Bob McCarty Writes

The American newspaper industry seems to be following in the footsteps of a book that once appeared on The New York Times Best Sellers list — and for many of the same reasons. James Frey’s book, “Million Little Pieces,” became an Oprah’s Book Club selection in September 2005 and appeared on The New York Times [...]

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A report in Editor & Publisher today leads me to believe there might be a positive trend taking shape on the horizon. America’s oldest journal covering the newspaper industry reports top executives and editors from several major dailies in the Northeast, dissatisfied with The Associated Press, met recently to discuss the formation of a content-sharing [...]

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Editor & Publisher, self-described as “America’s oldest journal covering the newspaper industry,” ran a piece today which highlighted news that 12 newspapers had endorsed Barack Obama today.  A look at some of those endorsements helps explain why, perhaps, the newspaper industry (a.k.a., “the dinosaurs”) is facing some of its worst times ever. I didn’t have [...]

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While reading a recent Editor & Publisher article, I was struck by the realization that the central figure in the piece, ex-Mormon cartoonist Steve Benson, has no reason to fear for his life after publicly criticizing certain aspects of what Mitt Romney refers to as “the faith of my fathers.” Unlike the Danish cartoonist who [...]

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Chris Matthews, host of MSNBC’s Hardball, probably wishes he hadn’t decided to appear on The Daily Show Tuesday to promote his latest book, Life’s a Campaign: What Politics Has Taught Me About Friendship, Rivalry, Reputation, and Success. Before his appearance on the Comedy Central program was over, he told host Jon Stewart it was “the [...]

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It should come as no surprise to anyone why the nation’s newspapers are rapidly losing their power and influence and why they’re struggling to remain afloat by cutting costs wherever possible. Put simply, newspapers are out of touch and dying, being replaced by citizen journalists. Evidence of this sad-but-true phenomenon can be found in the [...]

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Every once in a while, I visit the Editor & Publisher web site to see what’s “news” in the world of newspaper editors and publishers. Today, I found a disturbing article under the headline, ‘Chicago Sun-Times’ Looks to Redefine Itself as ‘Liberal, Working-Class’ Paper. Written by Mark Fitzgerald, the piece began this way: The tabloid [...]

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