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Two Frightening Stories :: Newspapers Continue to Hemorage

Newspapers. I still love them. That is why these stories make me very sad.
Rick Edmonds, Poynter’s Biz Blog, shares “the latest American Society of Newspapers Editors’ annual census” and it ain’t pretty.
Print is continuing to hemorage at a sad rate. The good news may be, they will learn and adapt. Sad [...]

Too Funny :: The 24 Second News Cycle :: The Onion

Way too funny. The Onion has nailed it.
The funniest line? Just might be … “Last week, after a reported 65 million Americans learned of the bipartisan immigration bill with the breaking news report ‘Mexicans Stay,’…”
CNN is widely credited with initiating the acceleration of the modern news cycle with the fall 2006 debut [...]

Correct Me If I’m Wrong :: San Francisco Chronicle

Podcasts are just one way that newspapers are trying to enhance their news delivery. But, the San Francisco Chronicle, on their SFGate.com site, is taking the idea one step further. Talk about consumer generated media, SFGate.com now offers an Open Mic Line for readers - Correct Me If I’m Wrong and many other podcasts.

 
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How To Cover A Hanging :: Poynter Online

Macabre, I know. But, let’s face it … Saddam Hussein is about to be executed and the issue for journalists - editors/producers and publishers/broadcasters - is very real. Also, we just don’t see headlines like that these days.
…this event h…