Was looking for Jacob's parents but found this juicy gossip instead. Familial relations were as messy in the 1800s as they are today, but Jacob had to use the #newspaper to put Abigail on blast rather than social media. #genealogy#familyhistory
Newspaper companies: "Newspapers are dead. No one subscribes any more."
Also newspaper companies: "We'll save money by laying off our own journalists and instead use copy editors and AI to just reprint the same content from AP and Reuters that everyone else is also publishing but add a paywall to it on our website."
While clearing up my late mother’s house, I came across some historically significant newspapers that she had stored in a cedar chest more than fifty years ago. Rather than leaving them sitting in a drawer at my place, I’m trying to think how they might be put to good use in some kind of educational program, or displayed where people could see them. The Toronto Archives were not interested, and the museum library has not yet responded to my query. Ideas are welcome!
"Following the consolidation, Gannett continued slashing staff and resources at its 218 daily newspapers; many have been reduced to so-called “ghost newsrooms” that operate with just a few staffers.
“You have to look at Gannett and the other big newspaper chains not as media companies but as financial firms,” said New York University journalism professor Jay Rosen. "
@glennf
This reminds me of the time my dad took me to downtown Parker, South Dakota to watch the #linotype operator setting type for the New Era #newspaper, circa 1970. It was mesmerizing!
Here's a tip. If you work for a newspaper that lost $100 million in 2023 and had to offer 240 buyouts, don't ignore a freelancer's polite email or hand him a lie like, "I'll certainly keep you in mind," or he'll cancel his subscription. You need him far more than he needs you. #Journalism#Newspaper#Journalists#Democracy
The St. Croix Avis, a newspaper with a storied 180-year history serving the people of St. Croix, has announced it will soon cease operations. The news marks the end of a significant chapter in the territory's media landscape.
“The Worst That It’s Ever Been”: Inside #Sports#Illustrated’s Winter of Discontent
Staffers are eyeing the exits after a year that began with #layoffs and is closing with an AI scandal and the #firing of top executives. Can the iconic magazine regain its footing?
S.L. Price was a #newspaper guy, making his bones as a young #reporter at the Sacramento Bee and Miami Herald in the ’80s and ’90s. He covered sports, but those #publications also allowed him to dip...
My siblings and I all had free access to instruments and instruction here in #SouthFlorida back in the 70's, and that seemed to be a nationwide standard in most places.
I hate conservatism, neoliberalism and their selfishness and greed.
Virgin Islands: Historic St. Croix Avis Newspaper to Cease Publication After 180 Years (viconsortium.com)
The St. Croix Avis, a newspaper with a storied 180-year history serving the people of St. Croix, has announced it will soon cease operations. The news marks the end of a significant chapter in the territory's media landscape.