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Journalists are just speeding up their own demise by doing unpaid or underpaid work, says media veteran <b>Alan Mutter</b> in a call-out for all writers to stop working for free.

Dear journalists: stop working for free

Feb 03, 2010

<em>The New York Times</em> is planning to prune back some of its 70+ blogs from its site in an effort to save some cash. Which will be voted off the island? The <a href="http://wordplay.blogs.nytimes.com/">crossword blog</a>? The <a href="http://slapshot.blogs.nytimes.com">ice hockey blog</a>? Or the <a href="http://newoldage.blogs.nytimes.com/">old person blog</a>?

Who will survive the great NYT blog cull?

Dec 07, 2009

Heads have begun to roll at US-based newswire service the <em>Associated Press</em>, as the agency attempts to cut its costs by 10%.

The axe drops at the Associated Press

Nov 19, 2009

Australian newspaper buyers have punished the national papers, <em>The Australian Financial Review</em> and <em>The Australian</em> in the latest audit period, but basically spared the rod on their state-based competitors.

National newspapers fall off a cliff, bury news

Nov 16, 2009

<em>Politico</em> has its hands on an internal memo from <em>Newsweek</em> editor, Jon Meacham, informing staff that about a dozen job are about to be cut.

The axe is about to fall at Newsweek

Nov 13, 2009

Newspaper <em>The Toronto Star</em> recently announced it would be outsourcing some of its sub-editing work. So the paper's disgruntled subbies have taken a red pen to the publisher's internal memo announcing the move, proving <em>exactly</em> why they're needed.

Why you should never piss-off a sub-editor

Nov 11, 2009

<a href="http://mediadecoder.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/10/29/time-inc-to-cut-100-million-extensive-layoffs-are-expected/">Forced to cut</a> $100m in expenditure, publisher Time has begun trimming the fat, announcing layoffs at <em>Sports Illustrated</em> and the closure of Fortune Small Business. And this is just round one: 280 layoffs are expected in total.

The Time Inc. carnage begins

Nov 05, 2009

The former associate art director of the now-defunct <em>Gourmet</em> magazine has put up this online photo gallery to document the final days in the publication's now-empty offices. How thoroughly depressing.

The last days of Gourmet

Nov 04, 2009

If the Conservative Party gain power in the UK, they will "rip up" the BBC's royal charter, deregulating the TV industry to improve the market for commercial operators, according to the party's shadow culture secretary.

Why a Tory victory is just what Rupert wants

Oct 20, 2009

<em>Gawker</em> assesses the shaky future of tech-bible <em>Wired</em>. Faced with sinking ad sales, major staff cuts and losses, and at the mercy of <a href="http://www.crikey.com.au/topic/conde-nast/">an ailing publisher</a>, how much longer can the mag and its website cling on?

Will Wired survive the Condé carnage?

Oct 16, 2009

Publisher <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2009/09/28/business/media/28conde.html?_r=1">Condé Nast</a> (<em>GQ</em>, <em>Vogue</em>, <em>Vanity Fair</em>) is trimming the fat of <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2009/09/28/business/media/28conde.html">bloated</a> magazine empire, and the first victims are <em>Cookie</em>, <em>Modern Bride</em>, <em>Elegant Bride</em> and, most notably, foodie bible <em>Gourmet</em>. The latter's closure has <a href="http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601087&sid=aRzYK_GptIcw">been labeled</a> "an American tragedy". But <a href="http://food.theatlantic.com/corbys-fresh-feeds/dont-rip-gourmet-come-back-soon.php">is this really the end</a>?

Cost-cutting carnage at Condé Nast: four mags to fold

Oct 06, 2009

<em>The Washington Post</em> is <a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/opinions/pundit-contest/index.html">running a contest</a> to find "America's Next Great Pundit". Contestants will face-off in a series of challenges, judged by <em>Post</em> staff, and readers will vote on who wins a coveted byline with the paper. No matter who wins, journalism is the loser.

Great moments in journalism: America’s Next Top Pundit

Sep 30, 2009

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