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Focuses on the newspaper industry in the United States as of May 7, 2001. Impact of a decline in advertising and a rise in the cost of newsprint on the publishing industry; Decrease in the sales of print materials; Differences between the 'San Francisco Chronicle' and other newspapers.

The article offers information on the rescuing newspaper business industry. It further discusses revenue from digital advertising has failed to offset the profit draining out of print; platforms such as Google and Facebook have become the new moguls of the media landscape; and the underlying economics of the global newspaper industry; and real failure is that papers have lost control of distribution to Google and Facebook, making it harder to monetise the traffic.

In this article the author comments on the decline in the financial fortunes of U.S. newspapers. He does not agree with pundits who declare that newspapers are essential to the conduct of political life in the United States and that such publications should be considered moral arbiters and forces for good. He asserts that newspaper publishers are more interested in profit than in covering local news or in investigative reporting.

Discusses the effect of newspaper recession in 1990 and 1991 on newspaper companies in the United States. Slow growth in net operating income suffered by large companies; Reason behind the inverse proportionality between size and profit; Higher returns on sale experienced by diversified companies.

Presents information on the problems plaguing the newspaper publishers in the United Kingdom as a result of quality values. Effect of rise in the cost of newsprint on publishing companies; Squeeze in the profit margins by newsprint costs and reduced revenue; Indications from companies to return to the chasing of market share; Information on companies affected and actions taken.

Looks at the economic aspects of newspaper publishing in the United States. Newsprint supplier Abitibi-Consolidated Inc. to raise the price of standard newsprint in October 1999; Price dependent on the recuperation of East Asian markets; Abitibi move part of strategy to take high-cost capacity out of the system.

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.

Reports on worsening revenues of Japanese newspapers. Recession in 1993; Closure of small newspapers; Stagnant circulation; Declining advertising and profits; Report from the Japan Newspaper Publishers & Editors Association; Cost cutting.

The article examines the implications for newspapers in the increased demand by readers that news stories have an immediate relevance to the reader's individual life. Television news broadcasting has emphasized its connection with the individual viewer as a marketing tool for decades, but newspapers still think of their audience as an undifferentiated mass. The changes needed to meet the demand for individually focused news stories are not enormous, but cut against traditional newspaper practices, meaning they require a complete organizational shift at every level of a paper's operation to be successfully initiated. INSET: Cutting Staff Results in Less Local Coverage.

Reports on some of United States newspapers' major areas of cost or capital investment as discussed by executives heading into New Orleans for the trade show Nexpo 2001. Importance assigned to software, whether in prepress, the pressroom or packaging and distribution; Printing and packaging; Concern over costs of paper and power.

The article profiles David Black, the owner and publisher of a chain of newspapers. Central to the article is the information that Black concentrates on the purchase and production of small, local newspapers, in place of large, urban, mass-circulation papers. Also emphasized is the fact that Black's organization is thriving at a time when other news outlets are experiencing financial turmoil.

Discusses the division in the media between news and commerce. The example of 'The Los Angeles Times' and Chairman Mark Willes' destruction of that division; The difficulty in maintaining journalistic ethics when the reporter is concerned with how news coverage will effect the paper's profits; How journalism can succeed only when it is profitable, but it is most suspect when it seeks a profit at all costs.

Presents newspaper publishing-related news items in the United States, compiled in the week of July 2, 1999. Newspaper advertising for Procter & Gamble Co.'s Bounty paper towels; Web-based products introduced by Graphic Enterprises Inc.; Decline of newsprint consumption.

Discusses the impact of increased cost of newsprint on the newspaper industry. Reduction of staff and number of pages of newspaper; Setting aside of complicated stories; Hiring of inexperienced journalists.

Reports that Sullivan Graphics Incorporated is offering customers the option of having Sunday comics on smaller paper to save money on print costs. Study conducted by Sullivan Communications company.

Reports on the impact of soaring newsprint prices on newsroom employees. Alternatives to layoffs presented at `Patriot Ledger'; Voluntary buyout plan to reduce workforce in `Bakersfield Californian'; Cost reduction plans at `Dayton Daily News.'