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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 DoctorApril 2, 2015

Newsonomics: A coast-to-coast newspaper shuffle is taking shape

From New York to Los Angeles, a lot of American newspapers will change hands in the next few months. Who wants to own a newspaper in 2015 — and why?

Ken DoctorNovember 6, 2014

Ken Doctor: The envelopes open on the sale of Digital First Media newspapers

Will America’s third-largest newspaper group sell as a single unit or a collection of smaller clusters? And what would lead someone to buy newspapers in 2014, anyway?

Ken DoctorSeptember 25, 2014

The newsonomics of auctioning off Digital First’s newspapers (and California schemin’)

More than 200 newspapers are up for sale — as one group, in clusters, or one by one. Where they go could have a big impact on how the industry will look in the coming years.

Ken DoctorJanuary 23, 2014

The newsonomics of the Orange County Register’s (new, newer, newest) plan

Aaron Kushner has been a brash newspaper industry contrarian, investing in content. But over 70 layoffs last week has some wondering whether his frequent waves of change are threatening his credibility.

Understanding the billionaire media gambles

“No grand strategy, no new business models for news will emerge from Omaha. Ultimately, these papers will be closed or sold.” Martin Langeveld

The coming death of seven-day publication

“Ultimately, consolidation is just a mop-up strategy — one that simply squeezes out the final remaining profits before the lights are turned out.” Martin Langeveld

Martin Langeveld: Journal Register’s bankruptcy is strategic, all right — but for whom?

Instead of a wave of consolidation, the former newspaper publisher argues, JRC’s bankruptcy could be a way for the newspaper industry’s biggest outside investor to continue to exit it. Martin Langeveld

The newsonomics of the death and life of California news

In the Bay Area, in Los Angeles, in San Diego — the traditional boundaries of California journalism are shifting fast. Ken Doctor

A call for consolidation: Dean Singleton on John Paton, collective action, and the next waves of newspaper cutbacks

“I don’t think there’s any newspaper company in America that won’t have fewer people a year from now than they have today, and fewer still in two to three years.” Martin Langeveld

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