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Boston Biz Journal: In rare rebuke, shareholders of newspaper chain GateHouse reject executive pay plan

May 24, 2019May 24, 2019 statenews 381 Views

Shareholders of the parent company of newspaper chain GateHouse Media Inc., New Media Investment Group Inc., rejected a compensation plan

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BI: Local-newspaper giant GateHouse Media is laying off journalists across the US in cuts their CEO is calling ‘immaterial’

May 23, 2019May 23, 2019 statenews 302 Views

by Benjamin Goggen The local-newspaper giant GateHouse Media is laying off journalists across the US, multiple sources told Business Insider.

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NYT: How a Newspaper War in New Orleans Ended: With a Baked Alaska and Layoffs

May 13, 2019May 13, 2019 statenews 435 Views

By Campbell Robertson NEW ORLEANS — The announcement came via the baked alaska. On May 2, senior staff members at The

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NYPost: Newhouse co. sends bumbling exec to lay off entire Times-Picayune staff

May 8, 2019May 8, 2019 statenews 278 Views

By Keith J. Kelly The Newhouse family, which owns publications ranging from Vanity Fair to The Star-Ledger, just gave a

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Business Report: ‘The Advocate’ purchases ‘Times-Picayune’ and ‘Nola.com’ from Advance Local

May 2, 2019May 2, 2019 statenews 393 Views

NEW ORLEANS (AP) — THE owners of Louisiana‘s The Advocate newspaper have purchased The Times-Picayune in New Orleans from Advance Local Media.

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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

April 17, 2019April 17, 2019 statenews 396 Views

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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Letter to Editor: We’re more loyal to newspapers than they are to us

April 14, 2019April 21, 2019 statenews 340 Views 0 Comments

By David Danbom . – (Loveland CO) Reporter-Herald The newspaper business is dying. Newsrooms are going dark all over the

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streetinsider.com: Gannett fighting Digital First takeover of board

April 8, 2019April 10, 2019 statenews 271 Views 0 Comments

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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New Hampshire: Seacoast Media Group Sues Union Leader, Concord Monitor in Printing Contract Dispute

April 8, 2019April 10, 2019 statenews 344 Views 0 Comments

By NANCY WEST, InDepthNH.org BRENTWOOD – Seacoast Newspapers Inc. is suing the Union Leader Corp. for pulling out of its printing

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CAP (WI) Times: Vampires are circling state’s largest newspaper

February 23, 2019February 23, 2019 statenews 383 Views 0 Comments

In Milwaukee, as in most major American cities these days, the real crisis in journalism has nothing to do with

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How do we reach Millennials?
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How do we reach Millennials?

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by Kevin Slimp, December 2019 Steve Andrist, executive director of North Dakota Newspaper Association, asked me an interesting question yesterday.

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Ed Henninger: 25 Newspaper On-the-Job Ideals

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So, What’s the Big Deal? You predict a few things and the whole world takes notice
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So, What’s the Big Deal? You predict a few things and the whole world takes notice

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The real reason I haven’t addressed Gatehouse-Gannett merger
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The real reason I haven’t addressed Gatehouse-Gannett merger

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Ed Henninger: How writers can do better
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Ed Henninger: How writers can do better

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Newsguru Kevin Slimp, responds to NYT Editor – offers to make a wager
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Newsguru Kevin Slimp, responds to NYT Editor – offers to make a wager

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Newspaper Market Watch

MarketWatch: How the death of your local newspaper could cost you money
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MarketWatch: How the death of your local newspaper could cost you money

July 26, 2018 statenews 0

A recent study from researchers at the University of Notre Dame and the University of Illinois found that the closure of local

Michigan Public Radio report: Newspapers struggling with a Trump tariff on newsprint
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Michigan Public Radio report: Newspapers struggling with a Trump tariff on newsprint

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Washington Post: Trump’s trade war threatens the U.S. newspaper industry
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Washington Post: Trump’s trade war threatens the U.S. newspaper industry

June 23, 2018 statenews 0
Candidate who asked South Dakotans to “support their local newspapers” wins primary handily
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Candidate who asked South Dakotans to “support their local newspapers” wins primary handily

June 5, 2018 statenews 0
NPR: Tariffs On Canadian Newsprint Choke Already Troubled American Papers
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NPR: Tariffs On Canadian Newsprint Choke Already Troubled American Papers

April 20, 2018 statenews 0
CLAY FOSTER: Local news will be impacted by tariffs
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CLAY FOSTER: Local news will be impacted by tariffs

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