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@businessofnews @keachhagey @lalpert1 @iarynam You agree with Nicco Mele's estimate that half of remaining newspapers will be gone by 2021? Precarious number.

.@keachhagey, @lalpert1 , @iarynam comprehensively examine the crisis facing #localnews and our democracy wsj.com/graphics/local…

What he said, and he says it really well. wgbh.org/news/commentar…

We congratulate Rick Hutzell, Editor of The Capital, for being named the National Press Foundation’s Benjamin C. Bradlee Editor of the Year. We share here the ad that ran across Tribune Publishing newspapers today.

Think of it this way, is giving Apple 50% of your subscription revenue any worse then giving Google and Facebook 70% of your advertising revenue? I think the sad consequence of the economics of digital media is these shares are likely the same for many, and Apple did the math.

“In the 21st century, environmental policy is economic policy. Keeping the two separate isn’t a feat of intellectual discipline. It’s an anachronism.” The great ⁦@JedediahSPurdy⁩ on the Green New Deal: nytimes.com/2019/02/14/opi…

Opinion: Here are 11 climate change policies to fight for in 2019 wapo.st/ClimatePolicies

@dwallacewells For about a decade.

It’s not often these days you see anything that even sort of looks like good news for climate. This would be bad for sea level, and rain, and a dozen other things—but good for stabilizing global temperatures! carbonbrief.org/melting-antarc…

@businessofnews @CISLMUNC Great work, Penny. And as most newspapers eventually will be weeklies (publishing 3x a week or less), nearly all will face the same challenges of local sustenance. The need for conversation and cooperation between newspapers and other media has never been greater!

Out today: a major new report @CISLMUNC, The Expanding News Desert. Find out if you live in a #USNewsDesert here: usnewsdeserts.com

The very real possibility is that most newspapers will be weeklies (publishing 3x a week or less) within the next 5 years or so.

Social media is giving us trypophobia tcrn.ch/2EdXPCC

@dwallacewells And a $1.5 trillion dollar tax cut will push climate climate even further out of the discussion.

Couple dozen people at the WH #pizzagate protest. This is one crazy country.

@NickKristof Maybe we should have the same approach to Trumpism.

@davidfolkenflik Thanks -- big difference. Maybe non-newsroom employees will be buoyed to hear the avg. raise was much lower. :<

@davidfolkenflik Politico reported that the increase is up to 2.5% based on performance, not across the board. Which?

I just published “Between the News and the World, a Dream” @KFWStweet/between-the-news-and-the-world-a-dream-c68e9afd93dc?source=tw-887ea91f23d5-1440172121995" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">medium.com/@KFWStweet/bet…

Stop the 'presses'? cjr.org/analysis/stop_… via @cjr #newspapers

Google announces News Lab, a set of tools for journalists googleblog.blogspot.com/2015/06/introd… via @google #futurenews

I just published “You’ve Got A Friend." Libraries and newspapers are closer kin than you think. @KFWStweet/you-ve-got-a-friend-be60afe12409?source=tw-887ea91f23d5-1434564776856" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">medium.com/@KFWStweet/you… #futurenews

Melody Kramer: Platforms like Facebook can't be trusted to archive news orgs posts, its up to the orgs themselves poynter.org/news/mediawire…