AnnArbor.com cuts staff considerably, laying off 14
They’re not really talking about it on the AnnArbor.com site, but on Friday they laid off 14 employees. According to Michigan Radio, this leaves about 20 or so people in their newsroom. (The old Ann...
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AnnArbor.com heroically pushes yet further into the post-journalism frontier,...
I’m tempted to express outrage, but, the truth is, it’s a weak campaign, and, as Hoekstra is polling a full 16 points behind Stabenow, I don’t think it really matters. In fact, I’m kind of happy to see...
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My thoughts on the death of AnnArbor.com
I’m still trying to wrap my head around today’s surprise announcement that, after four years in business, the big experiment in online journalism we’ve come to know as AnnArbor.com would be going away,...
View ArticleClicks over Quality…. Will the Ann Arbor News follow The Oregonian, demanding...
Advance Publications, the owners of the Ann Arbor News, made the national news a few days ago when New York Times columnist David Carr announced that, in an attempt to drive increased web traffic to...
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A “terrible blow to journalism, ” MLive cuts 29 jobs at a time when Michigan...
I think everyone knew, when it was announced a few days before Christmas that Laurel Champion, MLive’s general manager for Southeast Michigan, would be leaving the organization, that something was up....
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According to a source, MLive will be restructuring yet again tomorrow...
A little over two years ago, I posted something here about lay-offs at MLive. Well, according to a source with knowledge of the situation, it looks as though the beleaguered online news entity might be...
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