Headliners
- Gannett sticking to its intent to buy Tribune company
- Mass. governor signs beefed-up public records law
- Press victory: Files of court dismissals unsealed in Maine
- Conn. gov backs secrecy on mergers of health-care firms
- Globe’s Stat health/science site to erect paywall
- Supreme Court KOs rocker’s appeal of Herald libel case
- R.I. OKs legislation banning ‘sextortion,’ ‘revenge porn’
- 2 N.E. news sites are among tops in U.S. in revenue
- 5 N.E. business publications win national recognition
Transitions
Briefs
Awards and Honors
- 5 N.E. business publications win national recognition
- Conn. SPJ announces its 2015 award winners
- 13 Conn. SPJ charter members join Hall of Fame
- Mass. reporter wins novice journalist award, $1,000
- Cape Cod daily, its editor top GateHouse awards
- Eagle-Tribune, sister papers win 9 in-chain awards
- Newseum honors journalists slain on duty in 2015
- Alma mater awards Vt.’s Donoghue honorary degree
- 3 N.E. colleges win SPJ student newspaper honors
- 6 N.E. high school students win Neuharth scholarships
- N.H. college gives Herald’s Sciacca leadership award
Advertising News
- Macy’s 50% in ad cuts fuels deeper ad $$$ decline
- NAA shelves its money-losing national ad sales firm
- AP now creating native advertising for members’ use
- Trade group probe raps nontransparent ad practices
- Newspapers’ ways to overcome ad-blocking impact
- Forbes exec: Ad blocking poses ‘existential’ threat
- Estimate: Ad blocking to cost up to $35B by 2020
- NAA hit as anti-privacy for its anti-ad-blocking action
- Selling of anti-ad blocking software to publishers is up
- Report: Ad fraud cost could be $150 billion by 2025
- Snapchat gears up for advertising splurge
- Ad agencies favoring Instagram over Twitter
- comScore: Podcast ads favored over other digital forms
Advice
Mobile/Online News
- Downloading of mobile apps is in sharp decline
- Globe’s health/science site Stat to erect paywall by ’17
- 2 N.E. community news sites among tops in revenue
- 51% of independent local news sites now sell native ads
- NAA might add online-only news sites as members
- Open-source tool formats copy for distribution sites
- Selling subscriptions via Apple better for publishers
- Sunlight Foundation eases connections to gov’t info
- Which online platform is leading the publishing pack?
- Google’s faster pages slow to gain publishers’ favor
- Startup aims to lessen use and abuse of email
Social Media News
- Microsoft’s buying LinkedIn might pressure Google
- Publishers’ Facebook reach down 42% since January
- Snapchat makes Discover more publisher-friendly
- Facebook joins Google in tracking in-store shopping
- Facebook kills its notification-based news app Notify
- Facebook dropping messaging in favor of Messenger
- Instagram to show users their favored photos first
- Publisher Facebook videos shared more often than text
- Fortune writer urges 1st Amendment for social media
- Snapchat rules for branded content confuse publishers
Legal Briefs
- Mass. governor signs beefed-up public records law
- Globe: 5 ways new law improves public records access
- Press wins unsealing of court dismissal files in Maine
- Conn. gov backs secrecy law on health-care mergers
- Supreme Court KOs rocker’s appeal of Herald libel case
- R.I. OKs legislation banning ‘revenge porn,’ ‘sextortion”
- Editorial: Boston Mayor an enemy of transparency
- Globe search: 30% of criminal immigrants reoffend
- State Dept. deleted video of ??s about Iran deal secrecy
- Trump seen as danger to free press, First Amendment
- $100K grant to aid watchdog press group with tech law
Industry News
- Contest to decide new owner of Hardwick (Vt.) Gazette
- Gannett sticking to its intent to buy Tribune company
- Tribune newspaper chain changes name to Tronc
- Tribune: 2,000 videos a day via artificial intelligence
- Success stories from thriving community newspapers
- Gallup: Confidence in newspapers hits all-time low
- Micropayment news vendor joins the competition
- Preparing a disaster plan for producing newspapers
- Trump to deny Washington Post, Twitter credentials
- Reporters Committee chair ‘troubled’ by Trump stand
- Angry backlash greets AP’s reporting Hillary’s victory