A few folks made interesting comments on my last post about the potential of regional media outlets consolidating their resources. Cristy raised the idea of a Reuters-type arrangement for increasing the coverage of political news in Columbus. It’s interesting to note that there’s already a precedent for this: the state’s major newspapers formed a story-sharing [...]
Also tagged Akron Beacon-Journal, Cincinnati, mediaA few reads on a Sunday morning when a foot of snowfall kept our Beacon-Journal and NYT from being delivered: * Five Things Google Could Do For Newspapers – Wired – While the New York Times was given an early death sentence this week by The Atlantic, Google CEO Eric Schmidt was asked by Fortune [...]
Also tagged basketball, culture, Google, journalism, music, sportsAmy and I like the Akron Beacon-Journal. It’s obviously not the NY Times, but there’s a lot we dig about it (starting with the fact that it’s far more reasonable than the whackjob, wingnut Cincinnati Enquirer). So it’s sad to see that the ABJ is having a tough week in losing two writers who are [...]
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