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Articles tagged NEWM (4)

Ken DoctorJuly 18, 2019

Newsonomics: It’s looking like Gannett will be acquired by GateHouse — creating a newspaper megachain like the U.S. has never seen

A combined GannHouse (Gatenett?) would own 1 out of every 6 daily newspapers in America. The goal? Buy two or three more years to figure out how to make money in digital.

Ken DoctorMay 16, 2019

Newsonomics: Gannett turns back Alden, but it’s just a hiccup before the big rollup in the sky

This hostile takeover didn’t work out. But the thinking of industry executives remains dominated by the inevitable merging of America’s big newspaper chains.

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?

Ken DoctorJune 20, 2018

Newsonomics: GateHouse Media thinks services for small local businesses can help replace long-gone advertising

“We’re never going to beat Google and Facebook in advertising. Let’s focus on what we can beat them at, and that’s being local and selling business owners something that they need terribly.”