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If you’re happy and you know it, read the paper
There’s a reason newspapers aren’t doing so well: They’re not happy. (The people, not the newspapers, although you could argue both.) A 30-year University of Maryland study finds that unhappy people watch more TV and read fewer newspapers. To get more people to read they paper, more people must be happy! (Is this why so [...]
Newspapers that Twitter: July numbers
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Newspapers that Twitter: June numbers
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The future of newspapers: Are you on a sinking ship?
When did you realize you were on a sinking ship? Looking back, I think it was around 2002. I was a news page designer at The Times of Northwest Indiana and the paper’s higher-ups announced that the folks who came by each week to water and care for the plants would not be coming back. [...]
Layoff news gets more depressing
This is the most depressing thing I have heard in some time. The San Jose Mercury News announced on Wednesday afternoon that they will be laying off nine employees. Newsroom leaders said they are looking for volunteers by 5 p.m. Thursday, and employees will be laid off on Friday. Paper Cuts was updated with news [...]