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Wall Street Journal Goes Hitless

(Crain’s) — This may have been a good year for circulation at The Wall Street Journal, but it’s been a lousy year for prestige. The nation’s largest weekday paper was completely shut out this week in...

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Examiner Finds Fraud Evidence in Tribune Sale

(Chicago Sun Times) — An examiner probing Sam Zell’s buyout of the Tribune Co. in late 2007 has found evidence of “dishonesty” in the deal’s latter stages, a conclusion that could throw the company’s...

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Washington Post May Face Downgrade

(Washington Business Journal) — Moody’s Investors Service may downgrade its Washington Post Co. credit ratings because potential changes in student loan guidelines could curtail business for its...

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Bankruptcy Judge Gives Tribune More Time

(Chicago Sun Times) — A Delaware judge has agreed to again extend deadlines in the Tribune Co.’s bankruptcy as the company continues negotiating with creditors. The judge moved several deadlines in the...

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Washington Post to Run First Front Page Ad Sunday

(Washington Business Journal) — For the first time in the Washington Post’s history, the publication will run an advertisement on the paper’s front page this Sunday. McLean-based Capital One Financial...

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Forget the Denials. It’s War for Times, WSJ

(Crain’s) — One recent sunday, The New York Times went after Rupert Murdoch in a way I hope he admired. The investigation of voicemail hacking by Murdoch’s News of the World belied Arthur Ochs...

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For a Few, Papers Seem a Timely Bet

(New York Times) — Randall D. Smith, a pioneer in the hard knocks business of vulture investing, is circling a new target: the beleaguered newspaper industry. Mr. Smith puts money into risky...

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Black Publisher Files Complaint Over School District’s Call for Ad Boycott

(New American Media) — James Tucker, publisher of the African American Voice, the city’s only Black newspaper, has asked the federal government to stop a local school district from advocating an...

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Can Group Buying Save the Newspaper Business?

(Daily Finance) — Although many media pundits have declared that newspapers are in a death spiral, group buying may — just may — have an antidote. Let’s jump through the math. In 2009, the Newspaper...

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Blacks Stage Protest Against the Chicago Sun Times

(Chicago Now) — On Tuesday, Dec. 28th at 12 Noon a cross section of leadership from the Black coommunity will stage a public demonstration and press conference against the Chicago Sun-Times newspaper...

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Braun Lashes Out at Sun-Times’ Steinberg

(Chicago Sun Times) — Mayoral hopeful Carol Moseley Braun lashed out against Chicago Sun-Times columnist Neil Steinberg on Wednesday in response to a column criticizing the former U.S. senator.  “He is...

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