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Examines how publishers and editors at most large United States newspapers are facing intense pressures for profits, rising costs for newsprint, and declining circulation. Humorous examples of cost-cutting including an edict by Robert J. Hall, publisher of Knight-Ridder's two Philadelphia daily newspapers, forbidding reporters from making directory-assistance telephone calls.

Focuses on the local newspaper, "The Lawrence Journal-World" of Lawrence, Kansas. Comments of Dolph C. Simons Jr., editor and publisher of "The Journal-World" and chairman of the World Company, the newspaper's parent; Web site of the paper and related Web sites; Background on this small-town paper, which emphasizes small-town news; The Simons family's media monopoly; Goals of the paper; History of the town; Role of Simons as a consolidator of local news and information services; Attitudes of print reporters and their editors; Lawrence's rich literary tradition; Offerings from the company, including local freedom-of-information requests; Difficulties persuading readers to interact with online display advertisements.

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.

Cites the decision of the "The New York Times" to make a change to the listing of editors and executives in the masthead at the top of the editorial page starting January 1, 2005 to emphasize the separate control of news coverage and editorial opinions at the paper.

Reports that the move of the International Bible Society to insert a copy of the New Testament in a Sunday issue of "The Colorado Springs Gazette" resulted to a debate whether the act was free speech or an endorsement of a particular religion. Support of the society from churches, businesses, individuals and organization in Colorado Springs, Colorado; Reactions of some Jews and Muslims to getting the New Testament with their Sunday paper.

Presents a self-administered interview with the Public Editor who serves as the readers' representative. Experience with reading the paper like a civilian and not as public editor; Views on "The New York Times" newspaper's coverage of charges against John Kerry by Vietnam veterans; Results from a challenge to editors of the top five newspapers to refuse to report on news briefings conducted by officials who insist on anonymity; Topics to address in the last nine months as Public Editor.

Reports on a newspaper editorial by "Washington Post" executive editor Leonard Downie Jr. in August 2004 admitting that he and other top editors of the paper had erred before the war in Iraq by not giving front-page prominence to more articles that cast doubt on the Bush administration's claims that Saddam Hussein was hiding weapons of mass destruction. Newspaper's focus on analyzing the administration's motives; Assessment of the newspaper's prewar coverage.

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.

The article offers step by step instructions for making rolled paper bead.

The article discusses newspaper company Advance Publications' management of "The Times-Picayune" newspaper in New Orleans, Louisiana as of May 13, 2013, highlighting the company's decision to publish a daily print edition of the paper. Topics addressed include the company's earlier efforts to utilize electronic editions of the paper, competition facing "The Times-Picayune" from "The Advocate" newspaper, and the loss of personnel at "The Times-Picayune."

The article presents the author's views on the current state of the newspaper industry in the United States, with particular focus on recent events involving the "Minneapolis Star Tribune." The author reviews how management announced that staff would no longer be provide with free copies of the paper. Issues related to the paper's parent company McClatchy Co. are also discussed.

The article discusses the business strategy and finances of newspaper company The New York Times Company as of October 13, 2013, highlighting its focus on international growth. Topics addressed include the company's shift away from reliance on advertising revenue, the release of news paper "The International New York Times," and a focus on print and digital subscription services.

Last year, researchers at the Project for Excellence in Journalism persuaded six companies that own 121 newspapers to share private data about the financial performance of many of their papers. And the findings were grim. On average, for every new dollar the newspapers were earning in new digital advertising revenue, they were losing $7 in print advertising revenue. The papers seemed not to be diversifying their revenue streams or coming up with innovative products at a fast enough clip. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

It's often been noted -- especially of late -- that Rupert Murdoch's entree into British newspapering took place in 1969, when, as a brash young Australian publisher, he bought The News of the World, a spicy Sunday paper that he turned into an even spicier tabloid, a cross between The New York Post and The National Enquirer. But that's never been quite right. Murdoch's real introduction to British journalism came in the early 1950s, when he was fresh out of college. His father, an editor and publisher in Australia, had died the year before. Murdoch headed to Fleet Street -- ''the mecca of competitive journalism,'' as he would describe it many years later -- to learn the ropes so he could take over his father's paper in Adelaide. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

