It’s never a good day when I have to update the newspaper layoff blog; it’s even worse when friends are affected. On Thursday, the St. Louis Post-Dispatch, my employer, laid off 39 people, 14 of them from the newsroom: Amy Verkamp-McArthy, copy editor Ted Rodgers, copy editor Sharon Fuller, copy editor Mike Florio, copy editor [...]

Twitter deleted spam accounts on Dec. 19, and several accounts saw a decrease in followers. Greatest increase in followers Los Angeles Times @appiphilia 395.45% St. Louis Post-Dispatch @metrophotoed 300.00% South Florida Sun-Sentinel @sunsentinelnews 285.25% The Charlotte Observer @crystaldempsey 270.59% The Boston Globe @bostoncalendar 266.67% Austin American-Statesman @jkelso 260.24% Orange County Register @ocreggie 246.32% Detroit Free [...]