Is Print Hot Again? BusinessWeek, Chicago Sun-Times Have Bidders

Did you know that instead of reading constantly updated breaking news online, you can also access a summary of yesterday’s news in physical, printed format? There are several types of “print,” including things called “magazines” and “newspapers.” Several are for sale, including one here in Arkansas. But so far, not many folks want to buy [...]

The July Unemployment Report: The Numbers Behind the Numbers

That surprise report on U.S. job losses, showing a drop of one-tenth of a percentage point in the unemployment rate from June to July, is being greeted warmly on Wall Street today, despite that the decline doesn’t quite reflect reality.
First, the numbers. The U.S. Department of Labor today put the unemployment rate with 9.4 percent, [...]

Reports: Rupert Murdoch to Charge for All Online Content

Rupert Murdoch, the Australian media baron who controls the Wall Street Journal, the New York Post, Fox News and dozens of other print and broadcast properties, says he will begin charging for all the online content of his newspapers and TV news channels sometime within “this financial year,” as his News Corp. posts a $203 [...]

Media Notes: Blogfight! Plus, Google in Talks With Major Newspapers

More media notes for folks who love them some media!
Brummett v. Everyone – John Brummett quotes David Simon re: “newspapers, you’re gonna miss ‘em, etc.” and stirs up some lively debate from The Arkansas Project, Blake’s Think Tank and their respective commenters. It’s even inspired this helpful chart.
Micro Machines – The Wall Street Journal is [...]

Blogger Shares ‘True Mom Confessions’ Saturday in Little Rock

Blog alert! Kyran Pittman, an Arkansas native who blogs at Notes to Self, will be speaking and signing books at Wordsworth Books on Saturday in the Heights in Little Rock.
The book in question, “True Mom Confessions,” features essays from mothers of all walks of life sharing heartbreaking, hilarious, frank and outrageous stories of raising children. [...]

Talking Twitter Tuesday on ‘Today’s THV This Morning’

Tired of Twitter yet? Possibly! But the little microblogging service that could is still generating plenty of buzz — some of it not from bored news editors but people legitimately curious about the service and how it might help their business.
At about 6:20 6:40 a.m.-ish on Tuesday, I’ll give a quick primer on Twitter on [...]

Arkansas Native Wins Pulitzer Prize

An Arkansas native has won an Pulitzer Prize. And no, it’s not David Kinkade, but better luck next year, man. (Tip: Enter all your tea party stuff!)
No, it’s none other than Douglas Blackmon, the Atlanta Bureau Chief for the Wall Street Journal — a native of Monticello. Blackmon has won a Pulitzer for general nonfiction. [...]

Huffington Vs. AP on ‘Charlie Rose’ and Aggregator Envy

Huffington Post Editor Arianna Huffington and Associated Press CEO Tom Curley appeared on “Charlie Rose” last night to discuss journalism distribution on the digital age.
You can click here to see the full segment.
Curley’s argument: We’re not getting paid enough, so we plan to wall off content and create our own “landing page” which we’ll monetize. [...]

Banker: Among Media, Newspaper Business Still ‘One of the Better Ones’

In case you missed, a newspaper was actually able to sell itself to a private equity group this week. The San Diego Union-Tribune changed hands in a deal considered “a rare vote of confidence in an industry that’s hurting so badly that several other once-prized newspapers have been unable to find buyers.”
Today, one of the [...]

Final Edition: The Seattle Post-Intelligencer

The final edition of the Seattle Post-Intelligencer, which is done printing after a 146-year run. The newspaper will now be reborn online.
Commentary & Coverage

Jack Shafer, Slate – What the online P-I might become
Newsosaur – Free advice for the new online P-I
Wall Street Journal – A new laboratory for a Web-only edition
New York Times – The [...]