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Reports on the pressure in book prices due to the increase in paper and printing costs in the U.S. in March 2005. Price increase in backlist titles, according to Jack Romanos, CEO of Simon & Schuster; Expectations of manufacturers and publishers on the state of the industry; Percentage increase in volume posted by printer Quebecor in the last quarter of 2004.

Reports on the agreement between The Seattle Times Co. and The Hearst Corp. that will allow Hearst's "Seattle Post-Intelligencer" newspaper to publish until at least 2007. Account of the agreement by reporter Bill Richards; Terms of the joint-operating agreement between the two companies; Schedule of the hearing of the lawsuit filed by Hearst against Seattle Times.

The article discusses economic concerns of newspaper executives at the Newspaper Association of America's annual conference in Seattle, Washington. They were relieved that the war in Iraq has ended but were concerned about the economic situation. Some executives noted some increases in retail advertising but help-wanted advertising, the major component of classified advertising and newspapers' largest source of revenue, remained in a depressed state.

Reports on the gains in circulation figures achieved by various U.S. newspaper publishers for the Audit Bureau of Circulations reporting period. General reasons behind the increase in circulation; Gains achieved by Hearst Corp.'s 'San Antonio Express-News,' in the six months ended September 30, 2002; Retention programs adopted by Belo Corp.'s 'The Dallas Morning'; Gains reported by publishers of other newspapers.

Focuses on Locomotive Ltd., a company which specializes in publishing-related products for children. Information of the quality control procedure of the company; Production volume of a Locomotive product; Book titles produced by the company.

Focuses on the struggle of Advance Publication's 'The Star-Ledger' to find the 10 million dollars for its budget in New Jersey. Promise not to lay off its nonunion employees; Decrease amounts of its annual raises and bonuses; Cost-cutting plans of the newspaper.

The article reports on the decline in the advertising revenues of newspapers during the first quarter of 2001. Based on preannouncements of newspaper companies, advertising revenue for the quarter is expected to be down by 2.5 per cent and earnings will decline by 25 per cent. National and help-wanted advertising also performed weakly during the period.

The article reports on the challenge of distribution faced by newspaper publishers, exacerbated by the emerging urban sprawl in the United States. The pressure facing publishers to deliver newspapers on time is caused both by demographic and geographic factors. The impact of sprawl on the publishing industry is also discussed.

The article discusses the collaboration of two librarians on the conference paper "How to write a paper in 140 characters or less: Social media for professional development."

The article discusses the solution devised by inserter operators and machinists to a wasteful problem in printing presses in the U.S. Used in some fashion by their counterparts at other papers, the operators' solution is simple and familiar: a stream of air to separate sheets as they are fed into the hopper. For that, last October, they used hoses, duct tape and the machines' compressed air supply. Based on the design, machinists then fabricated a durable and simple attachment for existing hoppers.

This article focuses on publishing and digital media. The article explains that because the Internet enables publishing without the use of paper, publishers have adopted creation of both print and digitized copies of material. Also included are the marketability of electronic versions of material and ways they are being utilized.

The author reflects on the feuds between local enforcement and alternative weeklies in Arizona and Florida. It states that the arrest in Phoenix of "Village Voice Media" executive editor Michael Lacey and CEO Jim Larkin Maricopa County sheriff's deputies are proof their alternative papers can still get under the skin of local authorities. It adds that in Florida, a vindictive law enforcement group is still carrying on its case against three sales executives of the "Orlando Weekly" for aiding and abetting prostitution.

The article presents interviews with various publishers including Tim Timmons, chief executive officer of "The Paper of Montgomery County," Trevor Vernon of "The Eldon," and Ron Hasse, president of Southern California News Group. They discuss on how they overcame the challenges in 2017. Timmons, Vernon and Hasse provides an outlook for the industry for 2018 and beyond.

Reports on the shipment of newspapers to Miami, Florida during the Super Bowl XXXIII. Reason for shipping newspapers to Miami; Comments from Tom Botelho, vice-marketing for MediaNews Group's `Denver Post'; Coordination of the newspaper distribution.

Observes newspaper publishers' less focus on marketing efforts. Comments from media analyst Michael Bebe; Total daily newspaper advertising expenditures in the first half of 1999; View of most publishers on marketing.

The article discusses how the Iraq War, 2003 blunted a resurgence of advertising in the newspaper industry in the United States. Newspaper executives are understandably nervous about the prospects for the next quarter or two. However, they remain optimistic about the industry's long-term prospects, based on papers' abilities to seize a greater share of the national advertising market.

