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Ken DoctorMay 7, 2018

Newsonomics: “Everything I believe about the news business is being violated” at The Denver Post

Former Denver Post owner Dean Singleton is upset that the paper he built “has been totally gutted of news coverage…It is breaking my heart.” Meanwhile, the current owners plan still another round of cuts — and consider killing editorial pages entirely.

Ken DoctorMay 1, 2018

Newsonomics: Alden Global Capital is making so much money wrecking local journalism it might not want to stop anytime soon

Digital First Media’s financials — revealed here — show how the company has ridden its deep cuts to nearly $160 million in profits and the highest margins in the business.

Ken DoctorApril 9, 2018

Newsonomics: The Denver Post’s protest should launch a new era of “calling B.S.”

This is a golden age of American protest. It’s time to stand up and fight the vulture owners hollowing out local news.

Ken DoctorMarch 22, 2018

Newsonomics: Is Tronc about to go on the market?

Even without the L.A. Times, it still controls a lot of important newspapers. Will it sell them to Gannett, Murdoch, local individuals in each city — or to yet another private equity firm looking to strip papers for parts?

Ken DoctorMarch 9, 2018

Newsonomics: Is Tronc due for a crash? And a few other questions about this busy week in the news business

Plus: Digital First’s owner gets sued for alleged bad behavior, The Athletic looks to get huge, and Advance newspapers start poking at paywalls.

Ken DoctorDecember 15, 2017

Newsonomics: 15 terms that summed up 2017 in news and news coverage

From “meltdown” to “roll-up” to (of course) “fake.”

Ken DoctorAugust 4, 2017

Newsonomics: Nine midsummer lessons from a unique moment in press, and American, history

A step back to look at the news lessons of this summer.

Ken DoctorJuly 16, 2015

Newsonomics: When news companies are no longer built to last

Newspapers were, for decades, a prime example of a community institution, meant to last through the centuries. A new generation of owners is thinking of them more as something to milk for profit on their way down.

Ken DoctorJuly 9, 2015

Newsonomics: Do newspaper companies have a strategy beyond milking papers for profit?

At Digital First Media, America’s second-largest newspaper chain, it’s hard to discern a larger plan — beyond painful cutbacks to boost profits.

Ken DoctorJanuary 15, 2015

Newsonomics: Digital First Media’s upcoming sale is producing some surprises

Bidders are preparing their final bids for a hodgepodge collection of small and large newspapers from coast to coast. Will another company — or private equity — swoop them all up as one?

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