The history of USA Today is full of firsts for the newspaper business: the first general-interest national paper of its kind, the first to use color widely in charts and photographs and once first in the number of copies printed each day. But lately the paper has lost its grip on the national media market. Its advertising revenue has collapsed. Its circulation has plunged -- last year it forfeited its title as the nation's most widely circulated newspaper on weekdays to The Wall Street Journal. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Last week, The New York Times, The Guardian of London and the German magazine Der Spiegel published articles based on thousands of secret military and intelligence reports on the war in Afghanistan obtained by the group Wikileaks. The articles recalled another affair. On June 13, 1971, The Times began publishing the Pentagon Papers, a secret government history of the Vietnam War. The next day, word leaked out that Times reporters were assembling the series from a clandestine location -- the Hilton Hotel in New York. Harrison F. Salisbury recounted what happened next in ''Without Fear or Favor'': ''The secret was out and the staff was told to leave immediately. Staff men took taxis pell-mell back to The Times. Copy boys and porters were dispatched to load up typewriters and equipment. Bob Rosenthal of the foreign desk put all the papers -- 200 pounds or more -- into a suitcase. He was given $20 and told to get out the back door of the Hilton. If there were FBI men outside The Times building he was to just keep going.'' [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

By this fall, readers who pick up their local newspapers in Richmond or Tampa will be seeing articles that have been edited and laid out by people more than 700 miles away. Media General, owner of a chain of Southern newspapers, said last week that it would consolidate the copy-editing and page design for its three biggest papers, The Richmond Times-Dispatch in Virginia, The Tampa Tribune in Florida and The Winston-Salem Journal in North Carolina. It is already in the process of combining those functions for many of its smaller papers. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

Newsworthy, the latest wallpaper from Lori Weitzner, a textile and product designer, is made from strips of recycled newspaper woven together to create a textural surface. ''It's similar to grass cloth, which is a very popular wallcovering where they weave grass on a loom and layer it on paper,'' Ms. Weitzner said. Replacing the grass with newspaper (you can still make out some of the text) was a way to create something ''beautiful and interesting,'' she said. The strips are woven with nylon thread to make the paper more durable and finished with a water-based topcoat that helps protect against yellowing and staining. Newsworthy is 47 inches wide and $125 a yard (to the trade). Information: (888) 609-5551, weitznerlimited.com. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

The Berkeley Daily Planet newspaper announced Thursday that it would shift to an online-only edition at the end of the month. In a letter posted on the paper's Web site, the editor, Becky O'Malley, and publisher, Mike O'Malley, cited falling advertising sales, absentee business owners, and a continuing boycott by a group that accuses the paper of being overly critical of Israel. ''The campaign against the Planet's free-speech policy by a few misguided zealots who represent themselves as friends of Israel has certainly contributed to our advertising problems in some measure,'' the O'Malleys wrote. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

NEWSPAPERS and novels are moving briskly from paper to pixels, but textbooks have yet to find the perfect electronic home. They are readable on laptops and smartphones, but the displays can be eye-taxing. Even dedicated e-readers with their crisp printlike displays can't handle textbook staples like color illustrations or the videos and Web-linked supplements publishers increasingly supply. Now there is a new approach that may adapt well to textbook pages: two-screen e-book readers with a traditional e-paper display on one screen and a liquid-crystal display on the other to render graphics like science animations in color. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

When John Solomon left The Washington Post last year to become the executive editor of The Washington Times, he was seen as the best hope to push the money-losing paper -- owned by News World Communications, a wing of the Rev. Sun Myung Moon's Unification Church -- into the digital age. But earlier in November, Mr. Solomon resigned, and the fate of the paper now seems uncertain. Instead of the renaissance that Mr. Solomon and his staff had sought, what came was a tumultuous two weeks of resignations, firings and a discrimination complaint from the former editorial page editor, who said he had been ''coerced'' into attending a church event. The changes have left media watchers and Washington Times employees wondering whether the paper will survive. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

