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 the struggle waged for control of City Hall by saloonkeepers, bootleggers and gamblers against a reform movement led by two groups bent on civilizing the town.

The first decade of the 20th century was a technology-driven period of sweeping social change in Idaho Falls. In the middle of the decency fight were the town’s three newspapers - the staid Republican Idaho Register, the Idaho Falls Times backing the reform candidate, and a brash pro-labor newcomer, the Daily Post.

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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 it as a “core” that drives almost all industries:

This iron core does not include Paris Hilton’s latest escapade or an account of the Yankees game or the U.S. Open. It has no comics or crossword puzzle. No ads. It has no stories of puppies or weekend getaways or recipes for cooking great chili. Nor does it include advice on buying real estate, investing in an IRA, movie reviews, or diet advice. There is nothing wrong with any of these things. Indeed, pleasant and diverting stories are far more appealing to most people than the contents of the core, which some find grim, boring, or riddled with bias.

The full excerpt from his book can be found here.

Thanks to Aimee Gauthier for the scoop.

Peter Kirwan of WIRED UK has written a piece discussing the struggles of the UK newspaper industry, but in the body of the article there is a large bit on American newspapers, giving and explanation as to how and why they are struggling currently. A very good read. Seen via The Media is Dying.