The Newsonomics of John Henry Buying the Boston Globe
First published at Nieman Journalism Lab It was a big auction — on paper. Literally. The storied Boston Globe, the 141-year-old Globe that has won 21 Pulitzers and dominated its region’s reporting for...
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 ArticleNine Questions: Savior Bezos, Chronicle Debacle, Patch Undone, the Long Beach...
August has been the wildest of months, with the expected Globe sale the only expectation that’s been met. After that, some form of chaos. Nine questions on what we’re seeing: Didn’t Jeff Bezos’ buy...
View ArticleThe Newsonomics of Jeff Bezos’ (and Warren Buffett’s) “Runway”
First published at Nieman Journalism Lab Let’s consider Jeff Bezos’ runway. “Runway” was one of the benefits he recently said his purchase of The Washington Post would give the institution — “runway”...
View ArticleThe Newsonomics of the New Chattanooga (Events) Choo-Choo
First published at Nieman Journalism Lab Jason Taylor is a madman, even at 8,100 feet. While many of his fellow conferencees gasped for breath in the thin Vail air, Taylor commanded the room possessed...
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The Newsonomics of Selling More Stuff
First published at Nieman Journalism Lab It’s a certified trend: Thanks to digital media, we’re consuming more stuff. This week, we saw the fairly astounding news that mobile minutes are doubling the...
View ArticleThe Newsonomics of 10 Ways We’ll Judge 2014
First published at Nieman Journalism Lab At the World Publishing Expo held in Berlin this week, two CEOs of major international news companies — Andrew Miller of The Guardian and Mathias Döpfner of...
View ArticleThe Newsonomics of Outrageous Confidence
First published at Nieman Journalism Lab Who expected a virtual coming-out party for the newspaper industry in late 2013? In the past several weeks, we’ve seen new newspaper owners proudly raising...
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The Newsonomics of the Surprisingly Persistent Appeal of Newsprint
First published at Harvard’s Nieman Journalism Lab Tonnage. The word speaks to a different age of news media when ink, bought by barrel, and newsprint, bought by the ton, ruled. Newspapers — in print —...
View ArticleThe Newsonomics of the November Shuffle, From Forbes to Freedom and Couric to...
First published at Harvard’s Nieman Journalism Lab Ah, the pre-Thanksgiving bounty. Those of us who try to chronicle the business end of the news business have seen our plates overflowing lately. Not...
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The Newsonomics of Public Radio’s All-in-One Tablet Strategy
First published at Harvard’s Nieman Journalism Lab It’s a tablet experiment in cross-pollination. How do you use the 48 square inches of an iPad to expose the depth of public radio — thousands of...
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...
View ArticleThe Newsonomics of How the News Industry Will Be Tested in 2014
First published at Harvard’s Nieman Journalism Lab Our 2014 stage is set, and oh what a marvelous assortment of characters will be walking across it. Many of these characters — the Bezoses, Henrys,...
View ArticleThe Newsonomics of the Orange County Register’s (New, Newer, Newest) Plan
Related Freedom/Orange County Register Coverage New Hollywood Sequel: Aaron Kushner’s L.A. Register The Orange County Register’s Contrarian Paywall Aaron Kushner’s Virtuous Circles The Newsonomics of...
View ArticleThe Newsonomics of Digital First Media’s Thunderdome Implosion (and Coming Sale)
Follow Newsonomics on Twitter @kdoctor First published at Harvard’s Nieman Journalism Lab Today, we’ll hear official word of the demise of Project Thunderdome, one of the news industry’s...
View ArticleThe Newsonomics of 50/50 and The Unchaining of the U.S. Press
Follow Newsonomics on Twitter @kdoctor First published at Harvard’s Nieman Journalism Lab Asked last week whether he was buying the Star Tribune for business or altruistic reasons, Glen Taylor said...
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Six Things to Consider About the New Los Angeles Register
Follow Newsonomics on Twitter @kdoctor First published at Harvard’s Nieman Journalism Lab The last time a daily paper launched in L.A. was back in the Carter administration. The Valley Green Sheet, a...
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The Newsonomics of Newspapers’ Slipping Digital Performance
Follow Newsonomics @kdoctor First published at Harvard’s Nieman Journalism Lab As we approach the middle of the 2010s, where do newspapers fit in the battle for America’s largest ad sector —...
View ArticleThe Newsonomics of the Orange County Register’s Swerving All Over the Freeway
Follow Newsonomics on Twitter @kdoctor First published at Harvard’s Nieman Journalism Lab Pity Aaron Kushner’s poor driving instructor. We can easily imagine the then-16-year-old’s driving...
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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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