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Tabloid journalism in New York is only seven years old. The history of its growth makes a mushroom seem like a century plant. Tabloids have been appearing all over the country since Joseph Medill Patterson started it. Less important newspaper publishers hopped on the bandwagon, and Bernarr Macfadden, who whelps magazines in litters, decided to get in line. It is said that the inception of the News was due to an earnest desire on the part of Patterson to lose money. The year 1918 saw the Chicago Tribune pile up more profits than ever before in its highly prosperous career.

The article provides an overview of the consolidations of newspapers in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, in accordance with the trend of journalism throughout the U.S. The number of English-language dailies in the country had declined in the past six months from 2,001 to 1,952. An acquisition was made by Scripps Howard Inc. which involved an amount of more than $6 million. There is already not a single newspaper in the state that is locally owned.

United Press is a purely mercantile undertaking designed to make money, and it has been doing just that for the past twenty years. By its aggressiveness and enterprise it has built up a clientele of 1,250 papers--as large as that of the Associated Press--with this difference, that only 900 are in the U.S. while 350 are outside our boundaries. The United Press was founded originally to supply news only to evening papers. Ten years ago it enlarged its service to include morning papers, though the bulk of its clients are still evening newspapers. Within the past twelve months it has added no less than sixty-nine dailies to its list.

Twenty years ago, a calamity occurred in New York journalism. It was recorded at first hand in the February 27, 1931 issue of the newspaper World, the last edition of a great newspaper. The shock of the newspaper's passing was deeply felt by the 2,867 employees of the World, the Evening World and the Sunday World. It registered almost as intensely with working newspapermen throughout the nation and with all men and women of good will concerned about assaults of privilege and corruption and bigotry. The family of World readers believed that the paper fulfilled the Pulitzer ideal as nearly as any daily paper could.

Focuses on the plight of daily journalism in Jacksonville, Mississippi. Influence of Hederman family, which owns leading newspapers of the city, on mass media in the city; Propagation of racism and fundamentalism in newspapers owned by the family; Need for a strong editorial voice to improve the conditions of the city; Role of television in improving the condition of mass media in the city.

Focuses on the demise of the "New York Herald-Tribune" newspaper in the U.S. in 1966. Background of the newspaper; Reputation of the newspaper; Factors that contributed to the newspaper's demise; Increase in the newspaper's daily circulation in 1960; Possible impact of its merger with the "Journal American."

The article reports on the abolition of publication control to one of the largest newspapers in Poland, Trybuna Ludu. It reveals that Trybuna Ludu is the official organ of the Polish Communist Party and the change to abolish censorship reflects an unannounced decision by party leaders throughout the Polish press. It also notes that the censorship is related to military matters and without it, journalists will have to police themselves and will be accountable for published stories that offend authorities.

Comments on newspaper publishers' focus on profitability. Trend toward fewer and bigger newspapers; Increase in gross circulations despite a decline in the number of newspapers; Tendency of newspapers to be conservative on economic and political issues.