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The article provides information on paper waste handling systems of various newspaper companies in the United States. Waste paper comes from white slab waste and leftover inserts. An automatic system capable of automatically loading loose paper into a trailer has financial benefits to "Orlando Sentinel." The waste handling plant of the "Washington Post" in Springfield, Virginia consists of a cart dumper.

Reports on Roddey-McMillan Record editor Alvin McEwen's plans of redesigning the Winthrop University paper. Aim of bridging a multicultural gap at the college; Angry response from Winthrop's black student body; Effect of dividing the university's black students.

Reports on the Association of Alternative Newsweeklies' (AAN) formation of its Regional Sales network in 1993 to make it easy for advertisers with multi-market products to place multi-market buys in newsweeklies across the country. Benefits to advertisers of placing ads in alternative papers; Growth of AAN; Factors for the success of AAN's sales staffs.

This article focuses on a story of a baby orangutan, named Mahal, which was reported by the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel. In addition to the print edition of the story by reporter Jan Uebelherr, a Web mini-site with video and a 24-hour "Good Morning Mahal Cam," a "Friends of Mahal" page on facebook and a children's book entitled "Little Mahal and the Big Search for a Real Mom," were created by the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel.

Provides information on the new strategies adopted by the circulation departments of newspapers in the U.S. as of June 2004. Number of copies sold by "The Bakersfield Californian" in the six-month period through March 2004; Decline in the circulation of "The Dallas Morning News"; List of changes made by "The Bakersfield Californian."

Discusses the public prototype experiment of a redesigned Sunday newspaper of the "Columbia Missourian" as of June 2004. Description of the prototype Sunday paper; Difference between the notion of tabloid and broadsheets; Benefits of the community paper from the public prototyping.

The article announces that a one-time newspaper giveaway promotion with a convenience chain continues to pay off after several months for both the stores and "The Knoxville News Sentinel." The News sentinel suggested to Pilot Convenience Stores to give away the Friday paper during high school football season. According to reports, the promotion ended when football did but customers kept asking for their free newspapers. Jim Boyd, circulation director for the Tennessee daily says the consumers index is high as readers and users of advertisers.

Focuses on the effect of providing Internet access to newspapers. Percentage of surveyed newspapers that reported revenue from Internet access services; Marketing value of the Internet; Entry of InfiNet in the business.

Reports on the rejection of a religious advertisement by the `East Tennessean,' the student newspaper of East Tennessee State University in Johnson City. Campus Crusade for Christ's ad placement in conjunction with Martin Luther King Jr. Day; Shift in the newspaper's ad acceptance policy; Ad's Christian perspective on homosexuality; Banning of ads with racial, ethnic, religious or sexual orientation prejudicial content.

Reports on the launching of Ohio Week, the regional magazine for the Ohio papers of Thomson Newspapers. Magazine to appear in Friday papers; Audited circulation; Contents; James M. Gabal as publisher; Ellen Stein Burbach as editor.

Focuses on the success and failure of afternoon daily newspapers in the U.S. Decline in the number of papers publishing after lunchtime between 1999 and 2004; Forecast of John Morton, an analyst at Morton Research Inc., on the performance of the daily newspapers; Focus of successful afternoon papers.

Reports on the Staten Island, New York-based `Small Business Gazette' periodical's referral appreciation program (RAP). Offer to readers who can refer new advertisers to the paper.

Highlights the release of several new periodicals in the U. S. Reason behind the launching of "CiN Weekly" tabloid by the "Cincinnati Enquirer"; Efforts of the "Orlando Sentinel" to try reaching 18- to 34-year olds via the Web; Comments from John Cruickshank, "Chicago Sun-Times" vice president of editorial.

Reports that the `Wall Street Journal' newspaper has sent a letter to the publishers of the `Small Street Journal' periodical asking them to cease and desist for infringing on its trademark. Claims and contentions of both parties involved in the matter at issue; Current distribution volume of the `Small Street Journal' periodical.

Reports that the Manassas, Virginia edition of the `Prince William Journal' by the Journal Newspaper Inc. is published twice a week.

Reports on Tribune Co.'s Fort Lauderdale, Fla., `Sun-Sentinel' newspaper's acquisition of the magazine `South Florida Parenting' for undisclosed terms. Circulation; Features.

Reports on the centennial anniversary celebration of Texas A&M University's student newspaper, the `Battalion'. Participation of former editors and staffers in the celebration.

