Press+ Opens Pay Model Data Vault
Earlier this week, the Project on Excellence in Journalism issued a detailed digital revenue study that left out even the most basic details…
NewsRight Launches With 29 Publishers; ‘Not A Litigation Shop’
Three years after the Associated Press started the News Registry to help publishers track their content online — and make money from reuse…
MediaNews Group’s ‘Digital-First’ Mondays Bring Some Paywalls Down
In the hopes of saving money while avoiding consolidation, MediaNews Group is introducing “digital-first Mondays” at six of its California n…
Major Newspaper Publishers Band Together On Social Shopping Portal
A group of eight newspaper publishers — Advance Digital, A. H. Belo Corporation, Cox Media Group, Gannett (NYSE: GCI), Hearst, MediaNews Gr…
Paton: Too Early To Say Whether MediaNews Paywalls Stay Up
Journal Register CEO John Paton has been a vocal opponent of using paywalls to increase digital revenue for newspapers, as have his advisory…
New Company Led By John Paton Will Manage Journal Register, Media News
John Paton, recognized for turning around the Journal Register Co., is now CEO of the considerably larger MediaNews Group as well — and wil…
The Morning Lowdown 08-24-11
» Brightcove has filed a $50 million IPO (SEC)
» Time Warner (NYSE: TWX) to Subsidize Subscribers’ TV Device (NYT)
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MediaNews Group Consolidates Eleven Bay Area Papers Into Two
California’s Bay Area residents are a couple months away from losing many of their local newspapers, as the Bay Area News Group–a division…
MediaNews Group Adds Paywalls To 23 More Newspapers
Readers of MediaNews Group’s small- and medium-sized newspapers in California, Pennsylvania, New Mexico, Massachusetts and Vermont will pay…
Who Is Randall Smith And Why Is He Buying Up Newspaper Companies?
Even in the close-mouthed world of hedge fund investment, Randall Smith, the principal of Alden Global Capital, gives new meaning to the eup…