Over the past three-and-a-half years, Les Hinton had made a name for himself in the U.S. as something of a turnaround specialist, making good a Dow Jones that was considering options with management consultants before News Corp (NSDQ: NWS). stepped in to buy it. But for twelve years before that,…

We could have told Johnston Press, when it announced the plans back in November, that people won’t pay to read local newspapers online. But you can’t begrudge the publisher finding out for sure for itself… Its three-month pay trial on six local papers sites is now ending, with apparently dismal…