The authorities have shut down the newspaper of the reformist cleric Mehdi Karroubi, left, who angered Iran's senior leaders by publicizing claims that protesters arrested after the disputed June elections were raped in prison. The newspaper, Etemad-e-Melli, was ordered to stop printing Sunday night by a Tehran prosecutor, Saeed Mortazavi, Mr. Karroubi's Web site reported. On Monday, Mr. Mortazavi denied that the paper had been banned, saying it failed to publish because of printing problems, Reuters said. But state-run Press TV reported that an investigating judge ordered the paper closed for ''publishing unlawful and criminal material.'' Protesters gathered outside the paper's offices on Monday and clashed with the police, who arrested some of the demonstrators, Press TV said. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

The San Francisco Chronicle stopped printing last week, which means, oddly enough, a better printed Chronicle. Which, the paper hopes, is one answer to competition from the Internet. This is not one of those stories about old media going all-digital -- The Chronicle, owned by the Hearst Corporation, still comes out daily on paper. But it has become the biggest newspaper in the country to outsource all of its printing, to Transcontinental Printing, a Canadian company that produces The Chronicle at a new plant in Fremont, Calif. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

ON June 1, The Times raised its newsstand price to $2 for the daily paper and $5 or $6 for the Sunday paper, depending on the part of the country where you live. Home delivery prices went up an average of roughly 10 percent. In the last week, the newspaper has trimmed the dimensions of its Sunday magazine and announced that it was eliminating a half page of financial tables and other features in Business Day. It is a familiar pattern. In the face of a severe recession and a technological revolution luring readers away from print, the price of the ink-on-paper Times keeps going up and some content is reduced or disappears. The losses are as small as a list of companies mentioned in each day's paper and as large as whole sections, like Escapes and zoned sections for local news in the New York area. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

NEWSPAPER advertising, already in its worst slump since the Depression, suffered by far the sharpest drop in generations during the first quarter of 2009, down 30 percent for some papers, industry executives and analysts say. Publishers will start to report first-quarter results this week, but people who follow the industry and have had a glimpse of the 2009 numbers say it is clear that once again, even the most pessimistic predictions were not dark enough. They are expecting declines sharp enough to wipe out profit margins at many papers that, despite two years of battering, had stayed comfortably in the black, and to push already-weak publishers closer to bankruptcy, perhaps even closure. ''I think over all we're going to see a decline somewhere in the mid-20s'' compared to the first quarter of last year, said Edward Atorino, a media analyst at the Benchmark Company, a research firm. ''There have been a lot of signals that things have gotten much worse in the last couple of months -- the furloughs, the pay cuts, the layoffs.'' [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

THE Times has a tough policy on anonymous sources, but continues to fall down in living up to it. That's my conclusion after scanning a sampling of articles published in all sections of the paper since the first of the year. This will not surprise the many readers who complain to me that the paper lets too many of its sources hide from public view. Consider: [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

AS a kid in Rochester, I delivered an evening newspaper, The Times-Union, with a friend. We split the route. Once when my friend went on a trip with his family, I had my two younger brothers help me. We developed a system. We'd put the papers in a wheelbarrow which I'd push up the street as fast as I could. They'd grab the papers and run them to people's doorsteps. We could do the whole route in 20 minutes. When my partner and I worked together, it took us each 35 minutes. He didn't like to work fast. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

THE average weekday New York Times contains nearly 130,000 words of news, information and opinion distilled from millions cascading in from throughout the world. The newspaper employs layers of editors and multiple policies and procedures to make sure that every one of those words is as accurate as anyone can determine in the daily rush of history. But, with all the safeguards, bad things still happen. Last month, because reporters and editors in three different parts of the paper did not take enough pains to verify information, The Times reported as fact a political telephone call that didn't happen, fell victim to a faked letter to the editor, and published a sensational anecdote about a college football recruiting battle that the paper cannot be confident is true. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

