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Why MPW Turned Down the Washington Post
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Five weeks ago, I received an unsolicited offer from the Washington Post. They asked if they could post my picture and biography on their website and link to every new…
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Excellent Gazette Coverage in Wheaton
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Gazette reporter Amber Parcher deserves special recognition for banging out three top-shelf articles on Wheaton this week about landlord Leonard Greenberg, redevelopment issues in the Central Business District and Costco’s…
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Who Will be the Sole Survivor?
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Several entities, including a couple with money, are getting into the local online politics-news-aggregation business. But as someone who publishes original political content for free, I can tell you that…
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Fall of the Washington Post, Part Five
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The Washington Post newspaper, one of the greatest institutions of world journalism, is in deep trouble. Circulation, ads and employment have been falling for decades. The newspaper lost $193 million…
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Fall of the Washington Post, Part Four
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Want to see where the Washington Post Company is headed? Look at the following snapshots of the firm’s workforce in 1993, 2000 and 2008.Now look at the percentage of the…
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Fall of the Washington Post, Part Three
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As badly as the Washington Post newspaper has performed, the stellar results of the Kaplan Inc. division have almost made up for it. Almost.Kaplan is one of the world’s premier…
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Fall of the Washington Post, Part Two
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The Washington Post newspaper was once the financial bulwark of the Washington Post Company. No longer.The Washington Post newspaper’s operating numbers have been declining for decades. Consider these measures. 1….
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Fall of the Washington Post, Part One
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The Washington Post Company is in the middle of a tumultuous transition. Some of its businesses are doing well. Some are not. The components of the company are headed in…
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The Long Island daily newspaper Newsday invested $4 million in redesigning its website and announced that they would charge a fee for online access to people not already subscribing to…