Bob McCarty Writes

Raised an avid consumer of newspaper journalism, I went on to earn a journalism degree from Oklahoma State University and hold a variety of professional positions, most of which afforded me opportunities to work with and among professional journalists on a daily basis. So it goes without saying — and with my tongue planted firmly [...]

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Raised an avid consumer of newspaper journalism, I went on to earn a j-school degree from Oklahoma State University and hold a variety of professional positions, most of which afforded me opportunities to work with and among professional journalists on a daily basis.  So it goes without saying — and with my tongue planted firmly [...]

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You might be wondering why I chose to feature the cover of a comic book, I Was Kidnapped By LESBIAN PIRATES From OUTER SPACE!!! Allow me to kill your Friday afternoon with an explanation. In a post published one year ago tomorrow, I made note of the downward spiral of stock in Lee Newspapers, the [...]

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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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