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Thursday, July 3, 2008
'Wash Post' Publisher's Pick for Editor Will Define Tenure Choosing the paper's next executive editor, who will replace 17-year newsroom chief Leonard Downie Jr. when he retires in September, may be the biggest decision rookie Publisher Katharine Weymouth makes at the paper. And it could be the most important editor appointment the daily has ever had.- July 03, 2008 12:10 PM ET
Letter from a Killer: Why Fayetteville Paper Finally Published It After the death of the pregnant soldier: "I could see, just in the way the police were taking it ... that we had a great responsibility and a difficult choice to make," says Brian Tolley. "We played out every possible scenario ... we obviously didn't want to do the wrong thing." - July 03, 2008 10:50 AM ET
'L.A. Times' Cuts 250 Jobs, 15% of Pages The losses include 150 positions in editorial -- 17% of newsroom jobs, according to a story on the Los Angeles Times' Web site, which described it as "a new effort to bring expenses into line with declining revenue." The paper also is cutting the number of pages by 15% per week.- July 02, 2008 5:29 PM ET
John Jackson Named Detroit Media Partnership's VP/Digital Sales John Jackson has been named vice president of digital sales for the Detroit Media Partnership. Jackson most recently served as retail multimedia sales director at The Augusta (Ga.) Chronicle.
Richard A. Ramhoff Appointed Publisher of Palm Springs, Calif. 'Desert Sun' Richard A. Ramhoff has been appointed publisher of The Desert Sun in Palm Springs, Calif., and will be group vice president in Gannett Co.'s U.S. Community Publishing's Pacific Group. Ramhoff previously served as president and publisher of the Lansing (Mich.) State Journal and a vice president for Gannett's Michigan newspaper group. He succeeds Michelle Krans, has been promoted to senior vice president of strategy and development at Gannett Co. in McLean, Va.
Response to Outing: On Demise of 'Hyperlocal' Backfence I'm concerned that Steve Outing's latest E&P column about hyperlocal sites paints an inaccurate picture of why Backfence failed, and more importantly, might discourage badly needed experimentation in new models for hyperlocal coverage, especially user-generated hyperlocal content. - by Mark Potts - July 02, 2008
No Editorial Writing Pulitzer? One Entrant Still Wants Explanation Sure, I didn't win the Editorial Writing award at this year's Pulitzers. But then again, neither did anyone else, even some very deserving candidates. But why? A better explanation might have been given than -- well, no explanation. - by Patrick McNally - July 01, 2008
Inching Toward an Era-Appropriate New Local News Service While it's tempting to view newspapers from a glass-half-empty perspective, I'm trying to force my brain into a half-full viewpoint. Actually, I think that is possible, because there are some interesting experiments under way right now that may hint at some solutions. - by Steve Outing - June 27, 2008
10 That Do It Right Our annual "10 That Do It Right" feature, now in its eighth year, focuses on how some are performing in one particular aspect — from marketing to online video — that merits consideration and maybe even emulation by their peers. Once again this year, we found plenty to appreciate.
Editors at Odds with AP As The Associated Press unveils its new rate structure that is said to save newspapers millions, many member newspapers are wondering if their needs are really being met -- and some are considering other options or abandoning AP altogether. While many papers remain AP faithful, others are looking into content-sharing agreements that may enable them to leave the fold.
E&P Technical: EidosMedia's U.S. debut After almost 10 years, publishing solutions company EidosMedia has cracked the North American market, sealing contracts for its Méthode knowledge-management system with major publishers in Seattle and New York that now use newsroom systems from two big names of the '90s.
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