Is there a thread for the rapid death of the newspaper industry?

Already looking forward to seeing him become Lord Coulson when he leaves his role as our government's highest paid adviser:

A dozen former reporters said in interviews that hacking was pervasive at News of the World. “Everyone knew,” one longtime reporter said. “The office cat knew.”

One former editor said Coulson talked freely with colleagues about the dark arts, including hacking. “I’ve been to dozens if not hundreds of meetings with Andy” when the subject came up, said the former editor, who spoke on condition of anonymity. The editor added that when Coulson would ask where a story came from, editors would reply, “We’ve pulled the phone records” or “I’ve listened to the phone messages.”

Sean Hoare, a former reporter and onetime close friend of Coulson’s, also recalled discussing hacking. The two men first worked together at The Sun, where, Hoare said, he played tape recordings of hacked messages for Coulson. At News of the World, Hoare said he continued to inform Coulson of his pursuits. Coulson “actively encouraged me to do it,” Hoare said.

http://www.nytimes.com/2010/09/05/magazine/05hacking-t.html

The Time paywall appears to have just come down.

http://www.mediaweek.co.uk/news/1027766/Times-circulation-falls-16-year-low-below-500000/

Rupert Murdoch's The Times has fallen below the 500,000 circulation figure for the first time since April 1994, according to ABC figures today.

huh? paywall is still up and running

Oops. Which understates. Heavily.

http://www.nytimes.com/2010/10/06/business/media/06tribune.html

...the staid company, came to resemble a frat house, complete with poker parties, juke boxes and pervasive sex talk.

The name of the CEO who wrought these changes? Randy! Just too sweet.

Two friends who work at The South Florida Sun-Sentinel said it feels like a demilitarized zone in there.

L.A. times media columnist was on Madeleine Brand's show this morning talking about it, they must not be able to fire him from Chicago??

http://www.scpr.org/programs/madeleine-brand/2010/10/06/party-at-the-la-times-frat/

Pouring over an article, are they?

LOOK OUTSIDE YOUR WINDOW DUDE
(lol kpcc you're better than that)

Hahaha

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After Mr. Michaels arrived, according to two people at the bar that night, he sat down and said, “watch this,” and offered the waitress $100 to show him her breasts. The group sat dumbfounded.

“Here was this guy, who was responsible for all these people, getting drunk in front of senior people and saying this to a waitress who many of us knew,” said one of the Tribune executives present, who declined to be identified because he had left the company and did not want to be quoted criticizing a former employer. “I have never seen anything like it.”

This passage really drops the ball by failing to clarify whether breasts were shown or not.

Dumbfounded...by breasts?
"I had never seen anything like"... those breasts?

GILLIAN ANDERSON Actress: 'The Independent cares about the things I care about, and so does i.'

JAMIE THEAKSTON Broadcaster: 'At last, a paper that recognises that people in a hurry don't have to be treated like idiots'

JAMES NESBITT Actor: 'The Independent is my favourite paper but sometimes I don't have time to get through it. For those occasions, i is just what I need'

PETER YORK Social commentator: 'We live in a time of radical solutions - and this is one. I love the idea of a modestly priced newspaper for people who can actually read.'

NOEL GALLAGHER Musician: 'It's a top idea to have a paper for clever people who can't be arsed to spend hours reading every day'

RONNI ANCONA Actress and author: 'The launch of a new newspaper happens only once in a generation and I'm breathless with excitement for the launch of i. It's everything I've been waiting for'

CLAUDIA WINKLEMAN Broadcaster: 'I'm properly excited about i. It sounds like the kind of paper for a girl like me.'

DOM JOLY Comedian and journalist: 'i is a breath of fresh air in the quality newspaper world - all the best of the 'Independent' in a concise read. I is very excited....."

ROSS KEMP Actor: 'I wish i the very best of luck. It's aimed at real people living real lives, and it deserves to succeed'

"I is very excited....."

you can tell he's a comedian

"It's aimed at real people living real lives".

Really narrow niche market, this.

er, bite the guardian's style much??? jeez

Sounds more like a Metro that you have to pay for.

Can't work out if Noel Gallagher's trying to zing "clever" people or thinks he is one of them.

Newspaper extinction timeline (click the image there for a PDF)

http://rossdawsonblog.com/weblog/archives/2010/10/launch_of_newsp.html

Have seen a few graphs like this, and they almost always extrapolate out a steady decline at current rates, and then wait until that hits zero and proclaim that d-day. But actually papers will die long before that -- you don't keep a huge newsroom going on a circulation of 10,000, for instance. 2019 seems wildly optimistic, basically.

