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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.

The article focuses on the outlook for newspaper publishing. "I believe too many of us editors and reporters are out of touch with our readers," Rupert Murdoch, the boss of News Corporation, one of the world's largest media companies, told the American Society of Newspaper Editors last week. And yet, he went on, "as an industry, many of us have been remarkably, unaccountably, complacent." Murdoch's argument begins with the fact that newspapers worldwide have been losing readers, and with them advertising revenue. In 1995-2003, says the World Association of Newspapers, circulation fell by 5% in America, 3% in Europe and 2% in Japan. In the 1960s, four out of five Americans read a paper every day; today only half do so. Philip Meyer, author of "The Vanishing Newspaper: Saving Journalism in the Information Age", says that if the trend continues, the last newspaper reader will recycle his final paper copy in April 2040.

The article focuses on the British newspaper business. Newspapers are trying all sorts of strategies to slow their decline. Having changed its shape from broadsheet to tabloid last year, the "Times" put its price up by five pence. And a more radical response appeared with the launch of "City A.M.," a new free daily paper aimed at business readers. Although fewer people are buying papers, lots more are reading free ones. Some newspaper consultants reckon, if young people are reading freesheets, it might just entice the next generation into buying the real thing later on. Most free papers are generalist, and it is far harder for a business and finance freesheet to get any attention from professionals. Attracting younger readers is the main reason for the format change by "The Guardian," with colour throughout It will take a sizeable jump in circulation for the investment to be judged a success. Nonetheless, this week's burst of activity shows that while Britain's newspaper market is not thriving, it is still vibrant and innovative.

When the "Chicago Sun-Times" disclosed in June that it had overstated its circulation, nobody was all that shocked.Soon afterwards two of the Tribune Company's papers, "Newsday" and "Hoy," confessed to having done the same. Last week a third American firm, Belo Corporation, said that the "Dallas Morning News" had exaggerated circulation. Advertisers now worry that a big slice of America's print industry may be faking its numbers. Investigations into what happened are still going on at all three companies. Now the three firms are working out how much to pay advertisers in compensation. Advertisers will want to know what happened at the Audit Bureau of Circulations, which is supposed to verify circulation numbers. The bureau has already tightened some of its rules in response. A spokeswoman for the Audit Bureau of Circulations told EditorandPublisher.com this week that the bureau expects more newspapers to come clean about overstatements.

Reports on competition in China's newspaper business in spring 2001. Details of a battle for market share in the province of Guangdong, which involves the tabloid 'Southern Metropolitan News'; Efforts of rival papers to curb its sales; Promotional gimmicks used by the 'Southern Metropolitan News' to offset its rivals' actions.

The article looks at the trend of businessmen from other industries buying newspapers in the U.S. in the context of problems facing the print newspaper industry, discussing the decision of Internet retailer Amazon.com founder Jeff Bezos to buy the "Washington Post" newspaper and trends in newspapers' revenue. The purchase of the "Boston Globe" newspaper by sports team owner John Henry is cited.

The article focuses on recent events involving "The Wall Street Journal" newspaper and the debate surrounding the company's strategy and management. On September 17th, 2005 Dow Jones, publisher of the Wall Street Journal, launches a new "Weekend" edition of the newspaper in America. It is a risky move, coming in the middle of an advertising slump and a fierce debate over the company's business strategy and the quality of its management. If the new Saturday edition fails to attract a healthy amount of additional advertising, its chief executive, Peter Kann, a distinguished former journalist, may be pushed out before he is due to retire in three years' time. It is even possible that the Bancroft family, which controls Dow Jones, may decide to sell the firm. Last month the company's shares rose 15% following unconfirmed reports that some family members want to sell. Business-to-business advertising, a key driver of profits at the Wall Street Journal and Dow Jones, has fallen precipitously since 2000, mainly because advertisers are moving to the Internet.

The article reports on ownership concerns of French based business newspapers "La Tribune" and "Les Echos." Wealthy executive Bernard Arnault has interests in both papers. Staff at both papers has gone on strike for ownership and editorial independence related reasons. The close ties between business, politics and the media in France is reported. Defence company Dassault and telecom leader Bouygues own large shares of the media.

The article focuses on the successful website of the BBC, Britain's public-service broadcaster. The internet has brought the BBC and newspapers in direct competition--and the BBC looks like coming off best. The improbable success online of Britain's lumbering giant of a public-service broadcaster is largely down to John Birt, a former director-general who "got" the internet before any of the other big men of British media. He launched the corporation's online operations in 1998, saying that the BBC would be a trusted guide for people bewildered by the variety of online services. The BBC now has 525 sites. It spends £15m ($27m) a year on its news website and another £51m on others ranging from society and culture to science, nature and entertainment. But behind the websites are the vast newsgathering and programme-making resources, including over 5,000 journalists, funded by its annual £2.8 billion public subsidy. It is the success of the BBC's news website that most troubles newspapers. Newspapers need to build up their online businesses because their offline businesses are flagging. Total newspaper readership has fallen by about 30% since 1990 and readers are getting older as young people increasingly get their news from other sources--principally the internet. The difficulty for all newspaper websites is that most of their visitors tend to stay only briefly, viewing just a few pages. That makes it tricky to build a subscription model. Part of the papers' problem online is that they're papers: they don't understand moving pictures and graphics. The BBC's television background gives it a feel for what works well on the internet. And, crucially, it has far more journalists on tap than any newspaper.

