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June 1st, 2010

Annie and the Internet

“Little Orphan Annie” To Be Web Only

Leapin' Lizards! The comic strip "Little Orphan Annie" will no longer appear in newspapers.  The last day for the strip will be Sunday, June 13, according to the strip's syndicator, Tribune Media Services. Annie became a part of American culture.  It debuted in 1924, and grew to be a staple in newspapers, at one time or another appearing in more than 1000 newspapers.  Creator Harold Gray … Furthermore >

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May 13th, 2010

Re-Making Magazines

Trevor Butterworth, at Forbes.com, writes a powerful business case for WORLD, though it's likely that he did it unintentionally.  In a column posted May 12, he begins by noting the decline of Newsweek : "As Derek Thompson wrote in the Atlantic , Newsweek is a mastodon--'it's basically a creature that cannot survive in this environment.' The demise of U.S. News and World Report actually hurt Newsweek because it 'was better off by having a rival it could consistently beat,' wrote Dan Maginn in the Harvard Business Review ." Butterworth goes on to say:   … Furthermore >

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May 12th, 2010

Google Contemplates News Business

In a provocative article in the June 2010 issue of The Atlantic , James Fallows says that "few people know how hard Google is trying to bring [journalism] back to life, or why the company now considers journalism's survival crucial to its own prospects." "How to Save the News" is a rare behind-the-scenes look at Google, and one that also has deep insight into the news business.  Among the interesting factoids in the article: In 1947, each 100 U.S. households bought an average of 140 newspapers daily.  Today, they buy fewer than 50. In September 2002, … Furthermore >

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