Monthly Archives: March 2009

Colin’s Newsthing

Colin McEnroe is having a variant of the pipe dream many of us unemployed journalists have about starting a new kind of news service. Here’s his take. Speaking as an unemployed journalist who is currently enrolled in a culinary arts program, I like Colin’s idea. It has the right community feel, a food component, and [...]

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The European Newspaper Model

The New York Times says European papers are doing better than American ones.  My reading of this piece is that much of their online profit is from add-ons to the news and direct charges to readers.  Meanwhile, as GM sinks deeper into trouble, Michigan appears to be on the cutting edge of newspaper breakdown.  Papers are shutting [...]

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James A. Kuykendall, 49

 James A. Kuykendall, a creative, fun-loving artist who lived, worked and happily played outside of the box, died Saturday after a lengthy and courageously practical battle with cancer. His loving family was at his side during his illness.  He was 49.   Jim married his college sweetheart, Kimberlee, 27 years ago and they shared an [...]

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Exactly How Bad

It’s no surprise that newspapers are in a world of hurt. Here’s an article that quantifies it, however. Here are the numbers.

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