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15 Aug 2010 12:05

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Biz: Would you buy a tablet-only Rupert Murdoch newspaper?

  • Only if the app is better than the WSJ app. The News Corp. main man may not win any points for his paywall push or his insanely-slow Wall Street Journal app, but he’s going to make another run at the model, instead focusing on the general interest. “We’ll have young people reading newspapers,” Murdoch said during a recent earnings call. “It’s a real game changer in the presentation of news.” Just don’t make it take five minutes to download like the WSJ app. source

16 Mar 2009 22:32

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Biz, U.S.: The Rocky staffers’ new project, InDenverTimes, sets a lofty goal

  • 50,000 subscriptions by April to start out source

16 Mar 2009 22:25

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Biz, U.S.: P-I’s online focus: An evolution away from print

  • 20 full-time journalists will be kept on the P-I staff list
  • 150 community bloggers will hold up the paper content-wise source

16 Mar 2009 22:09

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Biz, U.S.: Seattle learns to live life with one less newspaper

  • bad The Post-Intelligencer will print its last issue tomorrow after 146 years of publication. It will survive as an online-only pub.
  • worse Just a handful of employees will be kept on for the online venture. Sadly. :( Stay strong, former P-I staff! We got your back! source