- McClatchy Sets Up Opinion Advisory Boards To Drive Commentary On Local Topics
Publishers Daily, Ray Schultz - Wednesday, March 17, 2021
Peter St. Onge takes over as McClatchy opinion editor from Colleen McCain Nelson, new editor of 'The Sacramento Bee.' ...
- Judge Tosses Trump Campaign Suit Against 'NYT'
Publishers Daily, Ray Schultz - Wednesday, March 10, 2021
Court notes that opinion pieces are protected. But it denies a 'Times' request for sanctions. ...
- 'Philadelphia Inquirer' Kills Comments On Site, Since 'Hijacked By Trolls'
Publishers Daily, Ray Schultz - Tuesday, February 2, 2021
Readers can no longer comment on news stories, but can comment on sports and live events. ...
- 'Rolling Stone' Launches Blogger Network For Paying 'Thought Leaders'
Publishers Daily, Rob Williams - Tuesday, January 26, 2021
The magazine solicited potential contributors to its new "Culture Council" in an emailed invitation. The fee is $2,000 a year - and they must make $50K in yearly speaking f ...
- James Bennet Resurfaces At 'Politico' Months After 'NYT' Departure
Publishing Insider, Rob Williams - Monday, January 11, 2021
His return in 'Politico' last week came amid debates over how to respond to another violent flare-up: the Capitol Hill riot. ...
- 'Wall Street Journal' Reporting Doesn't Refute Op-Ed Page
Publishing Insider, Rob Williams - Tuesday, October 27, 2020
The supposed conflict between the newsroom and the op-ed page followed a prior flare-up in June, about factual inaccuracies on the op-ed page. ...
- Thoughts From A Laid Off CBS News Employee: Media Conglomerates Are Killing Journalism
Publishers Daily, Anna Phillips - Tuesday, September 22, 2020
Real news cannot be produced when journalists are at the whims of soulless corporations. ...
- How News Websites Can Reverse Slump In Reader Satisfaction
Publishing Insider, Rob Williams - Friday, August 7, 2020
The dissatisfaction with online news is widespread, regardless of the political leanings of audiences. ...
- What The Open Web Can Learn From Calls To Nationalize Global Supply Chains
Publishers Daily, Matthew Papa - Tuesday, August 4, 2020
2020 was expected to be a defining year for many publishers in terms of growth and profitability. Unfortunately, the COVID-19 pandemic has quickly reversed fortunes for many of these publish ...
- 'Wall Street Journal' Staff Calls For More Separation, Scrutiny Of Opinion Section
Publishers Daily, Sara Guaglione - Wednesday, July 22, 2020
Nearly 300 journalists want greater separation between the newspaper's news and opinion content online. ...
- 'The New York Times' Is Doomed To Repeat Past Mistakes
Publishing Insider, Rob Williams - Thursday, July 16, 2020
There is evidence the newspaper is increasingly intolerant of diverse opinion. ...
- Facebook's News Feed Change Won't Quell Critics
Publishing Insider, Rob Williams - Wednesday, July 1, 2020
Most legitimate publishers already follow practices to make their reporting methods more transparent. Facebook's changes aren't likely to affect them. ...
- 'WaPo' Blackface Story Takes Cancel Culture To New Extreme
Publishing Insider, Rob Williams - Friday, June 19, 2020
The Washington Post this week published a story that served no purpose - except to help two nobodies destroy the life of another nobody. ...
- Why Aren't Magazines Leveraging Retailers' Ecommerce Platforms?
Publishers Daily, Jerry Lynch - Tuesday, June 16, 2020
Print magazines should be marketed, sold and delivered to homes or picked up at stores - via retailers' now-common "click-and-collect" programs. ...
- 'Wall Street Journal' Shifts Gerard Baker To 'Opinion' Page, WNYC Names New EIC
Publishers Daily, Sara Guaglione - Thursday, June 11, 2020
A letter claims Baker violated rules governing the news department. He was previously editor-in-chief of the 'Journal,' before he stepped down in 2018. ...
