Grief and grievances at The Plain Dealer Advance's paper in Cleveland is embroiled in a labor dispute as it charts a new digital path February 13, 2014 By Anna Clark
The OC Register‘s expansion reverses January 17, 2014 By Ryan Chittum Trouble for Aaron Kushner’s contrarian bet in Southern California
Audit Notes: Student loan profits, paywall incentives, postal banking May 15, 2013 By Ryan Chittum The Huffington Post on a government bonanza
Paywalls did not cause the fall of WSJ longform April 17, 2013 By Ryan Chittum The Atlantic‘s Alexis Madrigal misses the Murdoch
Audit Notes: The paywall problem, Thatcherism, Googlebots April 11, 2013 By Ryan Chittum Keeping out the youth of America
Paywalls rise March 28, 2013 By Felix Salmon Breaking out sticks as well as carrots to get readers to pay
WaPo will, finally, charge online March 18, 2013 By Ryan Chittum Anti-paywall forces routed in the US; attention shifts to Kings Cross
Audit Notes: paywall time machine, Times-Picayune, Elizabeth Warren March 8, 2013 By Ryan Chittum What digital subscriptions could have done for newspapers a decade ago
Content economics, part 2: payments March 5, 2013 By Felix Salmon How and why people fork over money for media
Audit Notes: NYT softballs, ad inventory, the future of the LAT March 4, 2013 By Ryan Chittum The Justice Department’s Lanny Breuer gets another weak exit interview
Audit Notes: Seattle paywall, private equity taxes, mortgage security fraud February 25, 2013 By Ryan Chittum The Seattle Times will charge online readers beginning next month
The Boston Globe, up for sale again February 20, 2013 By Ryan Chittum The Times goes all in on the Times
The NYT’s newspaper industry rarity: growth (UPDATED) February 12, 2013 By Ryan Chittum Its circulation strategy, led by the paywall, more than offsets ad losses in 2012
Audit Notes: WSJ Libor scoop, Business Insider, reader revenue January 11, 2013 By Ryan Chittum Deutsche Bank made big money betting on the rigged rate
Best of 2012: Ryan Chittum December 28, 2012 By Ryan Chittum The Audit’s deputy editor picks his favorite posts of the year
Paywall illogic December 13, 2012 By Ryan Chittum Steve Buttry distorts our arguments—and the evidence