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The article focuses on Orange County (O.C.), California, and the publisher and Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of "The Orange County Register," Chris Anderson. The article discusses how Anderson runs the newspaper and what he has done to it as well as his history working with newspapers. The O.C. area is described. "Register"'s parent company, Freedom Communications is discussed. INSET: Expanding the Portfolio.

Discusses how editor Edward M. Sears has transformed "The Palm Beach Post" newspaper in Florida into a respected editorial powerhouse. Circulation of the newspaper; Traits of Sears that have persuaded the reporters and editors from the "Miami Herald" and "The Denver Post" newspapers to join "The Palm Beach Post"; Elements of Sears' philosophy of newspapering; Management philosophy of Sears.

Describes various possible scenarios in settling issues on the joint operating agreement (JOA) between media companies, Seattle Times Co. and Hearst Communications as of May 2003. Move that may be done by the U.S. Department of Justice to settle the issue; Assessment of the possibility of retaining either 'The Seattle Times,' or the 'Paper-Intelligencer' newspaper; Terms of the JOA between the two companies.

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.

Provides information on the actions taken by Jim Moroney III, publisher and CEO of "The Dallas Morning News" in Texas, regarding the transformation of the newspaper. Factors that affected the newspaper in 2000; Impact of the September 11, 2001 attacks on the employees of the newspaper; Efforts of Moroney in response to the publishing of a free daily aimed at the young professionals by American Consolidated Media.