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Looks at a publication from Forest City Ratner called "The Brooklyn Standard." How Forest City Ratner is the company promoting the development of an arena project in downtown Brooklyn; Comments from Patti Hagan of the Prospect Heights Action Coalition and Joseph DePlasco of Forest City Ratner; How the Forest City Ratner newspaper is really and advertisement for the proposed arena.

Reports on the distribution of new daily newspapers. Hopes to attract younger readers with free subscriptions and brevity of articles; Street distribution of "amNew York," a free daily whose primary investor is the Tribune Company; Similar papers in Chicago and Washington; Struggle of free daily papers to make profits; Comments of skeptics and supporters.

Discusses the sale of a Russian-language daily newspaper in New York City. Background of the buyer, Vadim Z. Rabinovich, and problems he had coming to the United States to check out his purchase; Actions by Novoye Russkoye Slovo, an American-trained young Ukrainian sent by Rabinovich to check out the paper, such as the implementation of new cost-cutting measures; Effects that the changes have had on the current staff, such as the resignation of two of the reporters; Move of the page-design functions from the U.S. to the Ukraine.

Editorial. Discusses the role of “The NewYork Times” journal. Recognition of the primary function of the paper in giving news while maintaining its local identity; Citation of the distribution of the paper in other U.S. states.

Provides information on the implications of the financial problems experienced by newspaper 'Street News' for homeless people in New York City.

Discusses the founding of 'The New York Times' by Henry Jarvis Raymond and his partner George Jones in 1851. Background; Newspaper rivals, including Horace Greeley's 'The New York Tribune'; Account of the day of the newspaper's first delivery; Raymond's apprehension; Advice they received from Phineas T. Barnum in the Shakespeare Tavern.

Focuses on the `Highbridge Horizon,' a monthly newspaper published by the Highbridge Community Life Center in High Bridge, New York. Purpose of the newspaper; Cases of government actions on issues published in the newspaper; Plans for the publication.

Reports on the beating of Shafqat Chugtai of New York City, editor of the Urdu-language newspaper serving Pakistani immigrants. Arrest of a prominent Pakistani, Zakir Siddiqui, in connection with the beating; Accusations against Siddiqui that were voiced in Chugtai's newspaper `Sada-E-Pakistan.'

Focuses on the advertising strategy of three newspapers in New York, New York. Common theme of their strategy; How the strategy become common.

Reports that after her dismissal as managing editor of `The Walton Reporter' Andrea Paternoster started another newspaper. Observations from Paternoster on her agenda; Evaluation of newspapers' coverage; Description of `The Reporter' and `The Review.'

Replies to a question regarding the so-called subway fold. Method of folding a newspaper without bothering the persons seated beside oneself; Step-by-step instructions on executing the subway fold.

Offers a look at ethnic daily newspapers in New York City. Report that the ethnic newspapers keep immigrants in touch with their homelands while educating them on how to survive in the United States; Survey conducted by the Independent Press Association-New York that concluded that reporters for the ethnic press felt that government agencies routinely failed to provide them with information in a timely manner; Importance of the ethnic papers as a tool for civic education.

He is a familiar sight, the old man who solicits change from drivers stopped at a red light on East 35th Street in Midtown Manhattan every day near Third Avenue. -After all, he has been at it for 17 years now, seven days a week. With the help of a walker, he hobbles between lanes of traffic, approaching drivers, proffering newspapers - often a free paper collected from boxes on the sidewalk nearby - and asking for change. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

Reports on the reduction in the width of the newspaper "The Wall Street Journal" to save on the rising cost of paper.

Reports on the efforts of an internal committee at the periodical "The New York Times" to improve the paper's credibility with readers in New York City.

Focuses on the competition between "amNewYork" and "Metro," two tabloids distributed by hawkers in subways, trains, and ferry stops in New York City. Conflict between the hawkers of the two papers; Comments of Reinaldo Alvelo, who hands out "amNewYork," regarding the competition; Policy of the New York City Transit not to allow hawkers in the subway.

Provides justification for "The New York Times" coverage of Democratic presidential nomination candidate Howard Dean and his campaign. Complaints from Dean supporters and grassroots activists about articles written on him; Mistakes made by the paper; Overall reasonableness of coverage.

Focuses on New York City's four Chinese-language daily newspapers. Overview of the papers and their reporters; Zealousness of their rivalry; Possibility that the "Oriental Daily News" of Hong Kong will come to New York, becoming the fifth Chinese daily; Examples of newspaper coverage; Comments of editors; Format revisions; Outlook.

Reports on the April 16, 2002 release of the first edition of the 'New York Sun' newspaper. Statement that the newspaper takes its name from a newspaper that was discontinued in 1950; Reasons why the start of a new newspaper is reason for celebration in the newspaper industry; Expectation that the paper will serve as an outlet for New York City conservatives.

Focuses on changes made to the format of several Chinese-language daily newspapers based in New York City. Change from vertically printed text, which was read from right to left, to horizontally printed text that reads from left to right; Papers that open from the right instead of the left; Replacement of traditional Chinese characters with English characters in some dailies; Reactions of Chinese American readers to the changes.