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Death Of The Newspaper

Travel

We Went to Vegas to Wring Joy From Heartbreak

The writer and his oldest friends reunited to mourn the ones they lost—and honor the time they have left.

Mitchell S. Jackson The New York Times Magazine Sep 2021 30min Permalink

Media

“Paywall Will Underperform”

An interview with Clay Shirky on “why no medium has ever survived the indifference of 25-year-olds.”

Decca Aitkenhead The Guardian Jul 2010 10min Permalink

Media

Look at me!

A young journalist’s low-paid odyssey through publications from the Hong Kong iMail to Gawker adrift in the “nothing-based economy.”

Maureen Tkacik Columbia Journalism Review May 2010 30min Permalink

Media

How to Save the News

Yeah, you’ve seen that headline before. The difference? This time it’s not journalists trying to do the saving. It’s Google.

James Fallows The Atlantic May 2010 Permalink

The Great West Coast Newspaper War

Murderous editors, allegations of insanity, connections to the Church of Satan, illegal predatory-pricing schemes, and more than $21 million on the line—the crazy alt-weekly war in San Francisco has it all.

Eli Sanders The Stranger Mar 2010 45min Permalink