MEDIANEWS MONITOR

Blood on the newsroom floor: MediaNews merger

But new CEO sounds confident of success ahead

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PRESS RELEASE

Alden tightens grip on MediaNews, Journal Register

New CEO to push digital business model

PR Newswire - 07 Sep 2011

Alden Global Capital moved Wednesday to consolidate management of its newspaper holdings, merging senior leadership of MediaNews and Journal Register Co. John Paton of Journal Register Co. will be CEO. MediaNews, known for slashing costs, owns the San Jose Mercury News, Monterey Herald and BANG-East Bay.

PRESS RELEASE

Alden tightens grip on MediaNews, Journal Register

New CEO to push digital business model

PR Newswire - 07 Sep 2011

Alden Global Capital moved Wednesday to consolidate management of its newspaper holdings, merging senior leadership of MediaNews and Journal Register Co. John Paton of Journal Register Co. will be CEO. MediaNews, known for slashing costs, owns the San Jose Mercury News, Monterey Herald and BANG-East Bay.

New editorial management team named for BANG newspapers

The San Jose Mercury News - 04 Jul 2011

The Bay Area News Group announced Thursday that its newspapers will now operate under a single, common news management team under the direction of David J. Butler, editor of the San Jose Mercury News.

East Bay papers to consolidate, cut 20% of news staff

Carolyn Said - San Francisco Chronicle - 24 Aug 2011

As newspapers nationwide struggle to evolve viable business models, Bay Area News Group said Tuesday it will consolidate 11 local newspapers in the East Bay into two regional newspapers and lay off 8 percent of the staff. (Guild Note: Although the press release didn't point this out, the layoffs eliminate about 20 percent of the East Bay editorial staff.)

What readers want to read next

Ken Doctor - Newsonomics - 24 Aug 2011

We'd all like to know what comes next. That can be a spiritual quest, a political one, or in the case of news publishers, one that would help them know what it is readers who land on their site would like to read next.

McClatchy second-quarter profits, revenue fall

Dale Kasler - The Sacramento Bee - 31 Jul 2011

The McClatchy Co. today reported lower profits and revenue in the second quarter, as The Bee's owner continues to struggle with a weak economy and structural changes in the newspaper industry.

The Newsonomics of Netflix

Ken Doctor - Newsonomics - 31 Jul 2011

Netflix CEO Reed Hastings says he is surprised that customers weren't more upset with Netflix's digital shift. After all, he expected more upset, in his role as a pioneer, early in the game of forcing the digital shift.

Times Company posts loss on write-down

Jeremy W. Peters - The New York Times - 21 Jul 2011

The New York Times Company reported on Thursday an overall loss in the second quarter as print advertising continued to struggle, dragging down growth in online advertising.

Sun-Times Media, Chicago Tribune enter into print production contract

David Roeder - The Chicago Sun-Times - 21 Jul 2011

The Chicago Tribune will begin printing the Chicago Sun-Times and seven of its suburban sister newspapers under an agreement announced Tuesday.

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