CSotD: Friday Funnies Come On A Thursday This Week!
Most of today’s political cartoons are impeachment commentary which I just did yesterday and which will keep until tomorrow and…
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CSotD: Decisions and opinions, mostly bad
Pat Bagley takes on the new guidance from the Trump administration that it is no longer required for schools to…
CSotD: Damn the canaries – Full speed ahead!
Tom Toles offers one of the more depressing cartoons of this brand new year and decade. What’s happening in…
CSotD: In with the old
I expected a certain amount of repetitive imagery on New Years Day, but the phrase “Out with the old, in…
CSotD: $trangling the newspaper
Brewster Rockit being set in the distant future, today’s got a chuckle, granted a mordant, dark, very bad chuckle. Well,…
CSotD: Aftermath
Kal Kallaugher pretty much encapsulates the political situation, at least for the next few hours. A lot of good shutdown…
Comic Strip of the Day: Press Freedom, if you can keep it
Kevin Siers offers the most iconic cartoon on this day, when editorial writers and editorial cartoonists have been called upon…
US newspaper ad revenue in free fall
From Slate: Here?s a quick reminder that, despite the upbeat story lines we?ve heard about the greater media business during…
Newspaper forgets to print comics, no hilarity ensues
The Free Press, (Mankato, MN) had to deal with an onslaught of customers (who may or may not have had…
Washington Post considering putting up paywall
From the Washington Post: Long reluctant to charge for online content, the newspaper is close to a decision to introduce…
Warren Buffett bullish on newspaper’s future
From the New York Times: Mr. Buffett went on a newspaper spending spree this year by buying more than 60…
Syracuse NY, Harrisburg PA papers drop to three day print schedule
The Syracuse Post-Standard (NY) and Harrisburg’s The Patriot-News (PA) have announced they are dropping to a three-days-a-week printing schedule in…
Papers lose $7 in print ad revenue for every $1 digital gain
The Pew Research Center has issued a report that isn’t so surprising, but offers more concrete numbers to throw around…
Prediction: Newspapers will be gone in 5 years
The Center for the Digital Future (part of the USC Annenberg School for Communication & Journalism) has released a study…
Media stocks take larger hit in yesterdays drop
E&P notes that yesterday’s drop in trading hit media companies a bit harder. Here’s the numbers they present: Dow -4.3%…