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Examines the factors causing the closure of the daily newspapers in the U.S. Conspiracy of the publishers for greater mutual profit; Role of the advertisers in the publications; Claim that 75 to 80 percent of the total cost of delivery of a newspaper is paid for by advertisers who purchase white space in the paper at rates based largely on circulation.

The article offers information on the shortage of newsprint in the U.S. in 1973. "The Wall Street Journal" revealed to readers that it was cutting editorial, news and advertising space and limiting on newsstand copies. In addition, dailies and weeklies with no big standing orders from suppliers, no capacity to stockpile big quantities of newsprint and no private mills were taking more drastic steps. The "Rapid City Journal" has already halted publishing Saturday editions to economize dwindling paper supplies.

The article offers information on the plan of Transradio Press Service to run a national network of newspapers in the U.S. According to this, the radio and the wire facsimiles will be used to transmit newspapers to local printing plants, where they will be repeoduced for the circulation among readers. Though, the company claims to have the capital to begin the publishing, but a central organization to implement the plan is still absent.

The article reports on the impact of increase cost of paper and postage on the U.S. magazines. The U.S. magazines are feeling the pitch of increased paper cost and postal rates, and as a result the magazines have reduced the size and format of the magazines. The main reason that the magazines have reduced the format is because of postal rates, as less weight in postage means less cost and, hence reduced format saves postal as well as paper cost and becomes economical for the magazines.

The article presents several federal regulations in the U.S. involving priorities, price control and transportation by the War Production Board (WPB). The magazine publishers may appeal to WPB for permission to use the heavyweight printing paper before October 1, 1944 if they reduced the weight of paper being used. The use of blanket maintenance, repair and operating (MRO) symbols had been restricted in obtaining items including chronometers, chronographs and electric timers.

The article offers information on several rumors of plans of U.S. publishing houses for new publications following indications of relaxation of publishers' quotas in the U.S. One of the rumors was that the experimental staff of Time Inc. was working on atleast two magazines including one on women's home and service and another a journal of opinion. Another rumor was that Fawcett Publications Inc. has expansive plans for several new titles including a fashion magazine.

The article reports on various strikes related to publications of several newspapers in the U.S. It mentions that two dailies in Detroit, Michigan were closed after it was involved in a wage dispute. It notes the action taken by the American Newspaper Guild in securing publications of newspapers in the country. It mentions several newspapers which include Herald Examiner, Stanford Daily and The Daily Californian.

Focuses on the prevalence of experiments in the U.S. and Europe in which a group of unions are contributing to the publication of papers such as "New York Leader" and "The Herald." Success of such efforts for the entities involved that portray actual facts of the conditions of the classes involved; Reasons behind the boycott of the labor press by local and national advertisers; Answer to the demand of production of papers with limited finance; Economic problems associated with the workers who are working with these newspapers.

The article looks at the rise of income in the U.S. advertising industry in 1946, based on the statistics made by Publishers' Information Bureau (PIB). Printed media including newspapers and magazines made earnings in 1946 due to factors including high paper supply, high manufactured products, and growing advertising competition for the money of customers. PIB revealed that in printed media, women's magazines made 28 percent profit increase while general magazines made 19 percent.

The article discusses the state of financial sections in U.S. newspapers. The author notes that through the depression, newspapers reduced items or sections that are perceived to be luxurious with the financial space being the first casualty along with the system of setting price tables by hand that was employed to have a speedy compilation. The efforts of some newspapers such as the "Baltimore Evening Sun" to experiment or to revive their financial section are also elaborated.

The article reports on the conflicting stance of newspapers on handling stories about U.S. Senator Joseph McCarthy. The "Manhattan Mercury-Chronicle" in Kansas has decided to experiment by running McCarthy stories on page three of the newspaper instead of page one. The "Louisville Courier-Journal" disagreed with the decision of "Mercury Chronicle." In an editorial published in the "Louisville Courier-Journal," it opined that banishing McCarthy to the inside of the paper suspends the one rule on which a newspaper can be run.

The article focuses on the circulation of the periodical "Washington Evening Star" in the U.S. It stresses that the newspaper was unable to maintain its circulation and advertisements. It mentions that the newspaper was owned and managed by three families in the country. It further discusses the management in the circulation of the newspaper.

