Telegraph Media Group to appoint 'content editors' as it sheds casuals (Guardian Unlimited) Telegraph Media Group is set to appoint about 18 'content editors' as part of its plan to dispense with casual staff and hire 40 new workers. By Oliver Luft |
SPECIAL REPORT: Facing Cuts, Editors 'Relax the Rules' to Make Swift Changes (Editor & Publisher) NEW YORK The Record in Hackensack, N.J., may epitomize the changing newspaper in today's difficult business climate. |
Recruiting, With Unintended Consequences (Washington Post) CHICAGO Tucked away amid a huge array of media organizations at a journalists' convention last month was a nondescript stall that easily could have been missed among the many booths with more inviting presentations. |
Sports agency hits gold with tailored coverage for regional titles (holdthefrontpage.co.uk) As local newspapers reflect on their coverage of the Olympics and their local heroes, National sports agency Sportsbeat is looking back on a job well done supplying the papers with sports copy. |
NYT Columnist Uses Visual Evidence to Support Persuasive Arguments (Poynter Institute) Charles Blow is good at interpreting data. The difference between the news graphics he created in those venerable newsrooms and what he's creating now, back again at the Times , is a matter of opinion — his own opinion. |
The Incredible Shrinking Lansing State Journal (City Pulse) Fifteen years ago, or maybe it was longer, 20, 25 years ago, the Lansing State Journal enjoyed its Golden Age. The economy was booming. Newsrooms were full. Circulation was up. Any retailer wanting foot traffic advertised. |
AUSTRALIA: Fairfax Media to cut 550 jobs (AsiaMedia) Fairfax Media will axe 550 staff in Australia and New Zealand, or about 5% of the company's full-time workforce, as part of a plan to bolster profitability. |
Fairfax to slash 550 jobs to cut costs (News Interactive) FAIRFAX Media plans to cut 5pc of its workforce in Australia and New Zealand in a bid to save money. |
Fairfax Media to cut 550 jobs (The Age) Fairfax Media will axe 550 staff in Australia and New Zealand, or about 5% of the company's total. |
Fairfax Media to slash 550 jobs (The Age) The Age's publisher to axe staff in Australia and NZ to bolster healthy profitability. |