The article looks at the size of newspapers in Europe in relation to newspaper circulation. Tabloid newspapers in many countries are full of topless women, celebrity gossip and xenophobia. But they also boast another attraction: women and younger people find their smaller pages easier to manage, especially on public transport. Broadsheets that usually look down on tabloids are now rushing to downsize. Broadsheets are mostly seeing their circulation slowly dwindle as older readers die and young people choose other sources for news and entertainment. They are also facing tough new competition from free commuter tabloids. Spain has no broadsheets left at all, and in Italy Monrif Group switched its three leading papers, in Milan, Florence and Bologna, to tabloid format in 2001. At Britain's Independent, total circulation has risen by about 15 percent from 2003 thanks to its small edition. Though many readers prefer it, the tabloid format brings its own problems, one of which is that advertisers refuse to pay as much for the same fraction of space. Tabloid proprietors are less than thrilled about quality papers aping their size. Richard Desmond, owner of Britain's Express Newspapers, argues that there is value for readers in keeping a clear distinction between the two.

The article discusses the future of publishing with the advent of social media site Facebook and search engine Google. Topics include ways in which the sites help papers to sell subscription such as Facebook's display of logos of publishers in some of its posts, the agreement of U.S. news organizations to work with the two firms with the formation of their News Media Alliance and the argument by several newspaper executives that Google's dealings with them are more sincere compared to Facebook.

The article comments on the declining newspaper industry worldwide. British newspapers are frenziedly giving things away, and in Germany, France, Italy, Poland and throughout Latin America papers are also increasingly relying on freebies to try to attract new readers. In Britain the circulation of national newspapers fell in 2005, following a decline in 2004. The same pattern of falling circulation is being repeated across Europe and the United States. Ideally, a giveaway attracts brand-new readers who keep on buying the paper. Newspapers particularly hope that CDs and DVDs will appeal to the young--who are increasingly getting their news online. Elsewhere, newspapers have managed to charge more for editions that come with an extra something.

The article looks at the Swiss newspaper, the "Neue Zürcher Zeitung" (NZZ). Barring a daring switch from its typeface in 1946, the NZZ has changed little since the 1930s, when it was banned in Germany for suggesting that Hermann Göring was responsible for the Reichstag fire. The emphasis is on international news, business, finance and high culture. A Zurich banker who is one of the paper's 1,500 shareholders claims it is second only to the "New York Times." Falling sales (the paper sells just under 160,000 copies, of which 4,000 are in Germany) and fewer advertisements have led to a 65% drop in the NZZ's share price. A recent decision to break up long stories with sub-headings was taken only after years of debate in the NZZ boardroom, says Thomas Maissen, a professor at Heidelberg and author of one of two new books on the paper's history.

This article compares and contrasts Conrad Black, who resigned as chief executive officer (CEO) of Hollinger International, and Rupert Murdoch, CEO of News Corp. "The deferences and preferments that this culture bestows upon the owners of great newspapers are satisfying." So confided Mr. Black, later ennobled as Lord Black of Crossharbour, to his first editor of the "Daily Telegraph," Max Hastings. The excitement over the fate of Lord Black's British newspapers has little do with their slight commercial importance and everything to do with the assumption that the proprietors of newspapers wield great power. The unrelenting Europhobia of the papers owned by Lord Black, Rupert Murdoch and Lord Rothermere is also one of the main reasons for British Prime Minister Tony Blair's reluctance even to consider holding a referendum on the European Union's new constitution. Just a few days before Lord Black's bombshell, Mr. Murdoch had some fun teasing the government with the possibility that his papers -- the "Sun," the "News of the World," the "Times" and the "Sunday Times" -- might switch their support back to the Conservatives at the next election. The attrition caused by the decade-long price war initiated by Mr. Murdoch has taken its toll, as has Lord Black's unwillingness to appoint editors or espouse policies likely to attract younger readers.

Presents information on Canadian Conrad Black and the launch of his newspaper `The National Post' in 1998. Newspapers that he owns or controls; His right-wing political views published in the papers; Concerns that he will use the new paper to publish his views; Black winning control of the Southam newspaper chain; Comments from Black.

Examines the February launch of the English-language daily `Eastern Express,' a paper of the Oriental Press Group which also publishes the leading Chinese-language paper, `Oriental Daily News.' Oriental Group hopes the `Express' will do for the Hong Kong English-language market what the `Daily News' has done for the Chinese one; The `South China Morning Post'; Advertising; Sale of Rupert Murdoch's News Corporation to Robert Kuok; Differences in the language markets.

