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Articles tagged Robert Thomson (7)

Joshua BentonJuly 14, 2021

I have come to bury Knewz, not to praise it

News Corp’s painfully named news aggregator promised to somehow battle “crass clickbait,” filter bubbles, media bias, and two trillion-dollar companies, all at once. It ended up being a D-minus Drudge clone and OnlyFans blog.

Laura Hazard OwenOctober 25, 2019

Facebook launches its “test” News tab in the U.S., but you may not see it yet

Facebook stressed that it during this first test it will “showcase local original reporting by surfacing local publications from the largest major metro areas across the country, beginning with New York, Los Angeles, Chicago, Dallas-Fort Worth, Philadelphia, Houston, Washington DC, Miami, Atlanta and Boston.”

Ken DoctorAugust 5, 2014

Ken Doctor: 10 takeaways from Gannett’s blockbuster announcements

It’s a fresh start for a new set of newspaper companies, built on financial engineering — but that start comes without the safety of a revenue cushion.

Ken DoctorJanuary 10, 2014

The newsonomics of momentum in the WSJ/NYT battle

Fueled by Rupert Murdoch’s ambitions and significant investments, The Wall Street Journal seemed to have all the momentum in its newspaper war against The New York Times. That’s changed. Why?

Ken DoctorJuly 18, 2013

The newsonomics of 2013’s second half, from ad depression to day dropping to real estate as destiny

What are the key storylines the American newspaper business will be following — or living through — over the rest of this year?

Ken DoctorDecember 20, 2012

The newsonomics of 2013 wizardry: Tribune, Buffett, Murdoch, Paton, Bloomberg, and more

2013 could end up making 2012 seem calm by comparison.

Ken DoctorDecember 2, 2012

The Newsonomics of Rupert Murdoch’s long game

The pieces might be aligning — a new CEO at News Corp.’s publishing spinoff, Tribune leaving bankruptcy, and a possible policy change at the FCC — for Murdoch’s influence to grow even further.