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Monday, September 8, 2008
CNHI Sells Two Texas Papers Community Newspaper Holdings Inc. (CNHI) has sold two Texas papers, the Mexia Daily News and the weekly Hubbard City News, to Moser Community Media. - September 05, 2008
GateHouse Media Sheds Three Dailies GateHouse Media Inc., which made its reputation as a chronic acquirer of community papers, sold off another three dailies, it said Thursday in a joint announcement with buyer Sample News Group.
- September 04, 2008
'Wenatchee World' Buys Douglas County Weekly World Publishing Co., parent of the daily Wenatchee (Wash.) World, has acquired the Douglas County Empire Express, the only newspaper published in the central Washington county. - September 04, 2008
American Consolidated Media Chairman Halbreich Steps Down Jeremy L. Halbreich is resigning as chairman, president, and CEO of American Consolidated Media (ACM), the Dallas-based chain he founded in 1998 and sold to the Australian investment firm Macquarie Media Group (MMG) last year, the companies announced Wednesday.
- August 27, 2008
Wichita Adds to McClatchy Buyout Parade The Wichita (Kan.) Eagle is the latest McClatchy-owned paper to announce voluntary buyouts to all its full-time employees, the Wichita Business Journal reports. - August 25, 2008
Cutting at College: 'Daily Cal' Cuts One of Five Weekly Print Editions Apparently today's newspaper cost-cutting problems are not only affecting commercial dailies. The Daily Cal at the University of California, Berkeley, revealed Monday plans to scrap one of its five weekly print editions. - August 25, 2008
Young Readers Redefine 'News' -- But Is it Really News? Entertainment and conversation (in person or via social media) may be entry points to news, but they do not replace fact-driven, straightforward reporting. - by Maegan Carberry - September 03, 2008
FORESTWEB: U.S. Newsprint Demand Sees Double-Digit Dip in July U.S. newsprint demand continued to decline at double-digit rates in July, but exports are helping give the market some support, according to data released last week by the Pulp and Paper Products Council (PPPC). - by Debbie Garcia - September 01, 2008
Palin Comparison: Not Enough "Northern Exposure" in the Press? Interviewed by a reporter from Alaska, Sarah Palin could not testify to her national security experience. And Cindy McCain says it amounts to Alaska being close to Russia. - by Greg Mtichell - August 31, 2008
That Pew Study Doesn't Tell Whole Story on Younger Readers Defenders of the millennial generation's civic engagement had some explaining to do last week after a new Pew study indicated that a third of us don't seek out any news on a typical day, including online media. - by Maegan Carberry - August 25, 2008
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