The British newspaper industry thinks rather highly of itself. It sustains 11 national titles, and unusually high readership levels. It has a culture of irreverence, from which it looks down at the tame and stodgy German papers, and now at "Le Monde," France's leading high-brow newspaper, recently the target of accusations of political collusion. Yet British newspapers are in bad trouble--even worse than meets the eye. Pearson, part owner of "The Economist," reported this week that its flagship title, the "Financial Times," lost money in the second half of 2002, and just scraped a £1m ($1.6m) full-year operating profit, 92% down on 2001. One reason is the advertising slump. While some businesses, such as fashion, are still advertising heavily, others, such as technology, telecoms and financial services, are not. A survey last year by Freeserve showed that, in the 50% of homes that are wired to the internet, online news sites beat newspapers as the main source of news, and were topped only by TV and radio. Richard Desmond, the owner of Express Newspapers and publisher of titles ranging from "Women on Top" to the "Daily Star," has reinvented this end of the market.

Focuses on Conrad Black, chairman of Hollinger. Background on his media business in Canada and how he sold off the Canadian operations; Outlook for his chief assets, the 'Chicago Sun-Times' along with some local newspapers in the area and the 'Daily Telegraph,' which is a British broadsheet paper; Discussion of economies of scale and cost-sharing across international borders; Investment of Black in the 'New York Sun' newspaper.

The article discusses street papers, newspapers which are sold by homeless persons working as vendors, and the impact of the Internet and digital media on the circulation and finances of such newspapers.

The article focuses on the "New Milton Advertiser" and "Lymington Times," two community newspapers located in New Milton and Lymington, England. The two newspapers remain financially successful, an exception to an overall decline for the country's community newspapers. Journalism and management practices which contribute to the papers' success are discussed.

This article reports on a newspaper war in Berlin, Germany, between "Bild Zeitung," Germany's leading tabloid, owned by Axel Springer, and the left-wing "Tageszeitung" (TAZ). The two venerable papers serve very different constituents but have been engaged in fiery competition for years, however, economic pressures are squeezing both publications.

Five months ago Sir David and Sir Frederick Barclay shocked rivals by agreeing to pay Lord Conrad Black $465 million for his stake in Hollinger Inc, a holding company that owns 30% of the shares and 72% of the voting rights of Hollinger International, which owns Britain's "Daily Telegraph". Now, ironically, only Black himself can prevent the Barclays from buying the paper. At stake is how much cash Black walks away with. Under the new deal, the Barclays' money will go first to Hollinger International, which is expected to pass on a good deal of it to shareholders. As the firm is suing Black and his associates for $1.25 billion on racketeering charges, it may try to withhold his share of the cash. So Black is likely to try to block the deal--or at least use that threat to extract some money. For the Barclays, a pressing task will be to negotiate with Richard Desmond, half-owner of the Daily Telegraph's main printing plant outside London. He has the right to buy the other half from the newspaper if it changes hands. Another decision will be whether to launch a tabloid edition.

Reports on the plans of former Los Angeles, California, Mayor Richard Riordan, popular among journalists, to put $5 million of his fortune towards starting a new weekly newspaper in Los Angeles, the 'L.A. Examiner.' Editors Ken Layne and Matt Welch, two experienced newspapermen who were pioneers in the online world of weblogs, have put together a colourful 52-page tabloid full of articles by an array of seasoned L.A. journalists and a few well-known outsiders, such as Billy Crystal. The aim, says Mr Layne, is to reflect the cultural energy of the city and, naturally, to cover local stories better than the existing media does. This is a reference to the 'Los Angeles Times,' the dominant local daily. Until October, 2002, Los Angeles had two free weekly "alternative" papers, the 'Los Angeles Weekly' and the 'New Times LA.'

Details the demise of the `Dallas Times Herald,' which was bought out by its long rival, the `Dallas Morning News' for $55 million. Growth of monopoly newspapers; Effect of television on the afternoon paper market; Layoffs; Profit motive of large newspapers; Details on Dallas newspaper wars.

Focuses on the newspaper market in Great Britain as of January 31, 1998. How the British newspaper market is unlike any other; The large number of national daily papers in competition with each other; The resulting high levels of sensationalism and gimmickry; The need for editors to have a strong instinct for how the market is developing.

Discusses the burgeoning newspaper industry in Russia. Focus on the launch of the `Russky Telegraf,' and its editor Leonid Zlotin; Mention on the large number of other papers already in existence; Newspapers as weapons for a ferocious battle for power between Russia's tycoons; The suffering quality of journalism.

Examines Rupert Murdoch's decision two months ago to cut the price of `The Times' from 45p to 30p. Paper sales up 26%; The `Independent' raised its price from 45p to 50p; Cost of the price cut for Murdoch; Revenues from advertising; Losers so far are Conrad Black's `Daily Telegraph,' the `Daily Mail' and `Daily Express'; Financial situation of the `Independent.'