- Imbroglio Over Tom Cotton's Op-Ed For 'NYT' Should Spur Healthy Debate
Publishing Insider, Rob Williams - Monday, June 8, 2020
'NYT' caved to critics of an opinion column and pledged to cut the number of op-eds that appear in its pages in the future. ...
- OTT-CTV Could Be A Potent Ad Force In 2020 Election
Television News Daily, Frost Prioleau - Monday, April 27, 2020
Due to the social distancing and stay-at-home policies, streaming TV usage is accelerating. That trend could have a strong impact on political advertising. ...
- Redefining What Matters In Streaming TV Advertising
Television News Daily, Tom Cox - Thursday, April 9, 2020
In challenging times, brands have the opportunity and responsibility to inform, offer reassurance and help consumers find comfort. ...
- Established Ad Principles Are Critical In Covid-19 Recovery
MediaDailyNews, Tony Jarvis - Friday, March 27, 2020
Forecasting markets and categories from any perspective is always difficult, but it has never been as complex as in today's volatile fluid situation. ...
- 'Philadelphia Inquirer' Redesigns Print Edition To Highlight Op-Eds
Publishing Insider, Rob Williams - Thursday, March 12, 2020
We live in the Age of Misinformation, propagated by social media and search engines. People don't know what to believe anymore. ...
- Gannett Faces A Daunting Challenge In Paying Off Debt, Growing Circ
Publishing Insider, Rob Williams - Monday, November 18, 2019
The combined company will owe $1.8 billion to private-equity firm Apollo Global Management, a tall order for a business with about $4.2 billion in annual revenue. ...
- What's Up, Doc: The 'Bugs' Excuse
MediaDailyNews, George Simpson - Friday, October 25, 2019
When I was growing up, "Bugs" was a happy-go-lucky cartoon rabbit who greeted others with a friendly, "What's up, doc?" Now it's the evergreen excuse for all things wrong wi ...
- White House's Cancellation of 'NYT,' 'WaPo' Is Futile
Publishing Insider, Rob Williams - Thursday, October 24, 2019
Did Trump really expect to be embraced by the mainstream news media and the Washington establishment after running as an outsider who promised to end the "American carnage"? ...
- Radical Moves At 'Sports Illustrated' Eviscerate A Legendary Magazine
Publishing Insider, Rob Williams - Monday, October 7, 2019
'Sports Illustrated' technically isn't dead, but the reported plan by its new owners is akin to killing the title with editorial embalming fluid. ...
- What Will Fox News Channel Look Like Post-Trump?
TV Watch, Wayne Friedman - Tuesday, October 1, 2019
Some believe Fox will just continue to sing the praises of all things Republican, giving hope to the faithful. ...
- McClatchy To Drive Subscriptions Through New Nationwide Opinion Initiative
Publishers Daily, Melynda Fuller - Monday, September 16, 2019
McClatchy is focusing its attention on the power of its opinion journalism to drive subscriptions and engagement across its portfolio of 30 media companies. ...
- Richard Whitman Has Left The Building
Mediapsssst, The Editor - Friday, September 13, 2019
He is out for a little R&R but will be back soon. ...
- Vox Media Renames, Revamps Coral Comment Moderation Platform
Publishers Daily, Sara Guaglione - Tuesday, September 10, 2019
Vox Media has renamed The Coral Project "Coral by Vox Media." Its popular commenting platform Talk is now "Coral." ...
- What The President Can Teach Us About The Power Of Words
MediaDailyNews, Tricia Brouk - Tuesday, August 13, 2019
Words have an amazing power to create hope; words can also destroy. Coming from a president, words can start wars, ignite financial panics and carry a nation through a troubl ...
- Emerging Regs for Cannabis Ads Include Prior Approval
MediaDailyNews, Nick Levi - Friday, August 2, 2019
As states legalize cannabis for medical and recreational use, some states require pre-approval by the government for pot advertising. This prior approval of ads' tactic is isolated, legally dubious, a ...