The October 27th Los Angeles Times article by Martin Zimmerman under the headline “U.S. newspaper circulation has fallen again” reports: “U.S. newspapers continued to lose subscribers in recent months as readers increasingly turned to online news sources and price increases scared off cost-conscious consumers."

London's first free daily newspaper, the London Lite, may shut down operations, owner Associated Newspapers announced today. The shutdown of the free evening tabloid would put 36 reporters and staff out of work.

The Wall Street Journal (WSJ) is now the number one most circulated newspaper in the United state, surpassing the USA Today.

The thing that I like about The Washington Times' project of giving space to citizen journalists to provide more news is that it admits to not properly covering the communities of these readers.

The New York Post reports that fellow New York-based newspaper the New York Times is seeking a bailout from Mexican telecommunications mogul Carlos Slim.

The New York Times Company announced today that in November total Company revenues from continuing operations decreased 13.9% compared with the same month a year ago. Advertising revenues decreased 20.9% and circulation revenues increased 4.2%.

In a stunning report the IHT is reporting that the New York Times is mortgaging its Manhattan based headquarters in cash crunch.

Frank Blethen: "On a local and regional level, independent newspapers are still a nice business, with eight, ten, twelve percent returns. It's the big public ownership model that's falling apart."

Newspaper endorsements for presidential candidates can influence voting decisions, according to new research by two Brown University economists.

Just before the Senate Commerce Committee is set to vote on a bill that would slow down runaway media consolidation, Rupert Murdoch reminds us why Big Media is bad news.

The announcement that Rupert Murdoch is angling to buy Newsday refutes the claims of the Long Island tabloid's executives, made more than twenty years ago, that the Post was doomed to economic failure. Instead, it is Murdoch and the Post who are humming along, in their fashion, and Newsday that is stumbling. And that should concern anyone who fears or disdains Murdoch's brand of journalism.