- 'Evening Standard' Furloughs Staff And Imposes 20% Pay Cut
Around the Net In MAD London, Sean Hargrave - Thursday, April 2, 2020
The "Evening Standard" has furloughed a number of staff and imposed a 20% pay cut on staff earning over GBP40,000 per year, "The Guardian" reports. The paper, handed out to ...
- Archant To Ask For Donations To Keep Local Papers Running
Around the Net In MAD London, Sean Hargrave - Tuesday, March 31, 2020
Local newspaper group Archant is poised to ask online readers to pay for access through a donation scheme similar to the way "The Guardian" operates, according to "Press Gazette." ...
- Hyper-Local News Sites Fear For Their Future
Around the Net In MAD London, Sean Hargrave - Monday, March 30, 2020
Three in four hyper-local, independent news sites fear they are at risk of having to close down over COVID-19, "Press Gazette" reports. ...
- Towns Are Losing Their Last Local Papers As COVID-19 Halts Printing
Around the Net In MAD London, Sean Hargrave - Friday, March 27, 2020
"The Guardian" is warning many towns are losing their last local newspaper to COVID-19 as publishers close down newsrooms and cease printing. Although there are still stories to be read ...
- Facebook Journalism Project Gives Grants To 50 Local Newsrooms, Supports COVID-19 Coverage
Publishers Daily, Melynda Fuller - Thursday, March 26, 2020
The FJP is awarding $5,000 grants to 50 local newsrooms across the U.S. and Canada. The $1 million grant supports plans to translate fact checks into different languages, create multimedia ...
- Flipboard Expands Local Coverage, COVID-19 Vertical
Publishers Daily, Sara Guaglione - Thursday, March 26, 2020
It's adding more coverage to 12 new metro areas, as well as building out its reporting with new media partners. ...
- Newsquest Puts Staff On Furlough, Asks For Salary Reductions
Around the Net In MAD London, Sean Hargrave - Wednesday, March 25, 2020
Local newspaper group, Newsquest, is placing a significant number of staff on furlough and those that remain in their roles will have to take a pay cut, "Press Gazette" repo ...
- Gannett, McClatchy Drop Paywalls On COVID-19 Content
Publishers Daily, Sara Guaglione - Monday, March 23, 2020
McClatchy newsrooms have produced more than 2,500 coronavirus-related articles. Also, Gannett launched Support Local, a platform created to help small businesses facing significant economic
challenges. ...
- Local Publishers Face Existential Threat Until COVID-19 Recovery
Publishing Insider, Rob Williams - Monday, March 23, 2020
For many local publishers, the current health crisis is far worse than the recessions that followed the dot-com crash in 2000 and the collapsing subprime mortgage bubble in 2008. ...
- Google News Initiative Launches Project Oasis, Supports Local News Entrepreneurs
Publishers Daily, Melynda Fuller - Wednesday, March 18, 2020
The project's goal is to help local news organizations navigate the choices they face in growing their digital business. ...
- What Happens To Free Papers When Commuters Stay At Home?
Around the Net In MAD London, Sean Hargrave - Wednesday, March 18, 2020
"Press Gazette" is wondering aloud what happens now to the free London papers -- "The Evening Standard", "Metro" and "City A.M." -- now that there are no longer so many ...
- 'USA Today' Launches 'Nation's Health,' Includes Reporting From All 50 States
Publishers Daily, Melynda Fuller - Monday, March 16, 2020
A special section, focused on COVID-19 news, is set to appear in print and on digital platforms for at least the next two weeks. ...
- Can Local Newspapers Survive Behind A Paywall?
London Blog, Sean Hargrave - Friday, March 13, 2020
The first trial ended with the paywall coming down, and now a second title is hoping to charge for online access. ...
- Local Political Advertising Estimate Raised 8% To $7.1 Billion
Television News Daily, Wayne Friedman - Wednesday, March 4, 2020
Local political advertising is poised to pull in higher record levels than previously estimated -- up 8% to $7.1 billion in 2020, according to a new projection from BIA Advisory ...
- 'GeekWire' Chairman Buys 'Seattle' Magazine, Returns It To Local Ownership
Publishers Daily, Sara Guaglione - Tuesday, March 3, 2020
Jonathan Sposato is buying monthly 'Seattle' magazine from Minneapolis-based Tiger Oak Media, returning the magazine to local ownership after nearly 30 years. ...
