Longview TX: Texas A&M professor: Losing local newspapers means unhealthy local news ecosystems
By LouAnna Campbell Tyler Morning Telegraph TYLER — A communications associate professor from Texas A&M University says residents of towns
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Public Radio: Fewer Newspapers, More Partisanship
By RICH EGGER Scientific American recently conducted a study that found newspaper closures are linked to partisanship. The publication used voting data
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Washington Post: The hedge fund trying to buy Gannett faces federal probe after investing newspaper workers’ pensions in its own funds
By Jonathan O’Connell . April 17 at 10:43 AM Alden Global Capital, a prominent hedge fund that controls more than 100
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FastCompany: Helvetica, the world’s most famous typeface, gets a makeover
BY MARK WILSON Fast Money Helvetica was dreamed up as a universal typeface in 1957 and it’s still incredibly popular –you see
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CityLab: When Local Newsrooms Shrink, Fewer Candidates Run for Mayor
A study of 11 California newspapers shows that when cities have fewer reporters, political competition and voter turnout suffer. By
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Maru/Matchbox Poll: Trust in newspapers & radio above 80 percent in U.S. & Canada. Social media, not so much
AFP | Ottawa Last Updated at April 10, 2019 02:35 IST About half of Americans and Canadians get their news primarily from social media,
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The Atlantic: There’s No Substitute for Print
M. DYKSTRA / THE ATLANTIC Sometime this winter, I performed an experiment: I decided to subscribe to home delivery of
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KFAE: Stop The Presses! Newspapers Affect Us, Often In Ways We Don’t Realize
By SHANKAR VEDANTAM, RHAINA COHEN & TARA BOYLE This week on Hidden Brain, we explore this tension at the heart of journalism. And we’ll consider
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CBS: Georgia Republicans propose “Journalism Ethics Board” and fines for news outlets
A bill filed by Republicans in the Georgia House this week proposes a “Journalism Ethics Board” to oversee news coverage in the state. It also suggests fines and sanctions to punish outlets that don’t comply with parts of the proposed law.
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streetinsider.com: Gannett fighting Digital First takeover of board
April 8, 2019 Gannett Co., Inc. today mailed a letter to shareholders in connection with the company’s 2019 Annual Meeting
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