Reports on the awarding of $300,000 to McLean, Virginia-based Dear Communications Inc. for breach of contract by Direct Marketing Associates (DMA) of Baltimore, Maryland. Discovery that DMA employees were dumping rather than delivering copies of the periodical `Arlington Courier' published by Dear; Charges included in the suit; Comments of both sides.

Reports that `American Banker' periodical is planning for its distribution on the Web. Advantages of delivering the product on the Web; Profitability of the Web site.

Cites a court ruling in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania that a newspaper cannot be sued over alleged discriminatory housing advertisements. Decision considered a victory for `Main Line Times'; Lawsuit brought against newspaper by Fair Housing Council of Suburban Philadelphia.

Reports on the merger of two Massachusetts weeklies, the `Watertown Sun' and `Watertown Press.'

Reports on the launching of `Newswaves for Deaf and Hard-of-Hearing People, a national monthly periodical for deaf and hard-of-hearing people and published by Willard Publications.

Reports that Resident Publications will create `Resident Community News,' a new publication dedicated to the neighborhood of Harlem in New York City. Lifestyle articles about housing, education and health; Circulation.

Reports on the `Veteran's Journal' periodical's plan to go national for the Democratic and Republican political conventions. Renaming of the tabloid as `Veteran's Vision'; Publisher.

Reports that the periodical, `Afro-American-Planet,' has closed due to rising newsprint costs and lack of advertising. Number of employees; Competitor; History.

The article offers information on Apple Newsstand as an iOS 5 feature for selecting newspaper and magazine applications for tablet users. It mentions British paper "Metro UK" as participant in the launching of Newsstand on October 12, 2011, the launching of the online iPad application of "The Guardian" and "The Daily" of News Corp. in the U.S. that signed with Apple Newsstand. It also notes the 70/30 revenue sharing with Apple and the huge percentage increases in application downloads.

The article offers information on newspapers nominated for the 8th annual "10 That Do It Right" feature of the periodical "Editor & Publisher (E&P)" in the U.S. for 2008. The "Milwaukee Journal Sentinel" experienced staff losses in the newsroom in late 2007. "USA Today" is said to be the local paper of business travelers. The "Chicago Journal" reports on neighborhoods overflowing with issues that accompany urban pioneers, including questions of gentrification.

The article focuses on newspapers that are going transparent and opening key meetings and source material to readers. It explores how the Spokesman-Review has become one of the best examples of the newspaper industry's embrace of transparency. However, most papers that have followed the newspaper's lead on the transparency front have stuck with providing background information and materials only on completed stories.

Reports developments related to newspaper publishing as of August 2002. Agreements bringing the auction package of CityXpress Corp. to several papers; Introduction of an integrated print and online job listings by the Tribune Co.; Purchase of The Reporter in California by the Media-News Group Inc.

Reports on the regional meeting of the Association of Alternative Newsweeklies in San Francisco, California. Acknowledgement of business success compared with mainstream newspaper publishing; Strategy to attract more young readers; Success in doubling circulation. INSET: Pay up or you're out, free papers told..

Highlights a session at the Association of Alternative Newsweeklies annual meeting in Montreal, on the strengths of alternative newspapers and their competitors' weaknesses. Increased competition seen for dailies from alternatives; Positioning tips offered for all free papers to use; Circulation issues raised; Advantages of alternatives over dailies. INSET: AAN maintains ban on papers with daily.., by Wendy Giman..

The article reports on a Web site designed as a source of information on 1955 boycotts launched by the periodical "Montgomery Advertiser." The paper commemorates the 50th anniversary of a bus boycott in December 2005. The periodical is also offering the book "They Walked to Freedom," which recounts boycotts in the paper's point of view. The minority accounts for 42 percent readership of the newspaper.

The article focuses on the editorials made by James Haught, editor for the "Charleston Gazette," regarding the Iraq war. He has made the anti-war stance of the paper his top issue and he have written at least one editorial or column a week against it. The anti-war stance is just part of the newspaper's mostly liberal editorial voice which Haught claims creates some friction with the mostly religious and conservative circulation area.

Details how `Editor & Publisher' magazine's decision to change its printer because of censorship issues resulted in an expansion of the paper's ability to bring readers the latest news, free from any restraint. Previous printer's refusal to process an advertisement in the paper because it did not want to alienate its employees; Importance of upholding First Amendment freedoms.

Reports that the Kentucky-based `Anderson News' newspaper has begun running photos of convicted drunken drivers in its public record section of the paper. Landmark Communication Inc.'s ownership of the newspaper; Photos provided by the Franklin County Regional Jail.

