by Erik Sass on Jan 15, 1:11 PM
According to court filings from a legal battle over the estate of former newspaper publisher Richard Mellon Scaife, who owned the 'Pittsburgh Tribune-Review' and several other local newspapers in Pennsylvania, the businesses managed to suck up a family fortune of $450 million over the course of decades.
by Erik Sass on Jan 14, 12:34 PM
ProQuest has unveiled its Women's Magazine Archive, giving researchers online access to digital versions of major women's magazines spanning the 19th, 20th, and 21st centuries.
by Erik Sass on Jan 13, 12:43 PM
Donald Trump got the 'New Hampshire Union Leader,' which previously published a scathing editorial attacking him, removed from the group of sponsors for the upcoming GOP debate.
by Erik Sass on Jan 12, 1:39 PM
Jack Kliger, the former CEO of Hachette Filipacchi, has big ambitions for a small publication he bought in 2014, 'British Heritage.' He is renaming and relaunching the 35-year-old publication as 'British Heritage Travel.'
by Erik Sass on Jan 11, 1:32 PM
Critics are bashing 'Rolling Stone' and the actor-turned-journalist Sean Penn for actions they say might appear to laud, condone and encourage Guzman's criminal career. The problem with the interview is that it is a completely unreadable mass of awfulness.
by Erik Sass on Jan 8, 2:09 PM
The editorial convulsions at Maxim magazine have taken a new and unexpected direction this week, as owner and publisher Sardar Biglari, who also owns the Steak 'n' Shake restaurant chain, assumes the role of editor-in-chief.
by Erik Sass on Jan 7, 12:29 PM
While it's easy for marketers to get wrapped up in the fast-changing world of digital media, a lot of consumers still rely on traditional media, including print.
by Erik Sass on Jan 6, 3:06 PM
After previously raising its newsstand price by half a dollar to $1.25 in June 2014, the New York Daily News is reversing course and lowering the price back to $1 in all five boroughs of New York City, effective January 11.
by Erik Sass on Jan 5, 1:01 PM
The bizarre, messy and fairly alarming situation at the Las Vegas Review-Journal hasn't started to make much more sense as the year begins. Quite the opposite.
by Erik Sass on Jan 4, 1:48 PM
Reporters for The Boston Globe worked around the clock - literally - to bring their readers the news this weekend, as hundreds of Globe employees rushed to fill in when the newspaper's delivery service fell short.
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