journalism

Death of a big-city newspaper

E&P reports that the Cincinnati Post will shut down at the end of the year, when its joint operating agreement with the Cincinnati Inquirer expires. The Post's circulation has declined from 188,000 some 30 years ago to 27,000 weekdays today. For whatever reasons, E.W. Scripps Co. won't attempt to keep the brand alive by continuing to operate the newspaper's website.

The sports power struggle

Writing for followthemedia.com, Philip Stone has a good roundup of the blooming power struggle between sports sanctioning organizations and the media.

At the other end of the spectrum, Steve Klein notes that the National Hockey League is setting up a "blog box" -- a special area for live bloggers -- at some of its venues.

What's going on? Is the NHL enlightened and the rest of the sports world stuck in the dark ages?

Why not kill the editorial page?

As the bloodbath continues at America's big newspapers, name-brand columnists, movie and music reviewers are at the head of the line of those being thrown overboard. At my alma mater in the north, the Star Tribune, 25 percent of the news department and 40 percent of the editorial page are getting the axe. Many old friends are on that list.

CNN does the right thing

The blogs are abuzz this morning with the news that CNN has decided to allow unrestricted reuse of the televised New Hampshire presidential primary debates. It's the right thing to do for all sorts of reasons. Much of the commentary repeats the claim that CNN is releasing the video under a Creative Commons license, but the announcement makes no such claim, rather using the language "without restrictions."