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A Globe-Herald spat, 31 years down the line
Jimmy Carter in 1980 Former Boston Herald (and Boston Phoenix) political reporter Peter Lucas checks in with an account of his exclusive Herald interview with then-President Jimmy Carter during...
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Why Rupert Murdoch probably won’t buy the Herald
Published earlier at WGBHNews.org. Here’s the answer to today’s Newspaper Jeopardy question: “Maybe, if there’s a willing buyer and seller.” Now for the question: “With Rupert Murdoch getting out of...
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Matt DeRienzo is out as Hearst’s chief news executive in Connecticut
Matt DeRienzo (via LinkedIn) Note: Now updated with email from Mike DeLuca, president and publisher of Hearst Connecticut Media Group. Holy cow. Matt DeRienzo is out as chief news executive for...
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With Alden destroying the Hartford Courant, Hearst goes statewide and digital
The Connecticut Statehouse in Hartford. Photo (cc) 2009 by Dan Kennedy. Chain ownership is almost never a good thing. But some chains are better than others — and Hearst is among the very best. No...
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Houston becomes the latest city to announce a nonprofit news project
Downtown Houston. Photo (cc) 2018 by David Daniel Turner. Big news out of Houston, where several major philanthropies have announced they intend to raise $20 million to start a nonprofit news project —...
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The latest bad idea for chain newspapers: Robot reporting on real estate
Tom Breen of the New Haven Independent covers real-estate transactions the old-fashioned way. Photos (cc) 2021 by Dan Kennedy. At least two New England newspaper publishers have begun using artificial...
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Lincoln Millstein on his journey from media exec to hyperlocal journalist
Lincoln Millstein Lincoln Millstein played a critical role in launching The Boston Globe’s free digital site, boston.com, in 1995. Boston.com began as a portal, and carried Globe journalism but also...
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Hearst CT de-emphasizes print while expanding its newsroom and digital subs
The New Haven Register’s printing plant is long gone. And now its owner, Hearst, will be printing it out of state as the chain doubles down on digital subscriptions. Photo (cc) 2009 by Dan Kennedy. A...
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Advance to go digital-only at four of its papers in Alabama and Mississippi
The sun is setting on print in Birmingham, Albama, and several other communities served by Advance newspapers. Photo (cc) 2020 by drjoshuawhitman. When I speak to audiences about the future of local...
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Emulating its R.I. strategy, The Boston Globe next year will move into N.H.
The State Capitol in Concord, N.H. Photo (cc) 2010 by Jimmy Emerson, DMV. There was news in Mark Shanahan’s Boston Globe story on the decline of the once-great Providence Journal under Gannett...
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The Register Citizen of Torrington, Connecticut, is moving from daily to weekly print publication starting March 12. The paper is part of the Hearst CT chain, which has gone all-in on digital — so I...
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With Alden destroying the Hartford Courant, Hearst goes statewide and digital
The Connecticut Statehouse in Hartford. Photo (cc) 2009 by Dan Kennedy. Chain ownership is almost never a good thing. But some chains are better than others — and Hearst is among the very best. No...
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Houston becomes the latest city to announce a nonprofit news project
Downtown Houston. Photo (cc) 2018 by David Daniel Turner. Big news out of Houston, where several major philanthropies have announced they intend to raise $20 million to start a nonprofit news project —...
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The latest bad idea for chain newspapers: Robot reporting on real estate
Tom Breen of the New Haven Independent covers real-estate transactions the old-fashioned way. Photos (cc) 2021 by Dan Kennedy. At least two New England newspaper publishers have begun using artificial...
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Lincoln Millstein on his journey from media exec to hyperlocal journalist
Lincoln Millstein Lincoln Millstein played a critical role in launching The Boston Globe’s free digital site, boston.com, in 1995. Boston.com began as a portal, and carried Globe journalism but also...
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Hearst CT de-emphasizes print while expanding its newsroom and digital subs
The New Haven Register’s printing plant is long gone. And now its owner, Hearst, will be printing it out of state as the chain doubles down on digital subscriptions. Photo (cc) 2009 by Dan Kennedy. A...
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Advance to go digital-only at four of its papers in Alabama and Mississippi
The sun is setting on print in Birmingham, Albama, and several other communities served by Advance newspapers. Photo (cc) 2020 by drjoshuawhitman. When I speak to audiences about the future of local...
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Emulating its R.I. strategy, The Boston Globe next year will move into N.H.
The State Capitol in Concord, N.H. Photo (cc) 2010 by Jimmy Emerson, DMV. There was news in Mark Shanahan’s Boston Globe story on the decline of the once-great Providence Journal under Gannett...
View ArticleA Hearst daily in Connecticut will soon go weekly
The Register Citizen of Torrington, Connecticut, is moving from daily to weekly print publication starting March 12. The paper is part of the Hearst CT chain, which has gone all-in on digital — so I...
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How Rupert Murdoch saved the Boston Herald — not just once, but twice
As I noted Thursday, one of the few positive contributions Rupert Murdoch can take credit for is preserving The Wall Street Journal as a great national newspaper. Another is that he saved the Boston...
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