In association with The California Report, produced by KQED FM. For an audio report by Kathryn Baron on January 15, 2009, go to The California Report. President-Elect Barack Obama has pledged to raise an army to wage a domestic battle…
Posts from ‘January, 2009’
Is Chronicle next on the Hearst chopping block?
The announcement that the Hearst Corporation wants to shed — and possibly shutter — the Seattle Post Intelligencer, could have direct implications for a California paper that has been losing far more money for a far longer period of time:…
Whose bone-headed idea was this?
It’s not often that my 9-year-old comments on public policy in California. In fact, he never had — until this week.When he heard me discussing Gov. Schwarzenegger’s proposal to cut the school year by a week (here in the LA…
Ethnic media also struggle
Word that San Francisco-based AsianWeek will cease publication will shatter one widely held myth: that the ethnic media don’t face quite the same budget and readership as their larger, and better endowed partners. In recent years, as circulation of mainstream…
California’s “recession-resilient” attractions?
Unlike news organizations, which are being battered by the current economic meltdown, there are at least two places that seem to be flourishing despite the impact of the recession on Californians’ pocket books. I just returned from a week-long trip…
