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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.

Alexandra WakeMarch 3, 2020

The Australian Associated Press, the country’s main wire service, is going out of business

It’s the latest blow to national wire services around the world — the little-noticed backbone of much of the reporting seen across media.

Ken DoctorJanuary 24, 2020

Newsonomics: Here are 20 epiphanies for the news business of the 2020s

After ten years of writing for Nieman Lab, Ken takes a big look back and ahead, defining the state of affairs for the troubled world of journalism.

Dannagal G. YoungDecember 5, 2019

Why liberal satire and conservative outrage are both responses to mainstream media — but with very different powers

“Does satire have a liberal bias? Sure. Satire has a liberal psychological bias. But the only person who can successfully harness the power of satire is the satirist. Not political strategists. Not a political party. Not a presidential candidate.”

Jeff IsraelyJanuary 31, 2019

2009: The internet is killing (print) journalism. 2019: The internet is killing (internet) journalism.

Is there really no sustainable form for digital news other than B2B vertical media?

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 DoctorNovember 16, 2017

Newsonomics: A call to arms (and wallets) in the new era of deregulation and bigger media

First Sinclair and now the Kochs are back. In an age of media free-for-all and massive deregulation, will fact-based journalism become an endangered species?

Ken DoctorSeptember 7, 2017

Newsonomics: Mort to Ferro: Take My Paper, Please! (and a few other headlines about the New York Daily News)

Is Tronc’s acquisition of the New York tab a linchpin to a national strategy, or just another declining property to add to its portfolio?

Ken DoctorMarch 31, 2017

Newsonomics: Seven strange media questions for foolish times

Seven questions in what’s already been a very strange year.

Ken DoctorDecember 19, 2016

Newsonomics: The 2016 media year by the numbers, and a look toward 2017

Fake news percentages, numbers of working journalists, declining print ad revenue: 2016 in numbers.

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