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All the News That's Fit to Invent: The Onion Hits 20

Mar 2, 2008 4:51 PM CST

All the News That's Fit to Invent: The Onion Hits 20

From a Wisconsin dorm to a NYC highrise, satirical newspaper's key lies in lies

(Newser) - When a wisecracking newspaper was born in a Wisconsin dorm room in 1988, no one predicted it would one day be installed in sleek Manhattan offices, producing fake print and television news, and rolling in dough. But the Onion's president isn’t surprised, CBS reports. The paper “attracts this...

Political Cartoons No Longer Front and Center

Mar 1, 2008 8:26 PM CST

Political Cartoons No Longer Front and Center

Power of the pen left behind in 20th century

(Newser) - Political cartoons remain, but they lost front page power and heft long ago, says U.S. News & World Report. Cartoonists like Thomas Nast could once sway elections—Ulysses S. Grant credited Nast's pencil to helping him win the presidency—but the ranks of full-time pen-and-paper satirists have thinned to...

Bush Aide Resigns Over Plagiarism

Mar 1, 2008 2:21 PM CST

Bush Aide Resigns Over Plagiarism

Point person on faith-based initiatives stole for his columns

(Newser) - A White House aide who helped establish President Bush’s faith-based community initiative resigned yesterday after admitting he plagiarized portions of columns he submitted to an Indiana newspaper, the Indianaopolis Star reports. The News-Sentinel of Fort Wayne found that 20 columns by Tim Goeglein, who had served in the White...

Swindler Black Ordered to Jail

Feb 29, 2008 4:00 AM CST

Swindler Black Ordered to Jail

Court rules tycoon must spend appeal process in prison

(Newser) - Former media tycoon Conrad Black, convicted of swindling millions from his newspaper empire, will be behind bars by Monday night, reports the Chicago Sun-Tribune. A Chicago court ruled that he couldn't remain free on bail while awaiting a decision on his appeal. Black has been sentenced to six-and-a-half years in...

3 Danish Papers Reprint Cartoon of Muhammad

Feb 13, 2008 6:10 AM CST

3 Danish Papers Reprint Cartoon of Muhammad

After arrests, country's leading dailies stand behind artist

(Newser) - After yesterday's arrest of three men allegedly plotting to kill a Danish cartoonist, the country's three largest newspapers all reprinted the offending cartoon, Bloomberg reports. Kurt Westergaard's controversial depiction of the prophet Muhammad wearing a bomb in his turban was originally printed in 2005 by Jyllands-Posten, which reproduced it again...

Scribe to Papers: Stop Endorsing

OPINION

Jan 31, 2008 8:19 AM CST

Scribe to Papers: Stop Endorsing

Getting behind pair of opposites—ie, Obama and McCain—is 'schizophrenic'

(Newser) - Newspapers should stop endorsing candidates, Philadelphia Daily News blogger Will Bunch writes, because the practice makes editorial pages look disingenuous. Most papers have been stepping up with one nod to a Democrat and another to a Republican, he notes; what could be more ridiculous than supporting Barack Obama and John...

Wall Street Journal Moving to Midtown

Jan 29, 2008 10:18 AM CST

Wall Street Journal Moving to Midtown

Murdoch wants new toy at News Corp. HQ, not near namesake

(Newser) - For 119 years, the Wall Street Journal has been based a few minutes away from the legendary financial hub it's named for, but new owner Rupert Murdoch plans to move it uptown, the New York Observer reports. The paper's staff is reportedly happy with the move, but more changes are...

NH Paper Gives Mitt the Anti- Endorsement

Dec 23, 2007 3:13 PM CST

NH Paper Gives Mitt the Anti- Endorsement

Concord Monitor officially backs Not Romney

(Newser) - Newspapers roll out endorsements every election cycle, but there’s nothing traditional about the Concord Monitor’s anti-endorsement today—the New Hampshire paper urged its readers to vote for someone, anyone, other than Mitt Romney. The paper calls Romney “a disquieting figure who sure looks like the next president...

Newspapers Look to Make Connections

Nov 28, 2007 10:26 AM CST

Newspapers Look to Make Connections

Trying to reach younger readers, more will link to Facebook and MySpace

(Newser) - Newspapers readers at an increasing pace are turning to Pluck, a media syndication company, to link their sites to social networks, like MySpace and Facebook, giving them access to 165 million users, Reuters reports. Pluck will use the Facebook programming interface and Google's OpenSocial system to share information between its...

Newspaper Ad Profits Down Despite Increase in Online Ads

Nov 21, 2007 11:49 AM CST

Newspaper Ad Profits Down Despite Increase in Online Ads

Editorial staff cuts loom, classifieds hardest hit

(Newser) - A 21% third-quarter increase in newspapers' online advertising revenues was not enough to offset a print ad spending decline that brought total ad spending down 7.4% to $10.9B. As major newspaper companies grapple with contracting print revenues and declining profits, Gannett's USA Today has announced 8.8% cuts...