In its latest concession to the worst revenue slide since the Depression, The New York Times has begun selling display advertising on its front page, a step that has become increasingly common across the newspaper industry. The first such ad, appearing Monday in color, was bought by CBS. The ad, two-and-a-half inches high, lies horizontally across the bottom of the front page, below the news articles and a brief summary of some articles in the paper. In a statement, the paper said such ads would be placed ''below the fold'' -- that is, on the lower half of the page. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

The sense of adventure that saw The New York Sun sally forth in 2002 as a fresh voice in the troubled newspaper industry was met by success in garnering thoughtful, devoted readers. Some of them even wrote personal checks in the attempt to keep the paper alive. But it was not to be. The handsome, newsy broadsheet reported its demise on its front page on Tuesday after six-and-a-half years. The loss of a lively newspaper is always lamentable, and particularly so as readers search their way through the uncertain transition toward Internet-based journalism. ''In the end, we were out not only of money but time,'' Seth Lipsky, the paper's editor, told the newsroom of his efforts to find 11th-hour financial renewal amid the dismal climate of Wall Street. Mr. Lipsky, a respected newspaper veteran, resurrected the name and logo of The Sun after 52 years in mothballs to offer news from an analytical, unabashedly conservative perspective. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

When the first issue of The New York Sun hit the streets six years ago, reviving one of the storied names in American journalism with a new conservative tone, some of the analysts who followed the newspaper industry predicted that there would be rough going. It had been years since a brand-new newspaper had tried to capture the minds of readers in New York, not to mention money from advertisers. The Sun's editors and reporters loved the David-and-Goliath odds they faced, competing against long-established papers with larger staffs and bigger budgets. They prized their scoops, even as the paper ran up million-dollar losses year after year. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

OUTPOSTS Last week, almost 1,000 jobs were eliminated in the American newspaper industry, making it perhaps the bloodiest week yet of a year where many papers are fighting for their lives. You read about the great names -- The Baltimore Sun, The Boston Globe, The San Jose Mercury News -- as if reading the obituary page. Even rich cities like San Francisco can no longer support a profitable daily paper. Columnists, reporters, editors, cartoonists and photographers who brought to life the daily narrative of a city or region have been swept aside. What started as layoffs and buyouts is edging toward closures and bankruptcies. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

Is Sam Zell right about the newspaper business? Last week, Mr. Zell, chairman and chief executive of the Tribune Company, and Randy Michaels, the chief operating officer, announced a set of deep cuts, saying that shrinking revenue left them no choice. They said they would trim 500 pages of news each week from the company's dozen papers, including The Chicago Tribune and The Los Angeles Times. Their aim is a paper with pages -- excluding classified advertising and special ad sections -- split 50-50 between news content and ads. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

The article presents information on the world's oldest newspaper Post och Inrikes Tidningar or PoIT which is now available online. The newspapers' new editor is Roland Haegglund. The paper was founded by Queen of Switzerland Christina and her chancellor in 1645. In the 17th and 18th centuries, the paper covered foreign and domestic news.

The article presents information on an issue related to the downsizing of stock pages by various newspapers. Many newspapers, in an effort to survive industrywide financial straits, have made cuts, such as reduction in newsroom staff, paper sizes and stock listings. As a result of readers' response, newspapers, including The Washington Post and The Wall Street Journal, have agreed to bring back some of the stock market tables to their papers.

The article reports that the newspaper "The New York Times," will waive subscription fee for its service TimesSelect. The service offers paid access to some of the columnists of the paper. The offer will facilitate people to read the work of columnists including Maureen Dowd and Nicholas D. Kristof on the website of the paper, nytimes.com. One can also read a selection of articles from the newspaper's archive on the Internet.

Reports on the conflict between the Richard M. Daley, mayor of Chicago, Illinois and a powerful newspaper over safety at Wrigley Field. Accusation of Daley that the paper is withholding the bad news about Wrigley Field because its corporate parent owns the field; Other conflicts between the mayor and the paper; Statements of Daley regarding his dispute with the parent company of the paper.

