Chapter 4 Newspapers

21%

What percent of people 65 and older read newpapers?

%10

What percent of younger people read newspapers?

Approx 1279

How many dailies were produced daily in 2018?

"Daily Creation"

does not have the glitz of tv

reducing staff and increasing online presence

What have Newspaper companies been doing as news is becoming more digital?

Why people like newspapers

Locally newspapers cover more in depth than competing media, mix of content when you want it, more Sunday papers suggest people enjoy them (circulars for shopping), shift to changing industry (add color, morning addition, electronic addition)

young people don't like them

What is a problem with newspapers?

Ben Franklin

created the Pennsylvania Gazzette which creates a chain

William Randolph Hearst

Became the model of chains, A leading newspaperman of his times, he ran The New York Journal and helped create and propagate yellow journalism

Gannett Conglomerate

USA Today, accept huge start up costs

Chain Ownership

Focus on profits at corporate level, local editors take care of coverage and editorials

Transient Management

Local managers of chain-owned papers are usually hired by corporate headquarters; (long term career climbers don't care about the local papers)

USA Today

Founded in 1982 as "The Nations Newspaper", has the 3rd highest circulation, has approx 2.6 million daily readers,

through individual copies and bulk sales

How does USA Today sell?

New York Times

2nd largest in circulation, large following and staff, monthly and annual list of stories, later a Sunday journal, has a history of journalistic excellence

9.1 million (8.3 million digital only and 780k print)

How many subscribers does the New York Times have?

Tweed Scandal and willing to go to Supreme Court to protect free press over the Pentagon Papers

What is the New York Times History of journalistic excellence?

George Jones

publisher of the New York Times in the 1870s who contributed to the downfall of the Tweed Scandal

Charles Dow and Edward Jones

Wandered around the NYC financial district; Started the Wall Street Journal

Wall Street Journal

1st in circulation, approx 700k print a day, lengthy journalism, try to balance business and coverage of other stories

Barney Kilgore

editor of The Wall Street Journal, plain English on business stories without sacrificing depth, cover government without jargon, expand to all news, cover business angles in other fields

Mary Baker Eddy

founder of Christian Science faith, tired of sensational newspapers

Christian Science Monitor

church underwrites paper conceived to lead by example, not overtly religious; Readership slipping by 2000s, 2008 transform newspaper into weekly news magazine and publish daily on the web

Washington Post

most quoted for Federal News

LA Times

Largest National daily (650,000 daily)

Hometown Dailies

thin and small, little opinion, more added as they conglomerate

Boston Globe, Chicago Sun Times, New Jersey Herald

What are examples of Hometown Dailies?

Shoppers

free, little journalisn, ad sheets

Telephone Book Journalism

people want to see their name in print

Weekly Newspapers

received in 60% of households, brings local advertising right to people in the community, suburban weeklies thriving, rural weeklies hurting, Main St. businesses going away with big box chains

Alternative News

Stylized journalism, investigation of edgy topics, highlight local people and culture

Village Voice

A newspaper launched by Norman Mailer and Dan Wolfe in 1955 that defined what was popular, the country's first alternative newsweekly

Counterculture Newspapers

Village Voice, early on didn't fact check, now more journalistically serious; anti establishment, more about sex and drugs; loyal readership in cities and subscription

African American Newspapers

historical connection from emancipation (Fredrick Douglas North Star), focus more on community events now, many blacks now look to traditional newspapers for news and other institutions (church) for spiritual matters

Foreign Language Newspapers

as multilingualism and immigration in US are more prevalent

Circulation

How many newspapers you print; papers now make money through cutting costs (AP articles = less staff, narrower pages, increase ad costs)

Penetration

the percent of people or households who get the paper

Quality of Newspapers

awards, quality of writing and research, news hole (how much news is in the paper), local content, staff (seasoned v. new people), management (do they care about the local community)

News Hole

percent of writing in a paper

Sunday Editions

people do most of their shopping on Sunday, two income houses catch up on chores, young readership isn't there

Ads

chains buying up consolidated local spots; Free Sanding Inserts, (FSI's) keep costs low

Web Transition

selling print vs digital ads

Clustering

try to buy papers that have adjoining circulation; lose their local touch (editors are far away) can save local newspapers economically

Saving money and jobs

What does the future of the newspaper industry in print come from?