We Were Print

Warning: graphic images ahead

Unfortunate ad placement is a fact of life. I’m sure the page designer would like to claw back this one showing a person with a computer strapped to his back, falling though the air like a parachute jumper. The ad happened to run on Sept. 17, 2001, next to a story about [...]

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Or, maybe the demise of Editor & Publisher wasn’t unexpected. Subscriptions to the publication weren’t cheap and I’m sure that it was an easy expense for papers and other subscribers to cut. Newspapers that aren’t hiring don’t need to run want ads, either.
Shawn Moynihan, who wrote the magazine’s obituary, said “the expressions of surprise and [...]

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At The Dallas Morning News, and other Belo properties, a New “Bold Strategy”
Section Editors Reporting to Sales Managers
 After the jump, you will find a memo Dallas Morning News editor Bob Mong and senior vice president of sales Cyndy Carr sent to everyone at A.H. Belo Corp. Wednesday, Dec. 2, outlining what they call a “business/news integration.”
Which means? [...]

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43 Daytona Beach News-Journal employees lose their jobs as newspaper continues looking for a buyer
The story posted today by Henry Frederick, on NSBnews.net – an online community newspaper in New Smyrna Beach:
By Henry Frederick
DAYTONA BEACH — Forty-three employees of the Daytona Beach News-Journal lost their jobs earlier today, according to several sources.
Of the 43 cuts, 16 were in [...]

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Doug Franklin, briefly publisher at The Palm Beach Post and now executive vice-president of Cox Newspapers, spoke at the recent meeting of the Florida Press Association/Florida Society of News Editors members in Palm Beach.
Talking to the assembled group of publishers and editors at The Breakers, Franklin addressed the tough challenges facing the industry. He reportedly gave a roster of [...]

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