The article discusses some significant news in the magazine publishing business in the U.S. for the week ending May 11, 1946. One is the postwar crash highlighted by the growing competition for a potential reader's leisure and the increase in news stand circulations. Another is the decline in the net profit of Curtis Publishing Co. in the first quarter of 1946 due to increased operating costs.

The article highlights the achievements of publisher Tracy S. McCraken. McCraken is the publisher of ten daily newspapers in Wyoming, controls three radio stations, and a stockholder in the Plains hotel in Cheyenne. He is also a bank director, the vice president of the board of trustees at the University of Wyoming, and a member of the Democratic National Committee. McCraken is the founder of "Wyoming Eagle" and owner of the "Cheyenne Wyoming State Tribune." He considers a newspaper as a business enterprise and leaves the editorial side to his editors.

The article informs about the grant of $23,800 given by the U.S. National Science Foundation to the journal "Computing Reviews." It mentions that the grant is sanctioned with the purpose of expanding the activities of "Computing Reviews" for the fiscal year 1965-1966. It is informed that the grant, for many coming years, will offer a more solid ground to the journal after adjustments were made to the proposal made by the Association for Computing Machinery (ACM). The grant is supposed to prevent "Computing Reviews" from converting to a monthly issue from its January/February 1966 issue.

The article focuses on the publication and circulation of the U.S. periodical "Daily Worker." It mentions that the periodical was considered as the official organ of the country's Communist Party in 1950s. It notes various names of the periodical which was changed to its new name "Daily World." It further concludes that the periodical is considered as the country's only English-language daily newspaper which is dedicated to socialism, peace and democracy.

The article reports on the revival of the magazines published by automobile manufacturers for free distribution to car owners in the U.S.

The article reports on the demonstration of "The Oregonian Oregon Journal" and an evening "Journal" union employees in Portland, Oregon. It notes that these union employees have made a strike due the purchasing issue of automatic press plate casting machine from Germany. In addition, the said machine can be operated by one crew, which caused the employees to strike. The circulation of the two mentioned newspapers in the state is also noted.

The article focuses on the issues concerning the decision of the Colorado Springs Free Press to increase its price during weekdays and omit its Sunday edition. According to the periodical, the primary responsibility of a particular publisher is to work in a fair manner and for the goal of profit. It says that the periodical is considered as one of the dailies in the U.S. which do not exhibit any profit because it is included in a chain owned by International Typographical Union (I.T.U.).

This article deals with the move by magazine companies in the U.S. to focus their attention at class readership in attempt to better compete with television (TV) broadcasters. This move by magazines came after realizing that they cannot compete with TV in numbers of readers as it is costly. Already the advent of TV has ended several magazines from circulation. Magazines intend to do away with mass audience and adopt class audience, public more regional editions, offer more merchandising services and reformat their appearance and change their content.

The author offers congratulations to the periodical "The Nation" and hopes it has many years of life to give to the service of the U.S. and democracy. A journal of intellectual distinction that is both fearless and independent is a precious possession for a nation to have. In these days the press tends to become more and more the property of rich men who use it to advance their own whims and foibles, or to give them the substance of power greater than that of governments and institutions, and so to control the policy of nations as they do menus for their dinners.

Focuses on the prohibition by the government on journals publishing both prophecy and analysis of results of elections. Impact of prohibition on career of less conspicuous persons in politics; Apprehensions regarding the reaction of U.S. President Herbert Hoover on the prohibition; Disappointment shown by Hoover every time a Democratic spokesman or a Democratic paper misinterprets his intentions and puts him in a false position.

This article discusses several issues related to politics and society in the U.S. Focus is on a statement by publisher and journalist Freda Kirchwey which addresses the readers of the periodical "The Nation." It informs about a change in the editorial position due to his resignation. The statement highlights the problems faced in financing of the periodical. The statement is followed by another statement by publisher George G. Kirstein, stating that the new publisher of an established magazine like "The Nation" has an obligation to readers, advertisers, and the public generally to state his position regarding the future policies of the journal. "The Nation" has a proud past as a voice for liberalism in America. It has stood through nearly a century for progress and reform.

The article reports on the project facilitated by the American Library Association (ALA) to increase the supply of paper for the publication of periodicals in the U.S.

