How Star Touch changed the newsroom

Jon Filson was working as the sports editor at The Toronto Star for four years when, one day, he was called into a meeting with his two bosses. “They said, ‘Next week, you are going to Montreal,’” Filson recalled during an interview with J-Source on Oct. 6. He was...

NYT aims to double digital revenue by 2020

The New York Times has set it sights on doubling its digital revenue to $800 million by 2020, as legacy publications scramble to find growing revenue streams amid the steady decline of print dollars. The newspaper company has set a new goal of earning $800 million in...

Gannett buys more newspapers

Gannett, the publishing company that owns USA TODAY and media businesses in 92 local markets, said late Wednesday that it has agreed to buy Journal Media Group for about $280 million, following through on a strategy of acquiring additional local news outlets after it...