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The article discusses economic concerns of newspaper executives at the Newspaper Association of America's annual conference in Seattle, Washington. They were relieved that the war in Iraq has ended but were concerned about the economic situation. Some executives noted some increases in retail advertising but help-wanted advertising, the major component of classified advertising and newspapers' largest source of revenue, remained in a depressed state.

The article highlights an address delivered by media economist Robert Picard before U.S. publishers at the Inter American Press Association 62nd General Assembly in Mexico City, Mexico. According to him, the traditional way of running a newspaper business in the country is not sustainable. He mentioned that reliance on new print products will not assure long-term success.

The article focuses on the 38th Conference of the Comité Maritime International (CMI) that took place in Vancouver Canada between May 30, 2004 and June 4, 2004. The Legal Committee of the IMO is looking forward to receiving no less than four major reports on topics in its work programme which were debated at Vancouver. The website contains an impressive collection of working papers written in preparation for the Conference, and this will no doubt provide a valuable source of research materials for some time to come. The 2003 CMI Year Book was published just before the Conference and issued to each delegate on arrival.