Romenesko

Forbes.com
It's Poynter's benign handling of the St. Petersburg Times that journalists cite most when discussing utopian models for media ownership, says Louis Hau, a former Times employee. But, he notes, "having a patient, understanding, altruistic parent like the Poynter Institute isn't a panacea for all that ails a newspaper. True, the St. Petersburg Times is equipped with a sturdier lifeboat than most other papers. But that doesn't change the fact that it's still being tossed about in the same roiling sea as everyone else." The Times is making cuts, too.