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The major newspapers are still struggling from a three-year ad slump, but the community papers of Queens are enjoying a renaissance, thanks to the borough's population growth and its intense local pride. They're attracting readers by giving them stories that the major papers won't, and luring advertisers with a highly targeted audience. Queens boasts nearly 30 community papers published in English. At least a score of titles are targeted to the borough's burgeoning Asian, Eastern European and Latino neighborhoods. Queens papers are doing well because they offer advertisers, especially small businesses, the chance to reach out to a loyal, well-defined readership.

This article reports on the launch of the publishing company Chronicle Press by the newspaper, San Francisco Chronicle, in the U.S. in 2005. Once the owner of Chronicle Books, the San Francisco Chronicle has gotten back into the book business with the launch of Chronicle Press. The press has released two titles by newspaper staffers, The San Francisco Century and Mystical San Francisco. Chronicle Press is run by the paper's deputy editor, Narda Zacchino, who said the publishing effort will focus on packaging the paper's previously published content in book form.