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Ken DoctorMarch 27, 2020

Newsonomics: What was once unthinkable is quickly becoming reality in the destruction of local news

The coronavirus pandemic is proving the value of local news to millions of readers, driving up subscriptions. But the advertising collapse is knee-buckling. “If it’s a couple of months, we’ll make it through. If it’s six months, all bets are off.”

Shan WangFebruary 2, 2018

Here’s how Arc’s cautious quest to become the go-to publishing system for news organizations is going

“The amount of effort we’d have to invest into doing these things is completely outweighed by effort it would take for us to just do it with Arc.”

Ken DoctorJanuary 26, 2017

Newsonomics: Rebuilding the news media will require doubling-down on its core values

Journalists and publishers need to breathe new life into the social contract with readers: The audience holds the media accountable, the media holds the powerful accountable.

Ken DoctorMay 6, 2016

Newsonomics: Can a Bezos buddy act help fend off Gannett’s bid for Tribune?

Tribune Publishing’s Michael Ferro says he wants to bring The Washington Post’s Arc CMS to its newspapers. Is that a grasp at credibility or a model for other news companies to outsource their tech stacks?

Joseph LichtermanMarch 21, 2016

By crowdsourcing moderation duties, the startup Civil is working to improve comments for news orgs

“When you moderate out the hate speech and the personal attacks, you actually end up hearing from a wider group of people.”

Ken DoctorOctober 1, 2015

Newsonomics: The Washington Post offers an Arc in the storm

Call it a platform, call it a content management system, call it an “umbrella of interconnected services” — the set of tools the Post has built for itself is now being licensed to other publishers, who might find it more useful than their alternatives.

Ken DoctorJuly 3, 2014

The newsonomics of The Oregonian’s new editor’s challenge

The paper’s cut back on print and bet on digital. What sort of a news operation will Mark Katches be taking over?

At The Oregonian, reporters will be evaluated in part on how much copy they crank out for the web

Ken DoctorJanuary 30, 2014

The newsonomics of the for-profit move in local online news

Two-year-old startup GoLocal24 is expanding from its New England base across the continent. Will business-driven for-profits like it fill the void of local news in ways nonprofit outlets can’t?

Ken DoctorJune 27, 2013

The newsonomics of Advance’s advancing strategy and its Achilles’ heel

Portland’s Oregonian is up next in the newspaper chain’s cut-print-days-and-newsroom-staff strategy. But does it make sense — and can its leaders execute the plan?

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