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Presents information on a scandal in newsprint industry. Establishment of a Newspaper Industry Advisory Committee, comprising of publishers, managing editors and general managers of major papers all around the U.S.; Issuance of the Printing and Publishing General Limitation Order L-240, by the War Production Board (WPB); Order restricting newspapers to 100 percent of their newsprint use of 1941, which would have been a cut of about 10 percent of 1942 figures; Influence of the shortage of pulp on the newsprint cuts; Recommendation by the Newspaper Industry Advisory Committee for curtailments running upto five percent of 1941's consumption for the largest papers; Impact of these cuts on circulations of small and medium dailies; Opinion of Republicans and a few reactionary Democrats that the newsprint cut was an elaborate attempt to destroy press; Investigation into the newsprint curtailment; Allegations on WPB for deliberately imposing the curtailments for purposes of censorship; Suggestions of curtailing the advertisers space to reduce wastage of paper.

The article examines the prominent U.S. newspapers, notably "The Wall Street Journal" and "New York Times" which are part of publicly traded corporations with dual stock systems. Only shares owned by the families which control the newspapers have full voting rights. The poor performance of the stocks of Dow Jones and the Times corporation are noted. The owning families are criticized for supporting democracy everywhere but in their own firms.

Focuses on several newspapers published in the U.S. Comments on the people who have funded for the newspaper "Washington Times"; Discussion of Warren Adler, founder of the newspaper "Dossier"; Reasons for the popularity of the newspaper "Washington Times" in the U.S.; Circulation of the newspaper "The News World" in the U.S.; Comparison of the "Washington Times" with any other conservative newspaper in the U.S.

The article focuses on troubles faced by the newspaper "The Washington Post." The article notes that the "Post" is having difficulty defining itself because Washington D.C.'s news is national and there are many competitors who cover national politics. It is noted that the Watergate scandal made the "Post" famous but not wealthy. Katharine Weymouth, publisher of the "Post," was involved in scandal a year and a half into her job due to her attempts to save the paper.

Comments on the content and ideals of newspapers in the U.S. Advantage of a technical training in the weighing of the kind of evidence which does not pass current in the courts; Discussion of the violation of moral law; Accounts on the duties and obligation of the journalists.

Reports on the announcement made by the newspaper "The Daily News," to continue the publication of its "News," after facing competition with "The New York Times." Remark made by Rupert Murdoch, Australian proprietor of the "New York Post," the evening paper, that there was room for only one tabloid in New York; Support provided by the newspaper "Post," to Mayor Ed Koch in New York's gubernatorial campaign.

Focuses on a conflict between the St. Louis Post-Dispatch newspaper and the Missouri House of Representatives. Editorial in the Post Dispatch that criticised the representatives for using state-funded health insurance while voting for cuts in the state's Medicaid budget; Bill passed soon afterward that eliminates tax breaks for newspapers; Claim by the House that the bill was not an act of retribution, but an attempt to close corporate tax loopholes; Battle with Democratic Governor Bob Holden to protect other tax loopholes.

Presents information on an advertisement by William Randolph Hearst, U.S. newspaper and magazine publisher, that was printed in several newspapers. Report on the headline of the advertisement being "The Hearst Papers Stand for Americanism and Genuine Democracy"; Announcement of Hearst's publishing principles and his philosophy in the advertisement; Comments of the author on the part of the advertisement saying that the Hearst papers support the American style of government; Information on patriotic approach of Hearst in all conditions; Criticism of Hearst to force his readers into Mexico war through his newspapers; Information on interest of Hearst in writing about the U.S. entering war with Mexico; Report on defensive behavior of Hearst of freedom to assemble; Information on the editorial "Keep the Faith of Our Fathers," published in the journal "The Los Angeles Examiner," on February 24, 1935; Report on disguised reporters as students who went to interview some of the professors at Columbia and Syracuse universities, with instructions to get them to say they were Communists; Comments on the headline of an article "Drive the Reds From the Campus"; Information on Hearst being a great capitalist and owning lots of property; Report on large industries and agricultural land owned by Hearst; Focus on claptrap, triviality, sob stuff and tripe in Hearst's newspapers; Comments on Russian famine, mentioned in newspapers in the U.S.; Information on no mention of a food shortage in the Soviet Union in his articles.