Reports that Duane McCallister, publisher of 'Gaston Gazette' newspaper in Gaston, North Carolina, will not change the paper's policy of not accepting advertising or free announcements acknowledging same-sex unions. Reason for the policy.

Discusses the views of the publisher of `The New York Times' newspaper and chairman of the New York Times Company on leadership moments in journalism in the United States (U.S.). Concern on the Intelligence Authorization Act passed by the U.S. Congress; Comments from Punch Sulzberger about the Pentagon Papers.

Reports on the new ownership of daily newspapers in Chicago, Ill., Boston, Mass. and New York City, New York. Rupert Murdoch's News Corp. at the `New York Post'; Publishing and real estate magnate Mortimer Zuckerman at the `New York Daily News'; Former `Post' publisher Patrick Purcell for the `Boston Herald'; Hollinger Inc.'s division American Publishing Co. at the `Chicago Sun-Times'.

Reports on Norco, Southern California's filing of a lawsuit against the publisher of `Norco News' for allegedly harming the health and reputation of city official Michael Kulick. Publisher Lucille Oliva and writer Lois Loock as defendants; Oliva's reputation as a journalist; Background on Oliva's encounter with Kulick which happened in the latter's animal shelter; Other claims made against Oliva.

Discusses how Hong Kong and Singapore are used as dumping grounds for paper supplies which results in printers in those markets picking up great deals on fine-quality leftover stock from Scandinavia, Europe, Canada and the United States. Drawbacks; Developments in major paper markets affects paper price and availability in Asia; Problems; Small range of choices in stocks in Asia.

Discusses a new report by the Graphic Arts Marketing Information Service (GAMIS), a Special Industry Group of Printing Industries of America, Inc. (PIA). Need for an additional paper grade classification system based on end use; Report interviewed paper companies, printers, publishers, retailers, ink and press manufacturers and prepress suppliers.

Report on publisher's move to use acid-free paper in publishing books.

Reports on the solicitation of papers and books on privatization efforts in the United States to form part of Praeger Publishers' book series. Topics of interest; Contact information.

The article features a collection of newspapers that are doing one particular thing very well and merit recognition for that effort and achievement amid the economic turmoil of the industry. One of these papers is the "Star Tribune" in Minneapolis, Minnesota which is in bankruptcy reorganization. Other papers, including "The Item," said that the way they handled hard times qualifies as doing it right. Information on how the "Honolulu Star-Bulletin" has revived its print product is provided.

The article focuses on the efforts of publishers in reducing their environmental impact. The publishing industry affects the environment throughout the publication process, such as cutting down trees to generate paper, trucking the wood to mills and applying a chemical process in paper production. Digital publishing also has its impact through massive electric power consumption. Mark Gough, the Environment and Health & Safety Coordinator at Reed Elsevier, says that environmental factors are considered in making decisions about its production process.

In the article, the author discusses the latest trends in the digital publishing industry as of December 2011. He cites the three trends that could dominate the sector, namely, mobility, ubiquity and touchability. The concept of conventional advertising is also being replaced by user-generated content (UGC), social sharing and social advertising.

The article reports that the "Times Argus" and "Rutland Herald" continued to print despite flooding in Vermont in June 2011.

The article reports that Journal Online's Pres+- which is used by the "Scranton Time-Tribune," and "Augusta Chronicle," is a tech platform that allows publishers to charge for access to portions of their sites in whatever fashion they see fit.

The article reveals that some U.S. newspapers are realizing the growth opportunities of mobile applications as publishers continue to debate online paid content strategies. From October 24, 2009, the mobile application of "The Wall Street Journal" will not longer be free. Some contents on WSJ.com can be viewed for no charge, however, a reader has to subscribe if he or she wants to use it to access all journal content. Meanwhile, "The Miami Herald" in Florida is selling an application that links users to in-depth coverage of the Dolphins' 2009 season.

The article examines the impact of dropping the print edition of newspapers on certain days or eliminating such edition completely on newspaper's Web traffic. In the case of "Post-Intelligencer" (P-I), it fell off the top-30 list of newspaper Web sites for the month of March 2009 after the print edition was removed. The "East Valley Tribune" in Mesa, Arizona cut its Monday, Tuesday, and Thursday editions and eliminated Saturday copies and after that change, publisher Julie Moreno says they had budgeted page-view declines year-over-year.

The article reports that magazine circulation in the United Kingdom is up, despite the fact that newspapers are struggling. Even though major magazine publishers saw circulation and advertising revenues go down, overall circulation numbers are up, largely due to free magazines and custom-publishing titles.