Reports how `Chickasha Daily Express' reporter Brenda Moore posed as a rescue worker to gain access across police lines to the disaster site after the bombing of the Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building in Oklahoma City, Okla. on April 19, 1995. Criticism from the Grady County rescue team and other journalists; Publication of an apology after the story appeared in the paper.

The article presents reports related to newspapers that were published in the October 1958 issues of "Editor & Publisher" magazine. In the October 4 issue, it was reported that total advertising lineage among papers in 52 American cities for August 1958 was 211,567,114, down from 216,436,759 in 1957. Year-to-date lineage at that time was 1,717,910,025. In the October 11 issue, George Sunborg, editor of the Fairbanks News-Miner, said Alaskans' 5-to-1 vote in favor of statehood was the result of a three-year, determined newspaper campaign.

The article reports on the challenges encountered by the staff of "Waverly Newspapers" when its downtown editorial offices was filled with two feet of water from the flood that besieged Iowa in June 2008. By mid-September 2008, "Waverly Newspapers" was still working out of temporary digs. For more than three weeks, Editor Anelia Dimitrova's house in nearby Cedar Falls was the newsroom of the "Waverly Newspapers." After the flood crested, two reporters were able to wade into the papers' offices and rescue some additional computers.

The article focuses on the efforts of "Monterey County Weekly" to go green. The free paper completed installation of 162 solar panels on its roof, satisfying more than 95% of the electrical demand of its building in Seaside, California. Staffers buy from local organic farmers who are part of the alternative Community Supported Agriculture system. Company Chief Executive Officer (CEO) Bradley Zeve stated that going green is also about changing the mind.

The author comments on the criticisms of environmentalists against free-distribution newspapers. He argues that before environmentalists are allowed to gain the upper hand in banning printed material that offends them, they should consider whether free papers' so-called carbon footprint is really worse than all those electronic petitions circulated on computers.

The article reports on the changes on FAS-FAX, released by the Audit Bureau of Circulations in the U.S. The organization is including online readership, total unique users, and combined print/online reach. It anticipates that about 200 daily papers out of 820 are supplying total-audience data, since it is a voluntary move.

The article reports on the celebration of the 200th anniversary of "The Bourbon County Citizen," Kentucky's oldest paper and one of the oldest continuing paid weeklies in the U.S. Based in Paris, France and led by Editor/Publisher Genevieve Brannon, it will be the subject of an exhibition at the town's Hopewell Museum, to include such relics as vintage presses, photos, and page fronts dating as far back as its days as the Western Citizen in the early 1800s.

The article reports on the results of a study released by Steven Barlow, analyst at Prudential Equity Research, regarding circulation of papers in the U.S. Readership has been testified by the study as a valuable metric among newspapers but is not ready to replace paid circulation. The reason for this is that only some newspapers are making an effort to measure it.

The article reports on the Early Sunday "Journal Sentinel" that was introduced by the "Milwaukee Journal Sentinel" for its young adult market on Sundays. Large and small graphics compose the front page of the Sunday paper. According to its president and publisher Elizabeth Brenner, the Sunday edition appears to look more like a magazine than a newspaper.

Focuses on the launching of a design change for "The Miami Herald" magazine in the U.S., in relation to the paper's 100th anniversary. Background on the amount spent on the redesign efforts; Factors affecting the need to redesign the periodical; Similarities of the design changes to "USA Today."

Reports that the `Sacramento Bee' newspaper ended the publication of its `La Voz' Spanish-language weekly paper. Losses suffered by the weekly publication.

Reports on ownership changes at several newspapers and periodicals. Includes ownership of `Free Paper Publisher'; Sale of `Brevard Shopping News' and `Reporter.'

Reports on the acquisition of `Penguins Report' magazine from founder William F. Heufelder by Gateway Press Inc., publisher of Pittsburgh, Penn. area papers. Comment from Gateway publisher Tom Bova; Appointment of Tom McMillan as editor of the `Penguins Report' magazine; Paid circulation; Number of times published in a year.

Reports on the Regional Sales Network, an advertising network set up in 1993, by the 105 weekly papers that comprise the Association of Alternative Newsweeklies. Number of weeklies sold by the network in 1994; Advantages of publishing ads on alternative weeklies.

Reports that `The News Dispatch,' an afternoon daily in Michigan City, Indiana, will become a morning paper beginning October 30, 1995.