Focuses on the codes adopted by newspapers in the United States regarding what types of medical advertising they will allow in the publication. Definition of medical advertising according to A. J. Cramp, director of the Bureau of Investigation of the American Medical Association; Newspapers which were considered for a survey presented in this article; Rating of newspapers for the amount of pernicious medical advertising; Dominance of cure-all medicines in medical advertising; Allegations made against newspapers that they themselves have created the appetite for sensational news; Ethical behavior of tabloids where medical advertising is concerned; Position of medical advertising in newspapers targeted at African Americans.

Presents information on bias editorials in the presentation of news by several U.S. newspapers, as shown by their handling and reporting in headlines and text of news events. Description of controversial matters such as the Cruiser Bill controversy in Congress and tariff debates; Measurement of the discrepancy between objective facts and news facts; Analysis of 400 issues of seven Pittsburgh newspaper during the steel strike; Development of a project by Carola Woerishoffer Department at Bryn Mawr College to give reliable results from newspaper analysis; Comment that to advocate a policy editorially has been regarded as a proper function of the press; Information on public controversies on which indexes of bias are based.

The article focuses on the Republican Party's influence on the American press. The American press today is pre-dominantly Republican. Democrats and independents have not only the right but the responsibility to point out to the public the bias in the source of their news. Ownership influence upon newspaper content and performance can be very large. Or this influence may be of a much lesser degree, as found by one study of "Midcity Daily," the pseudonym given a real-life paper. Some members of the editing-writing group shared in every decision on printing or not printing the news about "Midcity Daily."

Focuses on Gannett Co. Inc., the largest newspaper chain in the U.S. Assessment of newspapers owned by the company; Statement that features and sports often get more attention than news in Gannett newspapers; Influence of American journalism on Gannett; Corporate culture at the company; Information on business news stories published in these newspapers; Plans of the company to launch various small newspapers; Comparison of the newspapers owned by the company with other American newspaper; Attitude of reporters working at Gannett.

Focuses on the ousting of Seth Lipsky, editor of the newspaper "Jewish Daily Forward," by the board of the Forward Association which owns half of the newspaper. Accusation made by the Forward Association that Lipsky was too conservative; Objectives of the newspaper to give a voice to Jewish immigrants who were streaming into the U.S. from Eastern Europe; Role of the paper in fighting for the working class and associating itself with the labor movement; Endorsement made by Lipsky to the candidacy of U.S. President Bill Clinton.

Presents information on the suppression of news in the U.S. Criticism of the policy adopted by the U.S. government to suppress the press; Vested interest of the advertising media to suppress certain news; Suppression of the Cauley Bridge silicosis story; Publication of the news by all liberal-labor publications of the U.S.; Suppression of a news by the New York Herald which involved a shoplifting arrest of socially prominent women at the James McCreery store; Report of the La Follette Committee that alleges that a number of papers like The New York Herald Tribune and The Newark Ledger employs spies or secret agents; Elimination of all commodity news favoring consumers; Criticism of press for playing down of liberal and labor news and the distortion of facts which go on every day in matters of social, economic and political importance.

Points out that William Loeb, the publisher of the "Manchester Union Leader" had greatly influenced the course of politics in New Hampshire until his death in 1981. "Union Leader" as the only daily newspaper in the state; Impact of Loeb's editorials on politics in New Hampshire and in the whole U.S.; Loeb's appeal to the working-class populism of Manchester's ethnic Democrats.

Focuses on the policy of the newspaper "Miami Herald" towards Cuban-Americans in the U.S. View that editors of newspaper portrayed a xenophobic perception which denounced a flood of Cuban refugees into Miami, Florida; Description of efforts to appease the Cuban community by the newspaper including a spin-off supplement in Spanish language; Comment of the coverage of the custodial Elian Gonzalez case by the newspaper.

The article discusses the problems experienced by the newspaper industry in the financial crisis of 2009, and how newspapers are being replaced by Internet news. The author describes the lack of funding for public service journalism and how philanthropic support will be necessary to keep public service journalism alive. The author describes how the loss of newspapers will affect U.S. politics and society.

Presents letters to the editor referencing articles and topics published in previous issues. "Everybody's a Critic," which focused on the criticism of journalist Howard Kurtz by fellow journalist Franklin Foer; "Line Dancing," which focused on "The Miami Herald" newspaper with a fair allegation that civic journalism has proved to be the downfall of many papers in the country.

