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Recalls the shutdown of three New York newspapers in 1966 because of the failure of unions to reach agreement on another contract. What hastened the demise of the 'Herald Tribune' newspaper; Reason for the creation of the Newspaper Preservation Act.

This article focuses on the plans of Jim Moroney, the publisher of the Morning News, a Belo Corp. newspaper, for the survival of the medium. According to Moroney, the Morning News was like an outwardly healthy person with serious physical problems. Since 2001, profitability had allegedly declined 35 percent and that home delivery had decreased 10 percent since 2000, according to Moroney. Moroney, who had been publisher of the newspaper for less than three years, compared the paper to U.S. colonies and to France in the 18th century and Russia in the early 20th century. In each case, Moroney said, arrogant heads of state ignored the needs of those they governed while radicals pushed ideas that did a better job of satisfying public needs. In a statement Moroney issued, the publisher said that there is a need for a revolution in their culture. To accomplish such revolution, the publisher insisted that the newspaper needed to shake off ennui. In addition, managers should allegedly stop stifling the staff's criticism and that editors should praise and not punish dissenters. Moroney allegedly has definite ideas for the paper's transformation. For one thing, he sees investigative reporting as central to revitalizing the newspaper.

This article reports on the changing culture of West Marin County, California, as reflected in the fortunes of the weekly newspaper, the "Point Reyes Light," which was owned for 30 years by Dave Mitchell until its 2005 purchase by Robert Plotkin. The paper's changes for the worse under the out-of-towner with money and ambition but little feel for community journalism is documented, including his reliance on unpaid interns fresh from journalism school, and the disappearance of local flavor that alienated readers and staff and eventually resulted in the launch of a competing weekly, the "West Marin Citizen."

This article reports on the state of the Philadelphia Inquirer and the other entities within Philadelphia Media Holdings less than a year after the group's takeover by a group of local investors led by Brian Tierney, now the group's chief executive. His controversial measures to halt the paper's circulation slide, including layoffs and corporate sponsorship of news briefs, are discussed as representative of a new business model developing in media management.

This article discusses the events leading to what would transform life at The Philadelphia Inquirer newspaper from the merely disheartening into the profoundly terrifying. It began to unfold shortly after 3 o'clock on the afternoon of last November 1 when Sandra Long, a deputy managing editor, appeared outside the glass wall of managing editor Anne Gordon's office waving a small piece of paper. Gordon returned a few minutes later and said, without obvious concern or alarm, that the largest holder of stock in the Inquirer's corporate parent, Knight Ridder, was demanding that the company be sold in order to boost the stock's sagging value.

The article compares the "New York Post" and the "New York Daily News." For the six months, ending September 30, 2003, the "New York Daily News" circulation was 729,124, an increase of 2.1 percent over the same period in 2002, according to the U.S. Audit Bureau of Circulations. The "New York Post" increased 10.6 percent to 652,426, closing the circulation gap to 76,000 copies, its sixth consecutive double-digit increase. That places the "New York Daily News" and "New York Post" in sixth and seventh place respectively among all U.S. dailies. The "New York Daily News" was founded in 1919 by Joseph Medill Patterson of Chicago, Illinois' Tribune company. Within a few years, the paper was generating millions in profits and became the largest-selling daily in the country. The "New York Post," meanwhile, was founded in 1801 by Alexander Hamilton. Among the strengths of the "New York Post" are some topnotch coverage of business and personal finance, as well as regular scrutiny of the worlds of big media and fashion. It launched a monthly section called Tempo that reports on Hispanic culture in the city. "New York Post" owner Peter Kalikow claims that "if one wants to know the local events in New York City, they should read the "New York Post" or the "New York Daily News." That is what competition does and while the competition is going on, it is great to be a newspaper reader in New York. INSET: PETE'S PRESCRIPTION.

An introduction to the journal is presented in which the editor discusses various articles within the issue on topics including local papers closed across the U.S.; local newsrooms; and effort of a Pennsylvania paper to address readers' concerns over partisan news.