In this morning's Washington Post, columnist Steven Pearlstein tries to make the case that buying up a bunch of newspapers could be a fantastic business decision. Pearlstein's piece comes in the format of a letter to Berkshire Hathaway's Warren E. Buffett, who is bearish these days on newspapers. The longtime investment guru sees them as [...]

Writing today in the Washington Post, media reporter Howard Kurtz posits that newspaper companies failed to position themselves for the upheaval that's battering their industry. Here's Kurtz on the matter:
The people who run such companies bear a considerable share of the blame. In 1993, just before the Internet became a consumer force, I argued in [...]

In an interview on the future of his own newspaper, Boston Globe Publisher P. Steven Ainsley gives great answers to an array of questions about revenue-enhancing strategies, reporting the news, and staff morale at the latest most beleaguered daily in the country.
Deep into the discussion, Ainsley talks about how the Globe, despite money-losing ways, [...]