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[ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] AT ONE TIME, IT WAS A BIG DEAL IF A NEWSPAPER RAN an ad on Page One. Newspaper purists would rail against it, editors would debate the potential [...]

Denise Palmer had been publisher of The Sun in Baltimore--her first publisher post--for less than a year last June when the Tribune Co. newspaper faced one of its toughest labor [...]

Jan. 13,1981, was Not a Friday, but the joint operating agreement signed that day by the Seattle Times Co. and Hearst Communications Inc. was clearly born under a bad sign. [...]

At first glance, Lachlan Murdoch seems the antithesis of the big-city newspaper publisher. With boyish good looks, short-cropped hair and an engaging grin, he resembles a rookie advertising-sales rep or [...]

[ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] WHEN WARREN BUFFETT TOLD CNBC last November that 'newspapers have got a terrible future' and predicted his paper, The Buffalo (N.Y.) News, might be 'the last man standing;' [...]

Bank clerk Charles H. Porter took a picture of a fire fighter cradling a burned infant in his arms right after the Oklahoma City bombing, in OK, in Apr 1995. The photograph was sold to an AP state photo editor who sent it over the wires. Different newspapers discussed how they should use such an emotionally-charged picture, and, after its publication, many readers called to ask what happened to the baby. Other readers called to protest the picture's publication. However, most newspaper officials believed that it captured the tragedy of the situation in a wordless moment. The baby died the day after the picture was taken., IT SPARKED HEATED debate in several newsrooms, caused one veteran newspaper editor to cry, and, for most photo editors, became the focal front-page shot of the tragic April 19 bombing [...]

The New York Times has agreed to consider a Newspaper Guild request for voluntary buyouts as future cost-cutting efforts are reviewed. In a memo first posted on the Poynter.org Romenesko [...]

The St. Petersburg Times is implementing a 5% pay cut and phasing out health coverage for retirees, according to a memo from Editor Paul Tash. The memo, first posted on [...]

A Massachusetts man accused of rape apparently did not want anyone to read about it in his local newspaper, so he reportedly bought up as many copies as he could [...]

While the Senate Judiciary Committee on Thursday takes up the issue of a federal shield law, another congressional committee in the House will be focused on the impact of the [...]

The Washington Post is losing one of its top foreign correspondents to The New York Times. Anthony Shadid, who won a Pulitzer Prize for international reporting at the Post in [...]

McClatchy Newspapers is discussing changes in its foreign operations that could see some bureaus closing, with other locations opening and some expanding. One scenario being reviewed would have bureaus in [...]

With the Senate Judiciary Committee delaying action last week on a federal shield law, the Society of Professional Journalists has taken its support of the bill to editorial pages, issuing [...]

Newspaper Guild President Bernie Lunzer said he is not surprised that some infighting at The Boston Globe guild unit has sparked an apparent petition drive to oust unit president Dan [...]

On the day Michael Jackson died, the Los Angeles Times drew its heaviest Web traffic ever. When Gov. Mark Sanford of South Carolina admitted to an affair, The State of [...]

Jim Newton, editorial pages editor of the Los Angeles Times, is stepping down after two years in the post, according to a staff memo from Publisher Eddy Hartenstein. The memo [...]

Owners of the Daytona Beach (Fla.) News-Journal have cut 39 jobs companywide, including 14 in the newsroom, the newspaper reported Wednesday. The News-Journal Corp. said in a story that the [...]

The latest version of a federal shield law is facing another hurdle in the U.S. Senate this week. It as goes before the Senate Judiciary Committee on Thursday for a [...]

The Associated Press has forged a content distribution agreement with Internet Broadcasting, a provider of local Web sites, content and advertising, which will provide AP members on the IB network [...]

Associated Press Managing Editors, one of several journalism groups that have been fighting recent tighter restrictions on college football media credentials, is asking news outlets to participate in a survey [...]

The Rochester (N.Y.) Democrat and Chronicle is holding a city-wide contest that seems to go a bit beyond the usual trivia game or clip-and-send coupon. Touting it as 'Picture The [...]

CNN, which earlier this year started a syndication service to distribute its content to newspapers, has launched an a la carte version that allows news outlets to buy stories online [...]

The New York Times has named Deputy Managing Editor Jonathan Landman the new culture editor, according to a release. Landman succeeds Sam Sifton, who was recently appointed restaurant critic, and [...]

The Miami Herald, taking the idea of paid content to its Mobile phone readers, is selling what appears to be the first mobile phone application specifically for pro football coverage [...]

McClatchy announced today that all 30 of its daily newspapers have joined The Associated Press mobile news network, AP revealed in a release. Two McClatchy papers, The Miami Herald and [...]

American Society of News Editors has narrowed down its search for a new executive director to six finalists, according to Scott Bosley, the outgoing executive director. Bosley, who plans to [...]

California Watch, the new unit of the non-profit Center for Investigative Reporting, launched its first project today that is being used in at least 26 newspapers around the state. Robert [...]

The Star Tribune in Minneapolis appears ready to launch a paid Web site for Minnesota Vikings coverage, according to MinnPost.com. As the team starts the season with veteran quarterback Brett [...]

An Orange County Register sports columnist wrote an apology to readers Thursday for a piece he penned Tuesday that appeared to make light of the tragic 18-year kidnapping of a [...]

The Washington Post's foreign staff plans to boost Middle East coverage, while also focusing more on enterprise and in-depth stories over breaking news in coming months. 'We will have at [...]

It was apparently pretty easy for the Christian Science Monitor not to report on the weekend kidnapping of New York Times reporter Stephen Farrell in Afghanistan. That's because Monitor Managing [...]

The military rescue of New York Times reporter Stephen Farrell in Afghanistan early this morning was not expected, according to Executive Editor Bill Keller. But it was not a complete [...]

For the first time in its history, the American Society of News Editors has placed two Web editors on its board of directors. Politico Editor-in-Chief John Harris and Dallas Morning [...]

Another New York Times reporter was kidnapped in Afghanistan last weekend. This time, the reporter, Stephen Farrell, was freed in a commando raid, and his Afghan aide was killed. In [...]

The controversial Associated Press photo of a U.S. Marine mortally wounded in Afghanistan -- which most newspapers declined to publish in print or post online -- apparently appeared on some [...]