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Ken DoctorNovember 1, 2018

Newsonomics: “Digital defeats print” is the headline as Gannett steps away from printed election results

In cities across America, you won’t be able to find even the most cursory election results in your Wednesday morning newspaper next week. Is this speeding up newspapers’ transition to digital — or just burning a bridge they still need to cross?

Ken DoctorSeptember 17, 2018

Newsonomics: Could a McClatchy-Tronc merger help local newspapers transition to digital?

One’s a family-controlled, century-plus-old newspaper chain, known for believing in its civic mission but not for its digital strategy. The other is, well, Tronc. With an assist from L.A.’s richest man, could this be a path forward?

Ken DoctorAugust 30, 2018

Newsonomics: The tariffs are gone, but the burden of print weighs heavier and heavier

The newspaper tariffs are dead. How big a difference will that make to those whose businesses still depends on dead trees?

Ken DoctorJune 20, 2018

Newsonomics: GateHouse’s Mike Reed talks about rolling up America’s news industry

“Content is our number-one priority,” Reed said. But he’s unwilling to publicly commit to any new level of funding or staffing to meet that goal.

Ken DoctorJune 8, 2018

Newsonomics: Why is Michael Ferro slowing down Patrick Soon-Shiong’s deal to buy the LA Times and San Diego Union-Tribune?

“Any would-be scenarios involving Tronc include odd tradeoffs, weird valuations, and questions of sheer feasibility.”

Ken DoctorApril 16, 2018

Newsonomics: The news world will miss Michael Ferro

“To whom will we now turn to enliven the continuing conflagration that is the American newspaper industry?”

Ken DoctorApril 16, 2018

Newsonomics: 8 questions as Michael Ferro leaves the stage ($100 million richer)

What are the first challenges the new ownership faces? What happens to the Tribune name? And could Chicago see two locally owned daily newspapers?

Christine SchmidtMarch 30, 2018

After big Denver Post layoffs, the Fort Collins Coloradoan thinks beyond local

A neighborhood watch Facebook group, reader chatbot, and a state-focused project: “We all serve the greater Coloradoan community and we each have parts to play in that.”

Ken DoctorMarch 22, 2018

Newsonomics: Is Tronc about to go on the market?

Even without the L.A. Times, it still controls a lot of important newspapers. Will it sell them to Gannett, Murdoch, local individuals in each city — or to yet another private equity firm looking to strip papers for parts?

Ken DoctorMarch 19, 2018

Newsonomics: “Retiring” from Tronc, what is Michael Ferro up to?

Three possibilities: Tronc merges with Gannett, Ferro tries to take the company private, or — maybe — Tronc begins to act more like a normal company.

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