Reports that "The Los Angeles Times"--after winning five Pulitzer Prizes this year--has been forced by the newspaper's owners, the Tribune Company, to cut newsroom staff. Claim that Tribune executives Jack Fuller and Dennis J. Fitzsimmons told "Times" editor James S. Carroll and managing editor Dean P. Baquet in a recent meeting that the paper must trim staff due to a shortfall in the paper's advertising revenue; Reasons for the fall in ad revenues at the "Times;" Details of the financial performance of the Tribune Company, compared with competitors such as Gannett and E.W. Scripps.

Looks at an early retirement policy at the Washington Post newspaper where 54 reporters, editors, photographers and other staff have taken the early retirement program but have signed contracts to stay on as freelancers to help the paper ease the transition of losing 7 percent of its staff all at once. First offering of the incentive program and its success which made the freelance contracts necessary; Which reporters will be staying on; Cost of the buy-out program to the Washington Post Company; Estimate that the paper is losing 1,000 years of journalistic experience.

Reports on the Gannett Co.'s notification of "The Cincinnati Post" in January 2004 that it would not extend a joint operating agreement beyond 2007. Gannett's handling of the business and production operations for the paper and its northern Kentucky edition since 1977; Decline in the paper's circulation; Ownership of the paper by E.W. Scripps Co.

Reports on the newspaper established by the Pacific Northwest Newspaper Guild that went on strike against the Seattle, Washington-based daily newspapers, `The Times' and `The Post-Intelligencer. Reputations of the papers; Pressure facing Frank Blethen, publisher of `The Times' from rival Knight Ridder, a newspaper chain; Wage increase the guild proposed to the papers.

The article discusses changes to the headquarters of the newspaper "The Boston Globe" in Boston, Massachusetts, noting the decision to reconfigure the space to serve and engage the community. It addresses downsizing at the newspaper due to decreased readership, the management of "Boston Globe" publisher Christopher M. Mayer, and attempts by the paper to reach out to the local community.

The article focuses on David D. Hiller, publisher of "The Los Angeles Times" newspaper. Since his appointment in 2006, Hiller has been a controversial figure at the newspaper who has replaced two different editors due to disputes about staff cuts Hiller insists are necessary to improve the paper's profit margins. Hiller is ridiculed by many employees for his fondness for playing a major role in the city's social scene.

The article reports that James E. O'Shea, dismissed as editor of "The Los Angeles Times" newspaper, issued a memo to its staff which was strongly critical of the paper's owner the Tribune Co. and the management of the newspaper industry in general. O'Shea was fired after refusing to carry out budget cuts demanded by publisher David Hiller.

The article focuses on Rupert Murdoch's initial decisions as owner of "The Wall Street Journal" newspaper. Murdoch's News Corporation's takeover of Dow Jones, the paper's publisher, becomes final on December 13, 2007. Murdoch has already pressed editors to present shorter stories focused on hard news, has offered raises to employees he wishes to keep, and installed trusted News Corp. executives in important positions overseeing the newspaper.

This article discusses current issues in the newspaper industry, with particular focus on a new bank-sponsored business column and personnel changes at "The Inquirer," the major metropolitan daily of Philadelphia. The daily will feature a business column sponsored by Citizens Bank and the paper has brought in several new editors including William K. Marimow and Vernon Loeb, both former reporters with the publication. Commentary regarding the reorganization of the daily from Marimow is included.

The article presents that author's view on TimesSelect, the online subscriber version of "The New York Times." The author reviews how those how subscribers can read the paper online for free but non-subscribers have to pay a fee. The controversy surrounding the TimesSelect is discussed. Opponents say that the newspaper should not begin to charge for something they have offered for free in the past and that all information on the Internet should be free. According to the author, subscription numbers for the service are not that bad despite the various complaints.

Reports on changes to the "Los Angeles Times" editorial and opinion pages being enacted by Michael Kinsley, who was hired to oversee that section of the newspaper in 2004. Report that Kinsley accidentally left a Power Point document describing his intended changes on a Xerox copy machine in plain view of staffers; Question as to the relevance of editorial pages in today's world; Assessment of editorial pages in major urban newspapers, which generate a lot of attention from politicians but little from regular readers; Recount of style changes Kinsley is attempting to incorporate on the Times' editorial pages, noting readers' ability to engage the paper in online dialogue.

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.