Newspaper Publisher Files for Bankruptcy -(CBS/AP)  The owner of the Orange County Register in California and dozens of other newspapers has become the latest publisher driven into bankruptcy court by a jarring drop in advertising revenue.Full Story

Newspaper Stocks Surge on Optimism Over Ad Spending -  The stocks of newspaper companies surged Wednesday on optimism that advertising spending may be, if not recovering, then at least not declining faster than before. A report from market research firm TNS Media Intelligence said the rate of decline in overall advertising spending held steady from the first quarter to the second. Full Story

BusinessWeek Said to Be Up for Sale by McGraw-Hill - July 13 (Bloomberg) --BusinessWeek, the McGraw-Hill Cos. magazine that lost 30 percent of its advertising revenue in the second quarter, is up for sale, according to a person close to the situation. Full Story

Ann Arbor News to close in July - Newspaper will close, but continue publishing only on the Internet. Full Story .

“This business was too gentlemanly, filled with people who don’t know how to claw for every dollar, which is what’s needed now.” Quote from major city newspaper editor. Read about editors of major newspapers being forced out.

Dow Jones Freezes Wages - NEW YORK Dow Jones & Co. is the latest newspaper company to implement salary freezes in 2009. In a memo to employees, first posted on FishbowlDC, CEO Les Hinton informed staffers of the move because business faces a "weakened global economy, which continues to encroach on our business."  Wages will be frozen for one year, Hinton wrote. Read Full Article

How Newspapers Tried to Invent the WebBut failed - A moment of sympathy, please, for newspapers, whose readers and advertisers have been fleeing at a frightening rate. It would be easy to accuse editors and publishers of being clueless about the coming Internet disruption and to insist that the industry's proper reward for decades of haughty attitude, bad planning, and incompetence is bankruptcy.  Read Full Article

Buyer comes forward to save Conn. newspapers -  Financially troubled Journal Register Co. has agreed to sell two of its daily newspapers in Connecticut, less than two weeks before its deadline to shut down the publications. Read Full Article

Google news, CEO Eric Schmidt wishes he could rescue newspapers -  (Fortune Magazine) -- Metaphorically speaking, Google is killing the newspaper industry. Online news is quickly hollowing out the traditional paper - the Christian Science Monitor eliminates its print edition, Tribune Co. declares bankruptcy, Detroit's two dailies slash home delivery to three days a week - while Google rakes in advertising profits.  Read Full Article

Pasadena Newspaper - Outsourcing to India  “In today’s world, whether your desk is down the hall or around the world, from a computer standpoint, it doesn’t matter.” - Dean Singleton, The Associated Press’s chairman

Newspaper Lose Print Subscribers - As newspapers losed circulation, eg. Atlanta Journal-Constitution printed circulation is down to these figures over this time last year. The Atlanta Journal-Constitution -- 274,999 -- (-13.62%). But their web site is up by 19.4%. This is a clear indication of the transistion from print based publishing to electronic publishing. See complete article on newspaper web site increases in this Fitz & Jen column .

On the Other Hand....

Community newspapers like ours remain strong and vibrant - It’s time for newspapers and their staffs to tell the other side of the story about our industry. This past week, we read about the decline of newspaper circulation in most of the major markets across the country. But what we didn’t read about is the readership increase that has taken place in other parts of the country in our print products and the expansion of our Web sites. Read on

AJC announces more cuts to jobs and circulations .  According to a report on its Web site, starting Jan. 11 the AJC will no longer deliver to the following counties: Banks, Butts, Dawson, Fannin, Gilmer, Greene, Habersham, Haralson, Heard, Jackson, Lumpkin, Morgan, Pickens, Rabun, Spalding, Towns, Troup, Union, and White in Georgia, and Cherokee, Clay and Macon counties in North Carolina. ed note: This can only mean an increase in circulation for the weekly newspapers in those counties.

U.S. Weekly Newspapers Embrace Web Sites - Most respondents see the Internet as the future of publishing and are exploring how their sites can increase readership and revenues. They also see online editions as complementary to the printed paper.

The Internet has transformed the newspaper business and to keep up with readers' ever-changing habits many newspapers have launched electronic editions. Worldwide, there are more than 5,000 daily, weekly and other newspapers online. In a study of National Newspaper Association members in May 2006, it was found that half of the 7,000 community newspapers in the United States have online newspapers. Two-thirds of those without an online newspaper said they plan to begin one, while one-third said they would launch a site in the next 18 months. Full article

Newspapers Draw 41% of the Internet Users - Newspaper Web sites attracted a record 68.3 million unique visitors in the third quarter of 2008-- equal to 41.4% of all American Internet users, according to the Newspaper Association of America. Read Full Article Here

Four Weekly Community Newspapers For Sale- Well Established, Some For 50 Years. Total Circulation 60,000 Four community newspapers in Houston area. Separate printing business also available. Trained, loyal staff. Production equipment. Trade and community resources well established. Real estate also available. Located in Houston, TX Gross: $550,000 Net: $75,000. Contact owner.









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