http://www.therevivalnetwork.com The New Hometown Newspaper! Tue, 01 Sep 2009 06:32:19 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en This in from The Huffington Post, according to a survey from the Associated Press Managing Editors, young staff at newspapers are being the first to get cut in this downturn for the industry. The findings also support recent surveys that state that the newspaper industry is maintaining a diverse edge ... http://www.therevivalnetwork.com/?p=240 The design and art blog, Curated Magazine, details an exhibition at The Museum of Idaho titled Hot Type, Hard Times. From the museum's website: The "Hot Type, Hard Times, 1900-1910" exhibit opens a window on the city's frontier past and the decade when civilization finally took root in Idaho Falls. Detailing ... http://www.therevivalnetwork.com/?p=234 An interesting item seen today on The Huffington Post alerts us to AMC and Regal Entertainment Group cutting their listings from local hometown newspapers. Instead, there is a new focus built on funneling the masses to their business website or even third party websites, such as Fandango, to find current ... http://www.therevivalnetwork.com/?p=217 This New York Times article reports that the Washington Post has ceased working on their hyperlocal news endeavor, Loudoun Extra. Apparently the upkeep of these sites was deemed "unsustainable" for the Washington Post staff. Begs to question if hyperlocal is meant to be handled by the citizens themselves. http://www.therevivalnetwork.com/?p=212 NPR posted a piece about the new book by Alex Jones titled Losing the News: The Future of the News That Feeds Democracy. Jones, the host of the PBS program Media Matters and the NPR program On The Media, has an interesting take on where news comes from, referring to ... http://www.therevivalnetwork.com/?p=205 Follow The Revival Network on Twitter! Updates both from this site but also links and opinion to other articles published throughout the day, all related to the ongoing interest in the newspaper. http://www.therevivalnetwork.com/?p=202 Apologies for the extended vacation here at The Revival Network. We are coming back to life, with some interesting ideas in the pipeline both for the network of self-published papers as well as aggregate coverage of the current status of the newspaper globally. Keep checking back for updates! http://www.therevivalnetwork.com/?p=199 Three stories rolling in today from the gold standard of aggregate news sites, The Huffington Post, on the current state of the newspaper. First, this video from NPR CEO Vivian Schiller, who once ran the New York Times website. Schiller states her sentiments that newspapers need to be free, stating ... http://www.therevivalnetwork.com/?p=196 Jon Fine of Business Week reports on American Customer Satisfaction Index (ACSI) survey that finds newspapers have lower customer satisfaction than the airline industry. Again, this calls into question the need for quality of content, design and editorial practice to save the dwindling industry. http://www.therevivalnetwork.com/?p=181 Steve Pearlstein, business columnist for the Washington Post, wrote an open letter / opinion piece based on the recent remarks from Warren Buffet about purchasing newspapers from around the country that are struggling. This letter is filled with interesting (if not somewhat shrewd) quotes, such as this one, "Virtually every ... http://www.therevivalnetwork.com/?p=172