich Boehne said…
Check out Strupp's list of Pulitzer Prizes... →
Editor & Publisher The preliminary awards competitions settled already this year didn’t provide many consensus picks, says Joe Strupp.
Google adds ads to Google News searches →
All Things D
John Paczkowski wonders how the newspaper industry will react. John Battelle predicts Google’s move “will kick up some dust.”
Galls me when a critic is careless w/facts. Undermines the entire piece. No excuse for getting an actress wrong. http://bit.ly/11PYx3
Boston Globe forms "New Revenue Team" →
Boston Phoenix The 13-member team’s job, says publisher Steve Ainsley, “is to develop revenue-generating ideas into marketable products and services that will have a significant return.”
Why SPJ never criticized NY Post's chimp cartoon →
Editor & Publisher The Society of Professional Journalists’ diversity committee wrote a lengthy statement criticizing the New York Post’s cartoon, but SPJ president David Aeikens sent it back and…
Additional items for February 26, 2009 →
> “Bull Durham” fans will know line in MH debut column > Wyman blasts Rolling Stone for “lazy, cheap journalism” > It’s doubtful Singleton would or could pick up SF Chron > Detroit News’…
"It's easy to imagine an online-only... →
The Stranger “Officially, both inside and outside the P-I headquarters, all plans for the online-only P-I are discussed in purely hypothetical terms — if at all,” writes Eli Sanders. “But it’s…
Liz Smith: New York Post isn't a New York... →
The Daily Beast
“It doesnt love New York, it hasn’t adjusted to New York,” says Liz Smith. “It’s like aliens came down. It’s a fun newspaper at times. I always liked its…
Callaway: Newspaper industry's old names will be... →
MarketWatch While it sometimes feels like we’re all in Detroit in the news industry these days, the darkness sweeping over legendary news organizations masks a new era of innovation that will bring…
"Read for free, pay for print or stuff" model... →
PBS MediaShift The New Yorker has successfully employed the model, says Michael Josefowicz.
Gannett slashes dividend by 90%, to 4 cents per... →
Associated Press It had been 40 cents. Gannett will save about $325 million annually with the dividend cut — the first in the company’s history.
Report: Little interest in Boston Globe's buyout... →
Boston Phoenix The deadline is March 20. “I think there’s a widespread assumption that the number of people who take the buyout will be considerably less than 50, and that we will have some number…
"One of the great American pursuits has been to... →
San Francisco Chronicle It’s a healthy and cathartic exercise, says Debra Saunders, who admits doing it in her SF Chronicle column on occasion. But she notes that “when a newspaper dies, you don’t…
Mild fever broke, and I think I can finally get to sleep. Ugh. This is a lot of punishment for eating spicy food as a way to be courteous.
Sekai Camera Demo Video →
This is a neat video from Tonchidot demoing their Augmented Reality tech:
Why can’t I have this now?
Given the video was uploaded on August, 08 why haven’t we heard more…
Warning →
Link via imgfave.com.
The Penetrated →
From Santiago Sierra, an art exhibit about October 12th, which is the National Day of Spain. Previously known as the Día de la Raza (Day of the Race), it celebrates the arrival of Columbus to the…
Tribune scraps plan to put Tribune Tower, LAT... →
Crain’s Chicago Business Tribune hired brokers last summer to sell the landmark downtown Chicago tower as well as the Los Angeles Times’ headquarters complex, but the moribund real estate…
Singleton's watching SF Chron drama "with... →
Editor & Publisher MediaNews CEO Dean Singleton is mum on whether he’s interested in acquiring the San Francisco Chronicle, and will only say: “We’ll just watch it play out. I am not going to…
Philly cops rethink libel suit against Daily News... →
Philadelphia Inquirer A Philadelphia police union lawyer said he was preparing a libel suit against the Daily News for its “Tainted Justice” series, but Sunday’s bankruptcy filing by the…
Ex-editor: The pay/no-pay issue already has been... →
Still a Newspaperman “Readers will not pay for online news content provided by traditional mass-market news organizations,” writes former Spokesman-Review editor Steve Smith. “For traditional…
Proposed: A merger of MediaNews papers and SF... →
Nieman Journalism Lab Martin Langeveld suggests the two news orgs focus on the Sunday edition. “The Weekend Chronicle (or pick a neutral title, like Bay Observer), would be bigger, better, more…
