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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 author offers opinions on journalism. Television commentator Bill O'Reilly of Fox News is criticized for saying that newspapers are struggling financially due to their liberal editorial opinions. The author points out that just as many newspapers with conservative editorial policies are struggling as well.

The author offers opinions on journalism. Television commentator Bill O'Reilly is criticized for stating that the financial difficulties of newspapers are due to the liberal editorials published by many of them. The author points out that newspapers with conservative editorial policies are also in financial difficulty.

The article reports that a group of northeastern U.S. newspapers, including "The New York Daily News," "Newsday," and "The Albany Times-Union," are in negotiations to institute a content-sharing agreement. The agreement is designed to allow the newspapers to drop their current agreements with the Associated Press.

Features the result of a survey conducted by the `2001 Editor & Publisher International Year Book' regarding the circulation of Sunday newspapers in the United States.

Reports on the sale of the newspaper businesses of Thomson Corp. to Gannett and Community Newspaper Holdings. Reasons Thomson has decided to sell its newspapers in Canada and the United States; Cost of the sale; Number of newspapers sold to Gannett and Community; Plans of newspaper publisher Central Newspapers.

Deals with the continuing fall of newspaper readership in the United States in 1999. Advertising revenue of the newspaper industry in 1998; Result of the Competitive Media Index; Details on the industry's marketing initiatives; Function on the Newspaper Readership Project at Northwestern University's Newspaper Management Center.

The article features Doug Ray, president and CEO of the Daily Herald. Ray is Editor & Publisher's Newspaper Publisher of the Year for all he has done in bringing the Daily Herald into the big leagues. Ray says, "We want to be the primary source of news and information in our market, not the secondary source." So the paper does nearly everything its big-city competitors do, from covering pro sports both home and away, to maintaining a bureau in the state capital and featuring a full-time movie critic and general columnist.

Focuses on the reaction of newspaper publishing companies in the United States to the increase in newsprint pricing announced by paper manufacturers in May 1998. Media analysts' assessment of the pricing increase; Budget set by most newspaper companies for newsprint increase; Pricing for free sheet paper for magazines.

The article discusses the integrity of the newspaper "The New York Times." The paper is especially notable because of its focus on quality writing, a focus that the Internet and weblogs have ignored in favor of quantity. The newspaper's coverage of a scandal involving New York state Governor Eliot Spitzer is examined.

Reports the planned divestiture of the United States and Canada community papers of Hollinger Inc. Reason for the move; Shares of the company; Bidders for the newspaper holdings of Hollinger.