#1327: Layoffs Strike The Wall Street Journal

(Airs 11/6 & 11/07/16) The Media Project is an inside look at media coverage of current events with WAMC’s CEO Alan Chartock, Albany Times Union Editor Rex Smith, and University at Albany Professor and Journalism Program Director Rosemary Armao. On this week's show they talk about, more layoffs at newspapers including the Wall Street Journal, the New York Times says it has a model to survive in a future world without paper, Minneapolis Star Tribune is thriving against the odds, deciding which stories to leave behind the online paywall, a letter on using the phrase “didn’t immediately return calls seeking comment,” and much more.