I’m writing this as a concerned citizen of Napa and former president of PFLAG Napa. Tom Stiglich’s cartoon on April 13 was thoughtless and offensive. Transgender and non-binary people are not to be made fun of as Mr. Stiglich suggests… The cartoon published Thursday by Tom Stiglich is ignorant and promotes hate speech. It is […]
Kevin Necessary got a letter asking why he is no longer drawing editorial cartoons. He tore up the first draft because he didn’t want to feel that way. I began to feel pretty [effing] bitter. What Kevin finally wrote in a Twitter thread: I’m not going to share what I wrote. So I’ll just say […]
A year after being let go by the USA Today/Gannett chain of newspapers, editorial cartoonist Mike Thompson has joined the staff of the independent Minneapolis Star Tribune. From The Star Tribune: After a national search, the Star Tribune Opinion team is excited to announce the addition of Minnesota native and four-time Pulitzer Prize finalist Mike […]
Joshua Benton at Nieman Lab: Gannett, America’s largest newspaper chain, should wake up each morning thankful for the existence of No. 2 Alden Global Capital. It’s the type of company that inspires debates over whether “vulturous” is too kind of an adjective. If you’re writing an Atlantic cover story on “Who Killed America’s Newspapers?” Alden […]
Morten Morland, a frequent Mike Peterson choice, has been named The Press Awards’ Cartoonist of the Year. Hat tip to Bado’s Blog for the notice and a Morland gallery. Dark Horse and Yoe Books Present “Cartoonists Against Racism: The Secret Jewish War on Bigotry” Cartoonists Against Racism tells the remarkable unknown story of how a […]
The final print editions of The Birmingham News, The Huntsville Times, and The Mobile Press-Register, the three newspapers that comprised Advance Local’s Alabama Media Group, rolled off the presses this morning. From al.com: The final editions of the three largest newspapers in Alabama have one unifying theme: Alabama Media Group journalists will continue to evolve […]
The comics page has returned to The Washington County (Wis.) Daily News and The Waukesha Freeman. A while back a reader described to me how she felt about the Comics Page we once had in the paper. She saw it as the “fun page” — a daily destination to find content on the lighter side. […]
The New York Times created a social media storm when their Sunday crossword puzzle layout for December 18, 2022 (the first day of Hanukkah) formed, without too much imagination, a swastika. From The Jerusalem Post: The New York Times on released its daily crossword puzzle in the shape of swastika on Sunday, Democratic Strategist Keith Edwards […]
Oregonian Editor Therese Bottomly received a complaint from a reader: The other weekend, I received an email from an unhappy reader whose morning routine had been disrupted. “Neither on Saturday nor today (Sunday) have the comics I cherish appeared online,” he said. “What happened?” Therese explained these days more information is needed to pin down […]
The notice (for me) came with a letter to the editor of The Windsor Star: I recently read letters to the editor regarding disappointment with recent changes to the newspaper. Some letters voiced disappointment with the puzzle page and one letter with the weather page. My disappointment is in regard to the comics. Why were […]
After running for nearly 30 years (since March 7, 1993) The Washington Post has canceled their popular Style Invitational feature.The news was mentioned as an aside in an item about laying off The Post’s dance critic Sarah L. Kaufman:The paper has also eliminated its weekly Style Invitational humor contest, which involved ending the contract of […]
The Alabama Media Group has announced that it will no longer publish newspaper hard copies.front pages via NewseumAfter February 26, 2023 the three largest newspapers in Alabama will go digital only.Announcement from the Alabama Media Group: Alabama Media Group will shift to all-digital delivery, ending publication in 2023 of its four newspapers in Alabama and […]
What’s a carnival without a side show? Presenting Keith Knight, the Two-Headed Man! Midway Games. Can you pass up the quiz booth? (It’s an easy test.) The Amazing Vertical and Horizontal Newspaper Panel – another double feature!A 2008 sample how Wiley, the concept’s originator, draws the daily Non Sequitur panel. Wayno apparently goes another way with this 2022 […]
Hearst expects revenues to grow close to $12 billion this year, up slightly from the record $11.9 billion it earned last year, according to new figures from CEO Steve Swartz provided to Axios in an interview. Why it matters: A larger portion of the company’s profits now comes from its specialty media, data and software […]
Postmedia Network Inc. says nine of its urban daily newspapers will no longer be printed and delivered on Mondays effective Oct. 17. Postmedia spokesperson Phyllise Gelfand says the Vancouver Sun, The Province, Calgary Herald, Calgary Sun, Edmonton Journal, Edmonton Sun, Ottawa Citizen, Ottawa Sun and Montreal Gazette will all be affected. The Canadian Broadcasting Corporation […]