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The article focuses on the newspaper "Manitoulin Expositor" and "The Manitoulin West Recorder" are owned by 73-year-old Rick McCutcheon. It mentions that The Manitoulin Expositor covers most of the Manitoulin island with a weekly circulation of 6,000 the western part of the island is covered by The Manitoulin West Recorder, circulation 1,500. It also mentions that tourism websites and fishing derbies are helpful in maintaining community loyalty.

The article discusses the competition in the newspaper industry in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. It indicates that newspaper competition started when industrialist Richard Mellon Scaife established the "Pittsburgh Tribune-Review" in direct competition with "ThePittsburgh Post-Gazette" in the early 1990s. It outlines some benefits of the newspaper rivalry last decade which include dueling government reporting, subscription deals, and diversity of political, cultural, and informational voices.

The article focuses on the publishing finance and management of college student newspapers. Student newspapers at large U.S. universities are suffering advertising revenue losses in the recession, but they are lower than those of other newspapers due to their audience of young adults, considered desirable by marketers. Relatively few college newspapers have instituted Web sites, and few journalism students are being instructed in online journalism. Journalism teachers note that online journalism is still such a new form that few persons are qualified to teach it in an academic setting.

The article informs that Dispatch Printing Co., a newspaper publication firm, has announced that the publication of the alternative weekly publication "The Other Paper" will be ceased. According to journalism professor Kelly Messinger, the closure decision has been taken by the management in order to eliminate competition. It also mentions that the company now owns the city daily newspaper "Columbus Dispatch."

The article reports that the "State Journal-Register," the daily newspaper of Springfield, Missouri, is expected to be sold to GateHouse Media Inc. by the end of April 2007. The article mentions the number of papers GateHouse owns, counting it as one of the country's largest newspaper companies and untroubled by problems of declining circulation and financial troubles facing other newspapers. The article discusses GateHouse's business strategy and its financial situation, including its revenue and debt. The article also discusses the challenges facing GateHouse's operation of the "State Journal-Resgister," and offers comments about what will happen to the newspaper's employees.

Focuses on 'Vital Voice,' a bi-monthly newspaper serving the Saint Louis, Missouri, gay and lesbian community, and its editor, Jim Thomas. Comparison of the newspaper with the defunct 'Gay News Telegraph'; Role of Pam Schneider, publisher of the 'St. Louis Pride Pages,' in the publication of 'Vital Voice'; Plans of Schneider and Thomas for 'Vital Voice.'

The article examines the 1986 business failure of the "St. Louis Globe-Democrat" newspaper, which was founded in 1855. The newspaper had once been the dominant paper in the St. Louis market until it was bought by the chain owned by Samuel I. Newhouse in 1955. The "Globe-Democrat" gradually lost circulation and was forced to merge its business operations with the rival "Post-Dispatch" in the 1970s. It was purchased by Jeffrey Gluck in 1984, but went bankrupt in 1986.

Interviews Terrance C.Z. Eager, general manager of the 'Saint Louis Post-Dispatch,' on the past, present and future of the daily newspaper. Improvements in the paper after the departure of Cole Campbell as editor; Changes planned for the newspaper; Qualities looked for in an editor; Perception that the newspaper has a liberal bias; Effect of competition on newspaper readership.

The article focuses on the "Saint Louis Post-Dispatch" newspaper. Since its acquisition by Lee Enterprises in 2005, the newspaper has shrunk in size, and has had a series of staff reductions through layoffs and employee buyouts. Lee is facing a large debt burden it took on to acquire the newspaper, and its stock price has fallen to less than $3 a share. The problems at the "Post-Dispatch" are compared to economic difficulties at other major newspapers. The overall troubled state of newspaper publishing is examined. INSET: Post among top 20 Sunday papers.

The article recounts the brief history of the "St. Louis Sun" newspaper, which published for less than a year in 1989-1990. The paper was founded by Ingersoll Publications, whose owner Ralph Ingersoll II, made himself editor in chief. The "Sun" had several scoops and was lively and well-written, but a series of business misjudgments, most notably relying on newsstand sales in a city without mass transit, caused it to lose an estimated $25 million before closing.

This article comments on the changes in the newspaper format in response to various issues and developments presented in the "St. Louis Post-Dispatch" in St. Louis, Missouri. The format is intended to be easy on the eyes with lots of illustrations and photographs, larger headlines, shorter articles and print which is a modification popular to an aging readership. On the other hand, a lighter, airy, upbeat, fun format is presumably going to lure the younger generation wherein accomplishing such task will involve lower emphasis on writing and more on the expanding the graphics. Despite such efforts to modify the daily paper, readership has steadily declined with more and more people are dependent on the electronic media for information and entertainment. The criticizes the way newspaper publishers selects news to be featured more in the daily papers.

The article focuses on the controversy surrounding the resignation of Terry Egger as publisher of "Saint Louis Post-Dispatch." The author asserts that he departs the company with millions of dollars through various compensation schemes. The author adds that he escapes the problems of having his new bosses at Lee Enterprises. Among the things that Egger will not have to worry about are reduced staff, declining advertisement revenue and smaller paychecks for salespeople. His resignation is asserted to have followed the decision in November 2005 by Ellen Soeteber to leave as editor of the paper. Both Soeteber and Egger were held on by Lee when it bought Pulitzer Inc. for 1.46 billion dollars.

Elaborates on the burden of absentee ownership in the six months following the sale of Saint Louis, Missouri-based newspaper `Riverfront Times' by founder Ray Hartman to Phoenix, Arizona-based New Times Inc. Remarks by newspaper editor Safir Ahmed on plans to change the paper's format; New Times co-founder Michael Lacey and the debate surrounding the incorporation of the alternative newsweekly industry.

The article reports that Lee Enterprises, owners of the "St. Louis Post-Dispatch" newspaper, has laid off the newspaper's 11 security guards. The employees, some of whom had over 20 years service with the paper, had no advance notice of the decision. Lee has cut over 200 employees at the "Post-Dispatch" through buyouts and layoffs since purchasing the newspaper in 2005.

The article comments on the dismissal of some significant names in the field of alternative journalism from the periodical "Village Voice," by head of New Times Inc. Michael Lacey. The author emphasizes that before Lacey got control of the "Riverfront Times" and "Village Voice," both newspapers published good alternative-journalism stories and dynamic columns. It is implied that Lacey considers alternative newspapers should not contain political reporting. Among the journalists that have been forced out from the paper were cartoonist Jules Feiffer, political reporter Sydney Schanberg and Washington columnist James Ridgeway.