Detroit newspapers to squeeze the belt tighter
Newspapers aren’t doing well these days, though the companies that own them are still making money. Michigan Radio’s Jack Lessenberry says the result is being played out in Detroit. _______ Thirty...
View ArticleMichigan Lawmakers look to change legal notice policies
On Thursday, members of the Michigan State House Committee will discuss two bills that could change how cities and townships publicize legal notices such as public hearings and foreclosures. Current...
View ArticleSaving Newspapers
It’s hardly a secret that newspapers aren’t doing very well these days. Over the decades, they’ve been gradually replaced as the nation’s universal mass medium by television. Newspaper’s biggest...
View ArticleWhy Journalism Matters
We’re living today in a confusing and somewhat frightening time. Michigan is in trouble, economically. Trouble of a different kind than we’ve been through before. The longtime mainstay of our economy,...
View ArticleBooth papers, MLive.com form new company, cut home delivery
According to a press release by Booth Newspapers Publisher Dan Gaydou, Booth Newspapers and MLive.com will now operate as one consolidated company, MLive Media Group. Distribution and administrative...
View ArticleA.V. Club Ann Arbor closes after roughly 3 months in business
The Ann Arbor A.V. Club has folded. The local entertainment arm of the popular satirical newspaper “The Onion” made its debut in September and employed three full time workers. Bobby Mitchell and his...
View ArticleHomeless writers find meaning, sense of self
If you walk around downtown Ann Arbor you may have spotted people selling something called Groundcover News. The paper is what’s known as a street newspaper. That means homeless people sell the paper...
View ArticleCommentary: The need for newspapers
The conventional wisdom is that newspapers -- dead tree news -- are on their way out. In some places, like Ann Arbor, there is no longer a daily newspaper at all. The publishers of the Detroit News and...
View ArticleNot Dutch? New Spanish language magazine launches in Holland
Most people know Holland, Michigan for its Dutch roots and maybe it’s big tulip festival.But in the 2010 U.S. Census, more than 1 in 5 people who live in Holland identified as Latino. So maybe it’s no...
View ArticleTwo metro Detroit newspapers could face strikes in the coming weeks
Union workers at the Macomb Daily and Royal Oak Tribune newspapers are contemplating a possible strike and other job actions at the end of the month.The Journal Register company owns the papers. It has...
View ArticleFind the work you love and forget the rest
CareerCast.com ranked more than 1,000 American jobs, and determined that the worst job isn’t garbage collector, animal cage cleaner or Lindsey Lohan’s sobriety tester – but journalist.Yes! Score!...
View ArticleCommentary: Newspapers still matter
Last week I went to Springfield, Illinois to do some workshops for a program called NewsTrain, which is sponsored by a number of journalism organizations and foundations.The idea was to provide...
View ArticleAnnArbor.com lays off 14 employees
Update March 14th, 10:14 a.m.Tony Dearing is AnnArbor.com's chief content officer. He posted a comment over the weekend on AnnArbor.com about the layoffs. Here's what he wrote:While personnel issues...
View ArticleWriter's workshop geared toward homeless
Would-be writers can take part in a workshop this weekend. Groundcover News is hosting the event Saturday, March 26 from 9 a.m.-1 p.m. Groundcover is a monthly paper in Washtenaw County that focuses on...
View ArticleThe future of the news in Michigan
Newspapers aren’t what they used to be. Newsrooms are smaller and big stories are being missed.Case in point: The Flint Journal apologized recently for not informing voters that a city council...
View ArticleStateside for Monday, December 2nd, 2013
Tomorrow will be a historic day in Detroit. That's when a federal judge will decide whether the city is eligible for Chapter 9 bankruptcy protection. On today's show, we took a look at the different...
View ArticleIs it the end of the road for newspaper cartoons and comic strips?
There are many reasons to lament the slow disappearance of newspapers. But here’s one you may not have considered: the loss of cartoons and comic strips.You might be startled that an old political and...
View ArticleAll the cuts to news gathering should scare us
Newspapers, even big-city newspapers, are in a sorry state these days.Thanks largely to the Internet, their circulation and advertising revenue has been in free fall, with the result that they have far...
View ArticleOhio paper considers layoffs, closing facility
TOLEDO, Ohio - The Blade newspaper in Toledo says it's considering shutting down its printing and mailing facilities and laying off about 130 workers.Block Communications Inc. notified city officials...
View ArticleThose who want to outlaw publications over sexually explicit ads should study...
Ten years or so ago, a woman named Andrea Lavigne sat in on some media survey classes I was teaching at Wayne State University.She was in her late 30s or early 40s, and seemed to be searching for...
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