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Articles tagged McClatchy (112)

Dan GillmorMarch 15, 2019

Can our corrections catch up to our mistakes as they spread across social media?

Even the best reporters eventually get something wrong. This experiment tried to use the tools we use to spread our stories to spread our mea culpas.

Ken DoctorFebruary 11, 2019

Newsonomics: In the Consolidation Games, enter the bankers

Alden’s offer to buy Gannett looks less and less credible. But can Tribune and Gannett suss out the merger that might be necessary to stop it?

Ken DoctorFebruary 1, 2019

Newsonomics: Amid screaming alarms, consolidation mania turns feverish

In an industry where expense reduction is the prime strategy, much more consolidation is likely on the way. Little regulation prevents it, and the financials all favor it.

Ken DoctorJanuary 18, 2019

Newsonomics: Tribune’s Thursday night surprise rescrambles the consolidation puzzle

Could the moves presage the major rollup that’s been increasingly talked about in America’s now-in-play, ever-struggling daily newspaper industry?

Ken DoctorNovember 6, 2018

Newsonomics: Newspapers are shells of their former selves. So who’s going to build what comes next in local?

There seems to be some momentum among those with deep pockets to address the local news crisis. But if that money appears, where should it be directed?

Ken DoctorSeptember 17, 2018

Newsonomics: Could a McClatchy-Tronc merger help local newspapers transition to digital?

One’s a family-controlled, century-plus-old newspaper chain, known for believing in its civic mission but not for its digital strategy. The other is, well, Tronc. With an assist from L.A.’s richest man, could this be a path forward?

Ken DoctorAugust 30, 2018

Newsonomics: The tariffs are gone, but the burden of print weighs heavier and heavier

The newspaper tariffs are dead. How big a difference will that make to those whose businesses still depends on dead trees?

Heather BryantJuly 19, 2018

The universe of people trying to deceive journalists keeps expanding, and newsrooms aren’t ready

“It’s going to be a while before we really have an understanding of how we work to combat it beyond the traditional methods that we have used for a few years now.”

Shan WangJuly 3, 2018

Thanks to California, a news site (or other business) now has to let you cancel your subscription online

Power to the people (who hate talking on phones).

Marlee BaldridgeJune 25, 2018

With new beats and sprints, The Sacramento Bee aims to hit 60,000 digital subs

“We’re looking hard at what types of stories drive digital-only subscriptions. We know the last story someone read before they hit the meter, we know what the first story is that they visited after they hit the meter, and so what do we do with that information?”

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