Journal Deal Raises Red Flag With FCC

Oct 26, 2007 1:47 PM CDT

Journal Deal Raises Red Flag With FCC

Commission member asks if deal serves public interest

(Newser) - FCC commissioner Michael Copps would like to toss a monkey wrench into News Corp.’s Dow Jones takeover, Broadcasting & Cable reports. Copps, a Democrat, yesterday called for an inquiry to determine whether the deal suits the public interest and whether current rules sufficiently cover the situation. Chairman Kevin...

Yahoo's Newspaper Deal Still Buggy

Oct 12, 2007 11:50 AM CDT

Yahoo's Newspaper Deal Still Buggy

Ad agreement may not be the magic bullet for flagging print sector

(Newser) - Yahoo!'s deal to handle online ads for 19 newspaper publishers is approaching its first anniversary, and it's still unclear how helpful the partnership will be, reports Reuters. Much of the promised technology hasn't even been built yet, and individual papers may be limited in their options by the size...

Murdoch May Eliminate WSJ Online Fees

Sep 18, 2007 4:42 PM CDT

Murdoch May Eliminate WSJ Online Fees

Thinks added ad revenue will make up for losses

(Newser) - Rupert Murdoch said today he would probably eliminate the Wall Street Journal's online subscription fee when News Corp. completes its purchase of the paper in a few months. The media mogul believes that dropping the subscription fee will attract more readers to the site, thereby increasing advertising revenues, the LA ...

NY Times Makes All Online Content Free

Sep 18, 2007 4:10 AM CDT

NY Times Makes All Online Content Free

Paper scraps reader web fees; hopes to recoup from advertisers

(Newser) - The New York Times is ending its two-year experiment with paid online subscriptions and making all of its content free to internet readers, Reuters reports. The move goes into effect tomorrow. Previously, those who wanted to read columnists such as Maureen Dowd and other premium content had to pay $7....

Right-Wing Voices Get
More Ink

Sep 14, 2007 1:05 PM CDT

Right-Wing Voices Get More Ink

Report: 60% of papers run more conservatives, 20% more liberals

(Newser) - Voices from the right dominate those from the left in US newspapers, with the former reaching 152 million buyers and the latter only 125 million. Sixty percent of papers print more conservative syndicated columnists, while just 20% run more liberals, according to a report by Media Matters for America....

Readers Hurt
by Paper Cuts

Sep 3, 2007 4:40 PM CDT

Readers Hurt by Paper Cuts

Newspapers dropping book reviews helps confine ideas to a 'literary ghetto'

(Newser) - Newspapers are under financial pressure, and one of the first things to go is often the book reviews. But author and editor Steve Wasserman thinks that's a serious problem. “Civilization is built on a foundation of books,” he declares in a polemic in CJR, and stripping their pages...

Paper Lacked 'Smoking Gun'

Aug 30, 2007 10:00 AM CDT

Paper Lacked 'Smoking Gun'

Past allegations were only printed after Minnesota bathroom incident came out

(Newser) - Howard Kurtz does a post-mortem of the Idaho Statesman's decision not to print the results of a major investigation into Larry Craig's past sexual misconduct until after the sentator's arrest for soliciting was made public this week. While the writer, Dan Popkey, admits to feeling Craig's pain, says he says...

All the Space That's Fit to Sell

Aug 29, 2007 3:42 PM CDT

All the Space That's Fit to Sell

Newspapers, fighting to stay alive, turn to their landmark buildings in efforts to raise cash

(Newser) - Newspapers, in an effort to bring in cash and stave off extinction, are selling iconic properties in downtown districts, the Journal reports. The latest example is the Philadelphia Inquirer, whose new owner hopes to net $70 million for its Beaux-Arts tower; the Boston Herald and Minneapolis Star Tribune are also...

Scribe Says Bye to Cool Tabloid

Aug 25, 2007 5:13 PM CDT

Scribe Says Bye to Cool Tabloid

Fell in love with 'parallel universe' of funny stories

(Newser) - Gone is the tabloid that claimed "February Sues for More Days" and "Hide-and-Seek Player Found After 34 Years," but what becomes of its writers? At least one is still missing his calling as an inventor of comedy-news. In Salon, Stan Sinberg recalls how he conceived tall tales...

Murdoch’s Shadow Looms at Journal

Aug 24, 2007 2:25 PM CDT

Murdoch’s Shadow Looms at Journal

Are calls to reporters a sign of generosity or more like handcuffs?

(Newser) - Rupert Murdoch is on a yacht in the Mediterranean, but his presence is already being felt at the newspaper in lower Manhattan he doesn't own yet. The media baron rolled up his sleeves and called three reporters at the Wall Street Journal—which he bought for $5 billion last...