PaidContent.com Lauren Rich Fine was at the Florida Press Association's annual meeting when news broke about Tribune's
productivity/50-50 plan. "[It] didn't create any particular panic as redesigns were already in process at many of the papers represented at the meeting, including more migrations of print content to online and merging of sections to reduce newsprint," writes the former Merrill Lynch newspaper industry analyst. ||
Ken Doctor: My AdMan source says achieving a 50/50 ad-edit balance won't be easy.
(Content Bridges) ||
Felix Salmon: Sam Zell neither wants nor needs LAT for vanity purposes, so why not sell it?
(Portfolio.com) ||
Mark Potts: Maybe Zell is onto something, and maybe his big, tough talk will put the fear of god into slackers in Tribune newsrooms.
(Recovering Journalist) ||
Eric Deggans: Zell's approach focuses on devaluing the things that distinguish newspapers the most.
(Poynter's St. Petersburg Times)