Examines the racial conflict within the newsroom of "The Washington Post" which serves as an important case study in the mechanics of affirmative action. Action taken by the newspaper industry in support of compensatory or preferential minority hiring; Impact of the commitment of the newspaper to affirmative action on its traditional reputation; Complaints raised by African American reporters against the newsroom culture of the newspaper; Disadvantages of the political pressure to promote minorities.

Focuses on the battle between press and the radio in the U.S. Description of efforts made by newspapers to limit the growing popularity of the radio; Information on the commercial broadcasting; Comment on selling programs produced by the radio; Demand made by papers for their property right in news during the annual meeting of the National Association of Newspaper Publishers; Establishment of news service by the Columbia Broadcasting System; Comment on operations of the Press-Radio Bureau.

Focuses on the investigation conducted by the U.S. Federal Trade Commission on the purchase of the "Boston Herald" and the "Boston Traveler" by the International Paper and Power Co. Insistence of company president A. R. Graustein that the firm has purchased its shares in newspapers without any intention to control their editorial policies; Aim of the corporation to insure an outlet for its newsprint; Claim that the majority of its stockholders care nothing for the freedom of the press.

The author offers opinions on Rupert Murdoch's offer to purchase Dow Jones, owner of "The Wall Street Journal." The pessimism in the U.S. newspaper industry is noted and found to be an overreaction. The public role of newspapers is said to be vital to a functioning democracy. Newspaper editors and publishers are urged to regain their self-confidence. They should not let Wall Street investors shape their self-image or alter their mission.

Presents information related to the newspaper "The Boston Globe." Dismissal of editor Michael Janeway after 14 months in office;Changes introduced in the paper by Janeway's successor, Thomas Winship; Receipt of a Pulitzer Prize by the newspaper for its coverage of the matter of busing for school integration in Boston, Massachusetts; Massiveness of the newspaper's sports section.

Discusses the publication of the information on Senator Richard Nixon's fund, in different U.S. journals. Publication of the story of how 76 men gave politician Richard Nixon $18,000 to sell free enterprise jointly by reporters of the journals "Post," and "Daily News,"; Number of newspapers that placed the story on first page; Information on the survey of 70 daily newspapers that printed the story on Nixon's fund.

The article focuses on the book "One Day in the World's Press: Fourteen Great Newspapers on a Day of Crisis," edited with a commentary by Wilbur Schramm. The world has grown so small in terms of communication that on a given day twelve out of the fourteen leading newspapers on five continents led with the same news. Twelve of the fourteen agreed also on what was the second story, and most of them picked the same top five stories. The newspapers have been selected for total political balance in part.

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.

Focuses on the role of the American press and issues related to freedom of information in the United States. Confusion about its role in the political sector; Root of the weakness of the press; Issues related to the publication of Pentagon Papers, a public document in different newspapers in the country; Views of the author on the American tradition of muckraking journalism, which is also called investigative reporting; Discussion on the coverage of foreign affairs by the press.

Discusses the operations of the press in the small rural and town communities of the Middle West. Potent and far-reaching influence; One of the important instruments which shape current attitudes and opinions; Weekly newspaper whose editor shares the town's ideas, beliefs, and prejudices; Country editor was prone to editorialize freely in any news article as it suited his fancy; Increasing amount of advertising by large corporations; Widespread use of boilerplate material; Increase in economic and political partisanship.

Expresses opinion on the idea of how Abraham Hirschfeld will finance the publication of the newspaper "Open Air PM," which he says, will depend on paid-for obituaries. Reputation of Hirschfeld in the field of journalism; Plans of Hirschfeld for the paper; Mission of the paper according to Hirschfeld.

Presents information on dialectic between secretary Harold L. Ickes and Frank Gannett, publisher of several newspapers, on freedom of press. Views of Ickes on advertising tobaccos in some issues of several newspapers, in spite of publishing of studies that revealed that smoking shortens life; Information on refusal of the newspaper "The Herald Tribune," to print an advertisement of a book; Accusation by Ickes of the newspaper "The Herald Tribune," of suppressing an advertisement for Ferdinand Lundberg's book "America's 60 Families"; Claim by Ickes that International Paper and Co. at one time owned a part interest in several of Gannett's newspapers; Views of Gannett on control of policies of paper; Opinion of Ickes on government owned press; Views on untrue representation on middle class and working class in the newspapers.

