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Cracking The Story: Check Out This Front Page LA Times Typo

Mike Moody — Mon, 23 Jul 2012 15:49:38 +0000

Here’s what could possibly be the best typo to ever run in a major newspaper: In a profile of 85-year-old Ralph Lamb, a famous Las Vegas sheriff, the Los Angeles Times let a glaring typo slip through the, er, cracks in yesterday’s print edition. LA Weekly has an explanation for the typo, which we think [...]

Do You Prefer the Print or Online Version of a Newspaper? — Survey of the Day

Jeremy Taylor — Fri, 11 May 2012 16:03:14 +0000

It’s no secret that most newspapers have lost a good chunk of their circulation over the past decade. But just because more and more people are getting their news from the internet it doesn’t mean they’d rather read their news on a screen than they would on a piece of paper. In fact, according to [...]

Do You Cast Your Newspapers Aside for eReaders? – Survey of the Day

Jeremy Taylor — Mon, 12 Mar 2012 14:52:41 +0000

Apple’s release of their iPad 3 set the tech world abuzz last week. While the tablet has many functions, it is often used as an electronic reader, and its competing devices are eReaders, like Amazon’s Kindle and Barnes & Noble’s Nook.

According to a new survey from Harris Interactive of 2,056 adults there is plenty of demand for all these tablets, as eReaders are becoming more and more popular.

Newspaper Front Pages Around the US Cover Bin Laden's Death

Kool Staff — Mon, 02 May 2011 16:17:16 +0000

Newspapers across the country reacted to the demise of Osama bin Laden on Monday morning, with front page headlines from the triumphant (Newark’s “Star-Ledger” quotes Obama’s speech with “‘Justice Has Been Done’”) to the minimal (“Dead,” the “Boston Herald” and many others plainly state) to the profane (“Rot in Hell!” exclaims the “New York Daily [...]

Newspaper Ads Drop To A 25-Year Low

Rayman — Wed, 16 Mar 2011 21:00:09 +0000

Newspapers as a whole are dying, the end is near. They just couldn't or more likely, wouldn't keep up with the times. Declining ad revenues are the tip if the iceberg.

I predict five years from now, 80% of the newspapers in the United States will be completely gone, 17% teetering on the edge of bankruptcy, 2% keeping their head above water, land only 1% making a profit. If I'm not spot on, I'm close.