Headlines on the declining newspaper industry this week (and a few old ones from prior weeks…)
• AP is ramping up its threats to shut out Google from its content. This just assures acceleration in the decline of the dailies and the AP as a content provider on the web. Why is it so hard for [...]
The quarterly numbers for daily newspaper publishers are starting to come out, and they’re pretty ugly. The New York Times reported yesterday that earnings fell by 82% with an 11% decline in revenue. Given how bad the environment is right now for daily newspapers in general but especially given the economic environment, there shouldn’t be [...]