The article reflects on the influence of newspapers to the 1940 presidential campaign in the U.S. The author describes that surveys of U.S. newspaper's support for presidential candidates revealed sharp contrasts to studies from other sources. He points out that disparity between the attitude of the press and the intention of the voters shows that newspapers are the victims of their own integrity.

Discusses evidences of party antagonisms in crime reports in Austrian newspapers. Description of how Communist party officer Josef Banninger stalked the streets of Kematen and fired wild shots into the homes of the local Socialist Party chairman and the local paper factory foreman in the "Arbeiter-Zeitung"; Licensing of several newspapers representing the three legally permitted political parties in the "Obrosterreichische Nachrichten"; Composition of the advisory board that ran the operation of the "Salzburger Nachrichten" newspaper.

The article focuses on the book "Sugar Pill," by T.S. Matthews. Most American cities can support no more than one morning newspaper and in at least 181 there is no competition because, if there is an evening paper, it is put out by the same management. The single-minded devotion to a particular segment of the population, characteristic of the London papers, is therefore impossible in this country. Hence a great deal of what Matthews has to say has little or no significance for American newspapermen who work for a different kind of institution.

Focuses on the role of the press in two consecutive U.S. election. Comments on the drifting of the press into bias by negation; Comparison between the newspapers published on the first three days of a week in the two consecutive election campaigns; Discussion of the comparative quiet of the papers on the campaign several weeks ago.

Focuses on the publication of an editorial by the Bergen County "Record," a fair-sized New Jersey daily, supporting the demands of striking pressmen in New York. Reaction of "Record" readers on the move; Speculations on the publishers' motivations for the editorial; Perception of the "Record" that the blame for the strike lies with the publishers and their intransigent position and not with the union; Description of the environment in which the pressmen work; Management's decision to impose new work rules that would end up removing almost half the total pressroom force from their jobs; Other factors that have made the strike a potential watershed for New York unions.

Explains that the periodicals "The Washington Post," "The New York Times," "The Atlanta Journal/Constitution," and "The New Republic" embargoed for a year the news of Martin Luther King's plagiarism in his doctoral dissertation. Decision to publish in November 1990 only after "The Wall Street Journal" did so; King lifted passages from the doctoral dissertation of fellow Boston University student Jack Boozer.

Comments on the political contributions of Eugene C. Pulliam, press magnate and grandfather of Republican Vice Presidential candidate Dan Quayle in the U.S. Campaign of Pulliam for freedom of expression; Theme on the newspapers of Pulliam; Conservative movement initiated by Pulliam; Report that Pulliam's Indianapolis papers were among the first media outlets to track down the story of his National Guard recruitment.

Focuses on advertising executive, copy writer and U.S. Congressman Bruce Barton. Discussion of the opinion that freedom of press does not entitle newspapers to publish personal scandal; Focus on a case in which Barton accused the defendant of blackmail and attempted extortion; Suppression of the case by several newspapers; Comments on the space given to Barton in several newspapers; Information on Barton's control over advertising money.

Presents information about Marshall Field III, the principal stockholder of the newspaper "PM" in the U.S. Description of the personality and appearance of Field; Discussion of his English accent that has a trace of British accent; Story of Field's inheritance of the property of his grandfather who was a Chicago brewer; Opinion of Field on accumulation of wealth; Decision of Field to launch a new newspaper; Relationship of Field with that of his employees.

Presents evidences of the distortion of news by newspapers. Degree of journalistic bias in the treatment of debate over the issue of preparedness versus internationalism in the U.S. Senate; Comparison of the treatment of facts by "The New York American" with that of "The Chicago Herald-Examiner"; Analysis of fourteen newspapers, that showed a range of bias on the issue of tariff.

Focuses on William Randolph Hearst who owns two dozen newspapers with an aggregate circulation of more than four million a day. Information on Hearst's telegraphic news service which supplies foreign and domestic dispatches all over the U.S.; Comments on Hearst's career as a news films producer; Attitude of Hearst towards entrance of the U.S. into the World War I; Information on political ambition of the U.S.; Influence of politics in Hearst's press.