Is there a thread for the rapid death of a Sky News correspondent's career?

I am the crime correspondent and report on crime stories worldwide.I have broken exclusive news stories through my extensive network of contacts.My information led to Sky News being the first to report that the July 7 events in London were the work of terrorists. I also broke the news of death of the Queen Mother and the murder of Jill Dando among a long list of scoops.I have reported extensively from Portugal on the disappearance of Madeleine McCann and interviewed Robert Murat. I also covered the Suffolk murders.

'rock & roll part 11'

also what's with 'GAQRY_GLITTER'

http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_Jn-LeUC-BnU/TNkH05BYkhI/AAAAAAAABkY/0xYW73_UuiM/s400/untaken_name%2BIMG_20101105_175841.jpg

Pulitzer-worthy journalism courtesy of my local newspaper.

fuck it just exterminate all kids, no kids=no paedos.

i don't even have kids, i just don't want paedos taking my parking space.

Groundbreaking and revolutionary stuff, here:

Monday’s box flagged up the worst Christmas cracker jokes members of the i team had come across, and we picked up the baton online and asked followers of @TheIPaper, the official i Twitter account, for their own entries. Below are a small selection of those received, and an embedded widget with a live feed of new ones.

NOEL GALLAGHER Musician: 'It's a top idea to have a paper for clever people who can't be arsed to spend hours reading every day'

this reads like something from the 'inner life of noel gallagher' thread. amazing.

Eddy Cue on the webcast looks like a mirror universe Dave Foley. This can't go well.

http://www.thedaily.com

Basically this is like about as good an idea in 2011 as buying Myspace was in 2006.

The Q&A is going so awkwardly.

Asked by the FT about The Daily's demographic targeting, their answer is "everybody".

http://i.imgur.com/lDgHo.png

"You can click on an ad, and it turns into a video"

Amazing.

I hate it when that happens.

Looks like Murdoch is in the midst of 'dropping the kids off at the pool'. UNGGGGGGGH.

The webcast is a rebroadcast from earlier, but stay tuned for the Q&A - it's when it becomes really clear that their plan is falling apart.

Quick estimate of the figures is that they need one in every 30 iPad owners to pay and keep paying for it to break even.

Been playing with the Daily here. It's total shit. It crashes all the time, the UI is this horrible car-crash between PDF pages and iPad, it crashes all the time, it's boring and it crashes. all. the. time.

Today's editorial:

New times demand new journalism. Modern technology has given us more ways to tell stories than ever before — words, pictures, audio, video and interactive graphics. The Daily will deliver them all.

These amazing times also demand new ideas, and The Daily will deliver those too.

We live at a moment of unprecedented social and technological transformation, of political tension in the United States and upheaval abroad. These times call for arguments that push beyond calcified partisanship and the political battles of yesteryear. We need new voices that inform, entertain and provoke.

On these pages you’ll find views from across the political spectrum. They will come from across cultures and generations, across America and the world.

Here you will read reviews of books that matter. Pieces that explore religious faith. And history stories that illuminate where we come from.

You will also find The Daily’s own point of view. We will crusade for reforming America’s broken schools so we can remain the world’s pre-eminent economic and technological power. We will fight for sensible immigration reform and smart environmental laws. We will push for policies that give Americans the maximum possible freedom in their personal lives. And we don’t believe that expanding government is the solution to most problems.

Above all else, we will stand for freedom and with those who seek it. We believe America is exceptional, and must retain its unique role as global leader.

Not everyone will agree with us. But we know that, from the clamor of debate, new and world-changing ideas emerge. The Daily looks forward to being your guide and companion as our new era begins.

Shall I pitch them the Jesus Rides Dinosaur story, or have they already done that?

Awesome:

http://news.sky.com/sky-news/content/StaticFile/jpg/2011/Feb/Week2/15927106.jpg

haha is that what it looks like on the newsstand?

Sadly not, just seen a copy.

It's not hitting the level of solemnity here, going "Ttty tyrtyty yttyty tty tyyt tytyty yttyty", really, is it?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eTI2xX5ttkQ

thank thank thank you thank you really thank you thank you you thank thank you is a bit much. It's not going to sell that many papers.

http://i.imgur.com/EjqLK.jpg

new york times paywall is going up : /

On NYTimes.com, you can view 20 articles each month at no charge (including slide shows, videos and other features). After 20 articles, we will ask you to become a digital subscriber, with full access to our site.

It would be a fine system, if every other large online newspaper wasn't completely free.
Oh, I read my 20 articles? Guess I'll head over to CNN, NPR, USA Today, BBC, etc etc