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Ken DoctorApril 8, 2020

Newsonomics: Poison pill swallowed, what’s next for reeling Gannett?

The company’s stock can’t fall much lower, but the questions surrounding America’s largest newspaper chain are beginning to multiply.

Joshua BentonFebruary 11, 2020

In one move, the Dayton Daily News gets to avoid (a) private equity ownership, (b) the daycutting knife, and (c) a misused federal regulation

That makes Cox buying back the “daily” newspaper it sold to Apollo Global Capital a year ago a rare newspaper win-win-win.

Joshua Benton and Ken DoctorJanuary 29, 2020

Turns out Warren Buffett won’t be the billionaire who saves newspapers either

By selling Berkshire Hathaway’s newspapers to Lee Enterprises, the world’s most successful investor is acknowledging the industry’s downhill slide is not near an end.

“Where there’s no competition, there’s no pressure to do better”: Local news is suffering even in areas where newspapers remain

Ken DoctorNovember 14, 2019

Newsonomics: With its merger approved, the new Gannett readies the cost-cutting knife

What was once expected to be $200 million in annual cost savings has now grown to $400 million or more. But how much blood is left to be drawn from this stone?

Christine SchmidtAugust 21, 2019

The Boston Globe continues its regional expansion experiment, with students in a suburb

“Investigative reporting is great to have, but first we need the basics — and we’re no longer getting them.”

Ken DoctorJuly 18, 2019

Newsonomics: It’s looking like Gannett will be acquired by GateHouse — creating a newspaper megachain like the U.S. has never seen

A combined GannHouse (Gatenett?) would own 1 out of every 6 daily newspapers in America. The goal? Buy two or three more years to figure out how to make money in digital.

Christine SchmidtJune 5, 2019

The Boston Globe’s move into Rhode Island is a bet that the last newspapers standing will have a bigger footprint

“We saw opportunity in Rhode Island where quite honestly great newspapers like the Providence Journal were seeing significant cuts and that market is particularly engaged in news.”

Ken DoctorMay 16, 2019

Newsonomics: Gannett turns back Alden, but it’s just a hiccup before the big rollup in the sky

This hostile takeover didn’t work out. But the thinking of industry executives remains dominated by the inevitable merging of America’s big newspaper chains.

Ken DoctorApril 18, 2019

Newsonomics: The newspaper industry is thirsty for liquidity as it tries to merge its way out of trouble

Newspaper company CEOs will be the first to tell you a new round of consolidation won’t solve their problems. But it might give them another year or two of breathing room.

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