Explains that in August 1914, the Royal Library in Berlin, Germany had created a department which was to gather a complete collection of war literature. Four and a half tons of newspapers were received; Ten thousand books; Spectrum series of self-justifications; Civil, military, and financial chronicles; English stories; French poems; Records of legislative procedures; Pacifist literature; National usurers' books; War novels; War manuals and calendars; Anthologies of war poems; Surveys of neutral opinion; Translations of state papers.

Focuses on a weekly tabloid "The Spotlight," published by an ultra-right-wing organization called the Liberty Lobby. Claim by the paper to report the news the other papers miss and to uncover the conspiracies the other papers dare not expose; Fundamental editorial obsession of the Spot light which is with the "Zionists" and "dual loyalist" friends of Israel who conspire to take over the US government and to propagate the malicious fiction that the Nazis killed six million Jews; Information that in recent months, the Spotlight seems to have become a veritable cheering section for the "Institute for Historical Review" in Torrance.

Presents information on review of books. Views of William Saroyan, an author, on cheap books being not reviewed, published in the June 28, 1939 issue; Denial of the charges of Saroyan by the journal "The Saturday Republic"; Need of seeing the private records of numerous book publishers in order to establish a copper-riveted case; Information on data from Louis F. Birk, editor of Modern Age Books; Opinion of Birk on role of several newspapers in launch of any book; Report on review of the book "In Blood and Ink," by Maury Maverick's in several newspapers; View of the author on low-priced books and the book market.

Discusses the status of the press in Cuba. Supportive role of the newspaper "Avance" during the regime of Cuban Prime Minster Fidel Castro; Popularity of the paper between 1952 and 1958; Freedom and censorship of other paper like "Miami Herald" during the same period.

Presents information on a girl who was found dead in a New York apartment house. Information on a Philadelphia financier, who was the last person known to have seen the girl alive; Role of press in the spread of the news of mysterious death; Report that newspaper narration of the girl's story discloses one or two characteristics of the modern press in interesting fashion; View it a sensational story that has reached the capitalist papers.

Comments on the adverse reaction of various political quarters in France towards papers related to politics by the late German foreign minister Gustav Stresemann. Charges made against Stresemann's papers by editors of the newspapers Le Journal des Debats, Le Temps and L'Echo de Paris; Impact of these papers on Franco-German relations; Views of Stresemann that the guarantee of Germany's western frontier were no sacrifice of German interests.

The author comments on the antipathy of the New York Times newspaper towards the New York Yankees baseball team. After New York Yankees third baseman Aaron Boone hit one of the most memorable home runs in the storied history of the franchise, the editors of the New York Post made an embarrassing mistake. The Post's printers accidentally received an editorial written for publication in the event of a Yankee loss to the Boston Red Sox in this year's American League Championship Series. The New York Times, a perennial target of the conservative Post, highlighted the error under the smug headline "Memo to the post's editorial page: it isn't over till it's over." That was a brazen move on the part of the Times. The Times had deliberately published an editorial ten days earlier rooting against the home team in favor of its most hated rival. I understand that the Times is a national newspaper and has aggressively cultivated a readership outside of the tri-state area, where Yankee hatred is practically a religion. But, if the Times' newfound enthusiasm for the Red Sox was simply a craven pander, expect it to backfire. I suspect the paper's antipathy to the Yankees is due to the Yanks being rich and powerful. The Times, with its tradition of skepticism toward money and power, is naturally repulsed.

Comments on the revival of the question of elitist posture of editorial pages arising from "The Philadelphia Inquirer" newspaper's publication of an editorial proposing that welfare mothers be given incentives to use the long-term contraceptive Norplant to ameliorate the impoverishment of black America. Ensuing insurrection the Inquirer newsroom; Question of for whom a newspaper is speaking for when it takes an editorial position; Possible solutions, including the abolition of editorials.

Focuses on the merger that led to the death of a great daily entitled "The New York World." Sale of the "New York World" holdings to the Scripps-Howard syndicate; Measures taken by New York City editor James W. Barrett to fight against the sell of the daily; Account of the fact that end of this tradition seemed far to outweigh the possibility that many of these men working in the daily, and the families they supported, would soon go hungry.