The article reports on the global turnout of scientific papers published. The 2003 data from the National Science Foundation show an above-average global growth in the number of scientific papers published, including Asian and Western European Nations. Although there was a relatively slower growth of papers from the U.S., it nevertheless remains the sole national source of scientific papers by a substantial mark.

The author discusses the impact of the increase in the prices of print publications on print and digital publication subscriptions. The author believes that the increase in pricing will encourage more digital switching. He cites some of the advantages of digital publication, including being more current with extraordinary opportunities for search and analysis, the extensible markup language (XML) standard increases the power of digitized financial information, and wireless delivery and the appeal of digital documents.

The article reports on viral campaign for "RedEye," the quick-read free daily of "The Chicago Tribune." The viral campaign is the brainchild of Kevin Leland, the brand marketing specialist for "RedEye." Among the youngsters who are selected to promote the daily is Ellie Bahrmasel. They are called Ambassadors who are tasked to get people to sign up for subscriptions. They are paid through PayPal.

The article reports on the move by copyright experts to build a framework for controlled digital lending (CDL) with the publication of a white paper and an official position statement initially supported by 40 individuals and 24 institutional signatories. Topics discussed include benefit of a CDL to a library if properly implemented, basic concept of CDL, and titles that would benefit from CDL including those that are out of print, orphan works or in-copyright works that were not digitized.

This article discusses the proposed open access (OAA) archiving among publishers. This does not require the articles to be published in author-pays OA journals, but simply that published research be made freely available on the Web, whatever publishing route is taken. The stress on OAA has given significant traction to the self-archiving program. Since publishers have historically taken a highly proprietary approach to their business, enforcing OA on them would likely be significant. Not only have they routinely acquired the copyright of papers they publish, but they have also often sought to acquire exclusivity retrospectively too. As researchers began exploring the potential of the Internet, many publishers were initially keen to be involved. Former professor Eberhard Hilf points out that the first response of most publishers to researchers posting and organizing research on the Internet was indifference. For years publishers viewed services like PhysNet and Math-Net as offering no threat. But as publishers began to view the embryonic OA movement as a threat to their traditional print journals, they stopped talking to OA advocates in order to hold on to what they had. Publishers began to migrate their closed model to the new online environment, developing powerful new electronic platforms designed to lock research papers behind a subscription firewall.

Since the late 1980s, growth in the number of scientific papers published by scientists working in the U.S. has been spotty and limited. Since the mid 1990s, there has been no growth at all. Meanwhile output of articles from Western European nations, combined has surged past the U.S. total. And there have been really big absolute gains for Asia. The U.S. accounted for only about 15% of the worldwide increase in the number of scientific papers between 1988 and 2001. Over this period, the U.S.'s share of articles declined in all of the natural sciences as well as in engineering and mathematics.

The article reports on the comments of the Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC) on tabloid newspaper that published racy pictures featuring nurses in Great Britain. A spokesperson for NMC expressed that the photos are portraying an outdated stereotype of nurses and that the tabloid should grow up and throw away those images. NMC is revising its Code of Professional Conduct and it may include advice on the proper engagement of nurses with the media.

The article highlights an address delivered by media economist Robert Picard before U.S. publishers at the Inter American Press Association 62nd General Assembly in Mexico City, Mexico. According to him, the traditional way of running a newspaper business in the country is not sustainable. He mentioned that reliance on new print products will not assure long-term success.

The article offers observation on the publication of "New York Times" reporter James Risen's book "State of War" by Simon & Schuster's Free Press. It emphasizes the importance of this publication to Free Press. It offers information on other nonfiction publishing. It points out the influence of journalism on cultural and political discussions.

Focuses on challenges being faced by magazine publishers in their operations. Several improvements that should be considered by publishers in their operations; Application of new technology to the publication of magazines; Role of magazines as catalogs to Web sites.

Comments on a reality television show based on "The New York Daily News" newspaper. Cost and gross income of a 1992 movie-musical about New York newspapers; List of the newspaper's reporters to be featured in the reality show; Outlook of Martin Dunn, editorial director and deputy publisher of the newspaper, on appearing on television.

Focuses on the 100th anniversary celebration of the Southern Newspaper Publishers Association (SNPA) in November 2003. Importance of the SNPA on the journalistic history; Comment from Roger Kintzel, SNPA president; Background on the creation of the SNPA; Discussion on the major accomplishments of the association.

Focuses on the launching of the initiative Real Life, Real News: Connecting With Reader's Lives by newspaper publisher Gannett Co. Inc. to address readership declines. Aim of the initiative; Changes which should be implemented; Activities included in the project.