The article offers information on the return of columnist Herb Caen in the publication of the periodical "San Francisco Chronicle." It states that Caen's work in the periodical will start on January 15, 1958 when his contract with "Hearst's Examiner" expires, and will include a salary of 38,000 dollars as well as wage increase in 1958. It mentions that Caen has been regarded as one of the columnists with faithful followers in the U.S. which were estimated to range from 10,000 to 15,000.

One of the great causes of the decline of the influence of the religious press, both in the U.S. and in England--for it is only here and in England that it flourishes--one takes to be the amount of time and space it devotes to the medieval sport of scenting out heretics and infidels and running them to earth. When a religious newspaper calls persons of whose opinions it knows absolutely nothing "infidels," it simply "calls names," and it would be a waste of time to make any reply. Since then, "The Nation" has noticed mysterious allusions in other papers of the same character, hinting, rather than asserting, the presence in their office of "a disciple of Comte," engaged in the work of reviewing religious books.

The article features Carl Baldwin, a Plain Dealer's reporter for the "St. Louis Dispatch," and describes his work exposing fixers in the city. It states that when the U.S. Air Force received no bids for construction on its Scott Air Force Base, the paper's editor wanted to find out why. Baldwin discovered that contractors were unable to afford the pay-off required by fixers, and that those who tried to resist them were harassed. Baldwin's exposes opened official investigations into the matter, leading to over 50 indictments and ongoing investigations.

Focuses on the efficacy of predictions by the American press with reference to the victory of presidential candidate, Thomas E. Dewey in the U.S. Information in the October 30, 1948 issue of the journal "Editor & Publisher," that in terms of circulation, the ratio of newspaper support is eight to one for Dewey; Clipping from the New York September 9, 1952 issue of the journal "Herald-Tribune"; Discussion on Dewey's victory in "Kiplinger Magazine."

Focuses on the strike of newspapermen that has broken out in Milwaukee, against U.S. publisher and journalist, William Randolph Hearst. Demand for a recognition of the American Newspaper Guild by the strikers; Efforts to negotiate a contract with John Black, Hearst's resident publisher; Details of the contract; Denial of any contractual agreement with the Guild by Black; Appointment of a committee by the Federated Trades Council to assist the strikers.

The article reports on the initial issue of the monthly magazine "Flair," published by U.S. writer and editor Fleur Fenton Cowles. The initial issue received mixed reviews for having more artifice than art. Among the tricks used in publising the first issue were a window in the cover that permits a partial view of the next page and an accordion foldout.

The article reports on the sale of the German-language daily newspaper "Staats-Zeitung" by Victor F. Ridder, son of founder Herman Ridder, to retired New York restaurateur August Steuer and executive Erwin Single in March 1953.

The article reports that the U.S. Office of Price Administration's March 1, 1943 agreement with Canada allowing for a four U.S. dollar a ton increase in newsprint price, has raised U.S. newspapers' publishing costs by 11.5 million U.S. dollars that necessitated increases in newspaper advertising rates.

The article profiles British magazine publisher Graham Sherren. Twenty-three business, technical and professional publications are managed by Sherren at Morgan-Grampian Ltd. The entry of Sherren into the U.S. publishing industry resulted from the acquisition of several McGraw-Hill Inc. magazines by Morgan-Grampian in 1971. Information on Sherren's background and operations is included.

The day of the small family newspaper is past and publishing has become a great industry in which only men with millions of dollars and acres of land and thousands of employees can hope to compete. The article specifically focuses on "Watchung News" and it is produced by juvenile talent only at Bound Brook, New Jersey. The first items in this week's issue are, properly enough, entitled "News About People." Under this caption various bits of interesting information are assembled. Politics are treated in the manner they deserve.

The article focuses on a statement by Alton B. Parker, head of the National Civic Federation, that the Russian government is planning to spur a propaganda in the U.S. The idea was opposed by Republican Senator B. K. Wheeler. However, Parker wrote a letter to Wheeler, arguing that almost all of the major newspapers in the country are publishing interesting and important official Soviet documents they could access.

The article focuses on works of Adolf Simon Ochs, the U.S. newspaper publisher. He has reduced newspaper writing to the point of anonymity where it is difficult to differentiate it from sheer inanity. It also gives a brief insight of the talking pictures. Most of them were exceedingly dull, badly posed, and quite inferior to the art work of the two magazine sections. But for their silent comment upon many interesting little items never mentioned in the news paragraphs, with the headlines Paris or Shanghai or Westchester County, those pictures deserve to be studied much more carefully than is usually the case.