Romenesko

Rogue Columnist
Jon Talton, who has worked at the Arizona Republic, Rocky Mountain News and other papers, cites these missteps (and others):
* Research and development received little more than lip service, or was another tool to hand down demands for shorter, dumber, fluffier stories.
* A startlingly conformist agenda emerged all over: design over content; short, uninteresting (but non-irritating to advertisers) stories, etc.
* The industry became strikingly inwardly focused, insulated from a changing world. When change was noted, it somehow always produced moves that degraded the news product.