In the early days of the Anthrax scare, I remember watching the Nightly News with Tom Brokaw who had to report that his assistant was the victim of Anthrax poisoning, At the time,he said to protect... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]...

Newsquest Essex is set to cut up to 13 Colchester Gazette journalists, including the editor, as part of a plan to move the subbing and editorial management of the daily paper to Basildon. The Colchester Gazette's editor, deputy editor, five subeditors, two picture desk staff and four admin employees...

The recent Gannett layoffs hit us home here in Des Moines and sparked our week long coverage on the future of the media and journalism. Brian Duffy drew the only cartoon left on the front pages of national newspapers for the last 25 years at the Des Moines Register. Until last week… Duffy refl...

Creditors of the Tribune Company are leaving a margin for error, Breakingviews says. The company’s senior buyout loans are trading at about 35 cents on the dollar. Breakingviews, assuming that is a proxy for Tribune’s enterprise value, the total of its market capitalization and debt, calculates ...

On November 12, Gannett acquired Ripple6, a provider of social media services. When a large corporation such as Gannett Co., Inc., has enough interest in a social media business to acquire it, news happens. However, for me the real story isn't the acquisition. The real story is why does an internat...

Yesterday, my friend Jim Lenahan from Gannett dragged me and John Stone into the Gannett headquarters in McLean, Virginia to talk to their superstars about a software project we want to do with them. From the moment we got there, however, I found myself awash in pointers that indicate that Gannett i...

Newspaper people like to think of themselves as good storytellers. But, lately, newspaper execs find themselves with fewer good storylines to share. In fact, Gannett -- the world's largest newspaper company -- is going to tell its official stories less often. Of course, we'll see interim announcemen...

It is an awkward time for a company to be holding an affiliate meeting right after it has been sold. This week, ShopLocal was put in this position for its long planned meeting with 120 retail partners in Chicago (which I spoke at). The company has just been consolidated by Gannett, which bought off ...

It's time for second-quarter newspaper earnings reports, with Gannett leading off Wednesday, with the long tale of woe to follow. Given the many newspaper staff cutbacks, which I thought might include the investor relations people, I've put together a few boilerplate remarks that I hope are helpful....

ADOTAS – Gannett has snatched ownership stakes in ShopLocal, a marketing and database company for Stateside retailers, from partners Tribune Company and The McClatchy Company. Gannett already owned 42.5% of the company; Tribune also owned 42.5%, while McClatchy owned 15%. Gannett didn’t report f...