by Gary | Jun 23, 2014 | Industry News, Print |
When it comes to buying newspapers, Todd Vogt has doubled down on print media in San Francisco. As the co-owner, president, and publisher of the San Francisco Media Company, he’s responsible for three local newspapers: the daily San Francisco Examiner, and weeklies...
by Gary | Jun 23, 2014 | Industry News, Print |
To all outward appearances, the fledgling San Francisco Newspaper Company is on a roll. After buying the San Francisco Examiner from Denver billionaire Philip Anschutz in 2011, it completed an unprecedented trifecta, scooping up the city’s two politically disparate...
by Gary | Jun 18, 2014 | Industry News, Print |
Did you know a deadline was an actual line on a printing press and anything that was typeset after that line would be cut off? Or that a “slug” wasn’t just the name of a story? Turns out, much of our journalism vernacular comes from the printing presses of a bygone...
by Gary | Jun 16, 2014 | Industry News, Print |
The Toronto Public Library is now offering Asquith Press, a book printing service that will allow users to custom design and print bookstore quality paperbacks at an affordable price, with the help of an Espresso Book Machine The printing fees are $6.00 per book,...
by Gary | Jun 13, 2014 | Industry News, Print |
Given that an entire afternoon was dedicated to a “Robot Journalism Bootcamp” at the Global Editors Network Summit this week, it’s probably safe to say that automated journalism has finally gone mainstream — hey it’s only taken close to 40 years since the first story...
by Gary | Jun 12, 2014 | Industry News, Print |
Newspapers are in freefall. Print editions are being discontinued. Editors are being replaced with alarming regularity. Financial losses are mounting. Digital strategies are yet to bear fruit. New readerships are fickle, promiscuous and hard to impress. If...
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