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Articles by Ken Doctor

Ken Doctor is a news industry analyst and the author of Newsonomics: Twelve New Trends That Will Shape the News You Get (St. Martin’s Press). He also runs the book’s companion website, newsonomics.com. He is an analyst for the research firm Outsell and a regular consultant and speaker. He spent 21 years with Knight Ridder in a variety of roles, including as managing editor of the St. Paul Pioneer Press and as a vice president of Knight Ridder Digital.
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Here’s my perspective on what sense we can now make of a settlement, one that may act as a template for other states.
What’s important to watch, in this gnarly legislation filled with acronyms, are two simple things: Money In and Money Out.
“You need Google to stay in this. Otherwise, it devastates the entire industry.”
Eleven takeaways as Lookout Santa Cruz enters its third year.
“The term ‘news desert’ has been a shorthand, but the real problem here and elsewhere is that this region lacked the number of journalists it needed to thoroughly inform the public.”
“It’s simple, fast, and gloriously free of baggage. It’s not what we’re not, it’s simply what we are. And anyone is free to use it.”
We don’t wake up each morning to compete with a print daily, but rather to run our own local news and community model. That’s the key.
“Engineering now is the second largest functional area at the New York Times, only behind journalism, and the largest function by far on the business side.”
The hedge fund Chatham Asset Management reeled in its prize, as expected. But now what does it want to do with it?
But Alden Global Capital would be happy to lend a hand. Plus: When a standstill isn’t really a standstill.