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The article reports on the decision of editor Kevin Boyle to start his own newspaper called "The Rockaway Times" in which the paper will be delivered to apartment buildings and houses and left in busy storefronts in Queens, New York in 2014.

This article profiles the Queens, New York-based Times Newsweekly newspaper. The Times Newsweekly is an exclusively local newspaper, focusing only on events taking place in Queens. The article examines the standing of the Times as a purely local newspaper, and notes that, while larger-scale periodicals have struggled financially during the 21st century, local newspapers such as the Times Newsweekly have thrived.

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.

Five major newspapers in New Jersey and New York announced on Wednesday that they would share articles and photographs, adding to a growing movement in an industry that is seeking new ways to cope with shrinking resources. The consortium is made up of The Daily News of New York; The Star-Ledger, based in Newark; The Buffalo News; The Record, based in Hackensack, N.J.; and The Times Union of Albany. Similar alliances were formed in the last year among groups of papers in Ohio, Pennsylvania, Florida and Texas. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

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.

It is possible there is some larger lesson for ailing newspaper sales in the sudden good fortune of The Suffolk Times and The Riverhead News-Review, two modest Long Island weeklies that saw an unprecedented sales spike last week as mysterious buyers swooped in to buy every copy they could. Or more likely, newspaper officials guess, the lesson is very local: Either someone really, really wanted people to be able to read that week's newspaper, or someone really, really did not. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

Provides some insights into the ideals and journalistic ethics of "The New York Times" as expressed by its editors, writers and publishers. Quality of news and events coverage by the paper; Politics-and-policy issues in coverage; Issues and controversies relevant to the coverage of key events pertaining to politics, society and other social issues; Aims and objectives of the paper's editors and writers.

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.'

Focuses on the decline in circulation of New York's newspapers. Figures of circulation of various newspapers; Cause for decline; Reason behind the decline of Newsday; Information about the circulation rise of Sunday edition of The Daily News.

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.

The article informs about the shutdown of operations of alternative weekly news and culture paper "The Village Voice" after 63 years in the business in New York. Topics discussed are role of "The Village Voice" in the career of theater critic Hilton Als and novelist Colson Whitehead as well as investigative reporters Jack Newfield and James Ridgeway, advantage of a digitizing the newspaper, and decline of local journalism and failure of news organizations to turn profit in the digital realm.

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]

Besides covering broader stories like immigration policy and the 2010 census, New York's ethnic newspapers also run items more particular to their individual readership. In the past month, a Chinese newspaper looked at a debate swirling around the name of a play, a Mexican newspaper reported on the confusion caused when illegal immigrants give fake names upon arrest, and a Bangladeshi paper explored the younger generation's drift away from religion. Here are excerpts, translated with help from the New York Community Media Alliance: KIRK SEMPLE 'Ching Chong' Debated [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

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.

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.