Uh-oh, Where Did Those Newspaper Web Ads Go?

File this under "It can always get worse." Amid the constant stream of circulation declines, vanishing ads and staff reductions that have afflicted print newspapers, some major publishers are seeing online-revenue declines for the first time.

Tribune Co., Lee Enterprises and E.W. Scripps all reported declines in web advertising during the most recent quarter, a worrying development in an industry that has been able to count on the uninterrupted growth of its websites during a period in which it has been able to count on little else. [Click for MORE] Sphere: Related Content

Very Mixed Media

> New Los Angeles Times Publisher Eddy Hartenstein asserts independence
> Are editors a luxury that we can do without?
> McClatchy to impose pay freeze
> US publisher Gannett to axe 1,000 staff posts
> Is the Kindle ebook reader becoming Amazon's iPod?
> St. Pete Times loses 200 to early retirement, avoids layoffs
> Rockford Register Star lays off 13
> Plain Dealer offers buyout to non-union workers
> Downsizing the News And Pretending to Increase Quality
> 'Arkansas Democrat-Gazette' Freezes Salaries, Hiring -- But Vows No Layoffs
> 'Buffalo News' Extends Buyouts to 10% Of Staff -- 'Modesto Bee' Offers to All
> Daytona Beach News Journal is for sale
> N.Y. Daily News looks to slash 25 jobs
> Star-Telegram initiates separation program

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'I Don't Think He Gets Journalism'

Mike Smith, executive director of the Media Management Center at Northwestern University, comments on Sam Zell and Tribune Co.

--Hattip: News of the Sun

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