- Why The Success Of 'The New York Times' Is Good News For Journalism
Publishing Insider, Rob Williams - Wednesday, March 4, 2020
'The New York Times' it's helping to train a generation of readers to pay for their news instead of enjoying the internet free-for-all of the past 25 years. ...
- 'Patch' Points Way To Profit From Local News
Publishing Insider, Rob Williams - Tuesday, March 3, 2020
Patch has developed a template that helps to identify markets ripe for a local site. It has been profitable for the past four years. ...
- Jail Sentence Welcomed For Showing Journalists Are Not 'Fair Game'
Around the Net In MAD London, Sean Hargrave - Monday, March 2, 2020
A reporter has welcomed a jail sentence for a social media user who said she "needed raping," "Press Gazette" reports. The journalist believes the five-month sentence shows that newspaper staff ...
- 'The New York Times' To Cover 3 More Local Beats
Publishers Daily, Sara Guaglione - Thursday, February 13, 2020
'The New York Times' will add three new beats to its local news coverage, dedicated to covering the suburbs, rural communities and religion. ...
- Reach Finishes Local Paper Paywall Experiment
Around the Net In MAD London, Sean Hargrave - Wednesday, February 5, 2020
"Press Gazette" reveals that Reach has ended a paywall experiment on one of its local newspapers and has now made all content on the site free again, despite claiming that ...
- SEO Professionals Must Think Like A Local Business Or Risk Failure
Search Marketing Daily, Laurie Sullivan - Tuesday, February 4, 2020
Local SEO agencies need to start thinking of their services as a business, according to analysis from a company focused on building a bridge from online to offline. ...
- Scripps, Fox, Graham Join TIP Automated Ad-Buying Initiative
Digital News Daily, Karlene Lukovitz - Friday, January 31, 2020
The TV Interface Practices Initiative, formed to enable automation of local broadcast TV ad transactions, has already helped several system providers deploy interfaces that streamline the buy/sell process, the group ...
- Did The Nationals Just Pull Out Of An Ad Revenue Nosedive?
London Blog, Sean Hargrave - Wednesday, January 29, 2020
The latest AA/Warc figures show national newspapers have stabilised revenue, while magazines plummet further. ...
- Flipboard Creates Local Hub For 23 Cities
Publishers Daily, Sara Guaglione - Tuesday, January 28, 2020
Flipboard is offering readers a way to follow regional news on the platform and supporting local publishers looking to grow their audiences. ...
- Report For America To Hire 250 Reporters By June
Publishers Daily, Sara Guaglione - Monday, January 20, 2020
The 2020 class will be placed at 164 host news organizations to serve local communities across 46 states. ...
- Google Acquires Pointy To Increase Visibility Of Local Retail Inventory In Search
Search Marketing Daily, Laurie Sullivan - Tuesday, January 14, 2020
Pointy gives small retailers the ability for consumers to search online and find their merchandise locally without having to invest in an expensive ecommerce system. ...
- Local Search Association Rebrands As Localogy, Helping Businesses Modernize Through Data, Technology
Search Marketing Daily, Laurie Sullivan - Thursday, January 9, 2020
As media companies turn into tech companies, the focus is on business models as well as services. As companies change their services, their business and revenue models also change. ...
- NewsMatch's Jason Alcorn: It's Vital To Support Local Journalism
Publishers Daily, Melynda Fuller - Monday, December 23, 2019
Local news is akin to other kinds of civic institutions that communities need. When a local newspaper closes -- or it's cut down to the marrow -- that has consequen ...
- Sky Is Pressing Ofcom For Local News Station
Around the Net In MAD London, Sean Hargrave - Wednesday, December 18, 2019
"The Telegraph" is reporting that "Sky News" is pressing Ofcom to be allowed to open up a Sky News Local service that would bring viewers reports from the regions. ...
- Core Local TV Advertising Could Sink Over 3% In 2020
Television News Daily, Wayne Friedman - Friday, December 13, 2019
Core advertising revenues, which excludes political advertising, have seen "demand under pressure as audiences shift their media consumption to over-the-top (OTT) streaming video services and advertisers and agencies reallocate their ...
