Mediagazer: Profile of Alaska's biweekly Skagway News, and the woman who writes, edits, lays out, and delivers the paper (David Uberti/Columbia Journalism Review)

5:00 AM ET, September 1, 2016

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David Uberti / Columbia Journalism Review:

Profile of Alaska's biweekly Skagway News, and the woman who writes, edits, lays out, and delivers the paper — Earlier this month, Suzanne Ashe left her apartment and car in Anchorage and hopped onto a seaplane with her Chihuahua mix Blanca. The pair flew about 500 miles southeast to Skagway …

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GateHouse New England, which owns 100+ newspapers in Greater Boston, cutting 40 jobs through layoffs and buyouts, amid organizational restructure in September — GateHouse Media New England, which owns more than 100 daily and weekly newspapers in Greater Boston and its environs …

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Marty Swant / Adweek:

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GoPro's launching 32 original shows by early 2017, some later this year; source says a cloud-based service for hosting or editing video is coming this year — CEO Nick Woodman looks to regain balance after rocky year — “I was up jammin' 'til 3 a.m. last night,” GoPro founder …

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