Star Ledger Lives!

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The Star Ledger, New Jersey’s biggest newspaper seemed, for a while, to be in trouble.

All newspapers are in trouble today, but parent Conde Nast was threatening to sell the paper unless the unions took a number of concessions and some staffers took buy-outs.

It’s ugly, but The Star Ledger is hardly alone. The NY Times just laid off 100 journalists from its newsroom- the first time in it’s 150 year history.

Now, it seems that The Star Ledger is going to survive.

Meanwhile, Ledger Live, our online daily video webcast is looking better and better.

Michael Rosenblum

For more than 35 years, Michael Rosenblum has been on the cutting edge of the digital video journalism revolution. During this time, he has lead a drive for video literacy, and the complete rethinking of how television is made and controlled. His work has included: The complete transitioning of The BBC's national network (UK) to a VJ-driven model, starting in 2002. The complete conversion of The Voice of America, the United State's Government's broadcasting agency, (and the largest broadcaster in the world), from short wave radio to television broadcasting and webcasting using the VJ paradigm (1998-present). The construction of NYT Television, a New York Times Company, and the largest producer of non-fiction television in the US. Rosenblum was both the founder and President of NYT TV, (all based on this paradigm (1996-1998). The President and Founder of Video News International, a global VJ-driven newsgathering company, with more than 100 journalists around the world. (1993-1996). Other clients include Spectrum News, Verizon and CBS News.

1 Comment
  • $ October 04, 2008

    Rosenblum: “Now it seems the Star Ledger is going to survive”

    I actually read the article and, from what I read, your claims of the paper going to survive is akin to someone happy that grandma is going to “survive” because she’s on a heart lung machine in a coma.

    A little bit too optimistic if one really looks at the facts.

    Maybe what would be more valid is a claim that they haven’t died just yet but the prognosis is not good for the log term.

    Just like grandma.