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‘Your main newspaper can’t dictate the future’

By Julie Starr | Published: November 8, 2009

John Temple, formerly editor and publisher of the now defunct Rocky Mountain News in Denver, the US, wrote a great post discussing the lessons he learned from the experience of the Rocky. (Thanks to Mirko for pointing me to it.) Temple talks a lot about missed opportunities and not understanding at first that the web [...]

Posted in Business Models, Journalism, Newspapers | Also tagged Denver, John Temple | 2 Comments

Death of a newspaper – blow by blow

By Julie Starr | Published: February 28, 2009

From a blow-by-blow blogpost about how the decision to close the Rocky Mountain News was communicated to staff:

Posted in Journalism, Newspapers | Also tagged Newspapers, shut down, us | 2 Comments

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This is the blog of Julie Starr. I write about the news business and consult on newsroom integration and change projects.

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