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Tribune Quits AP for a Week, Should Really Quit Paper Itself

By Andy Sternberg | Published: 2 November 2009
I’d love to see Tribune papers really get some good reporting here, not just from within but from experienced beat-bloggers, city-bloggers, and more comprehensive, microfunded reporting as done by the likes of spot.us. Personally I think the best way to cut costs is to slowly let the printed version of the paper wither away, until [...]
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LA Times Announces Brand X Link Farm

By Andy Sternberg | Published: 25 March 2009
Launch early and launch often. But don’t let the cat out of the bag before you’ve got a basic index page, 404 or… anything but the de facto Register.com-branded ztomy.com-fueled link farm. So when the LA Times announced a “new product launch” in an all-staff memo this afternoon (thx, Ed) it was disappointing to see that [...]
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Jack Fuller on Free Expression Theory and the Tribune’s ‘Waterboarding’ Blunders

By Andy Sternberg | Published: 13 November 2007
When Jack Fuller pens an op-ed in the Tribune criticizing the media, it’s worth taking note. Fuller was the president of Tribune Company’s publishing group until late 2004 after working his way up through the reporting ranks and editing ranks over 30+ years at the Tribune. But I couldn’t help but note the irony today, [...]
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