Newspapers

Go Web, Young Man

By Michelle V. Rafter on January 25, 2008 | 1 Response

Newspapers see the future, and it’s digital. The latest evidence: earlier this week the New York Times Co. and three other investors sank $29.5 million into Automattic, the company that makes WordPress blogging software runs the WordPress.com free blogging Website. (Disclaimer: I use WordPress.com to create and host this blog.) According to a news report, [...]

Posted in Blogs, Freelancing, Media Business, Newspapers, Technology, Web 2.0, Writing | Tagged About.com, Akismet, Automattic, Blogger, Blogging, Blogs, E.W. Scripps, Google, Los Angeles Times, Movable Type, New York Times, newspaper business sections, Newspapers, Orange County Register, Publishing, Publishing 2.0, Russ Stanton, Six Apart, TypePad, Wall Street Journal, WordPress, WordPress.com, World Economic Forum | 1 Response

Web Editor Up for LA Times Top Job – A Good Thing

By Michelle V. Rafter on January 23, 2008 | Leave a response

It’s the worst of times at the Los Angeles Times. James O’Shea, the paper’s editor in chief resigned last week after a budget dispute with publisher David Hiller. This comes a month after real estate mogul Sam Zell took control of the paper and the rest of the Tribune Co. It’s the latest skirmish in [...]

Posted in Media Business, Newspapers, Online news | Tagged Chandler family, David Hiller, James O'Shea, LATimes.com, Los Angeles Times, Newspaper Industry, Newspapers, Orange County Register, Russ Stanton, Sam Zell, Tribune Co., Writing | Leave a response