On The Record - Newspaper Industry News

How are Newspapers Handling The Panic Surrounding The Bailout Vote?

Screen Shots from top news sites around the nation and world taken at 1:50pm - 1:58pm, moments after agencies monitoring the vote revealed that it could not pass. 

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A new day dawns for a Spanish-language publication

New England is about to get its first Spanish-language daily newspaper.

At a time when most newspapers are scaling back staffs and news pages, Siglo21 is making plans to move from a weekly to a daily. The free paper expects to become a daily on Sept. 15, the first day of Hispanic Heritage Month.

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New E-Newspaper Reader Echoes Look of the Paper

CAMBRIDGE, Mass. — The electronic newspaper, a large portable screen that is constantly updated with the latest news, has been a prop in science fiction for ages. It also figures in the dreams of newspaper publishers struggling with rising production and delivery costs, lower circulation and decreased ad revenue from their paper product.

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New Report: Small Is Still Beautiful in the Newspaper Biz

By Jennifer Saba

NEW YORK - While big city metros are taking the lion's share of the industry's ills, community newspapers are having a different experience. Advertising revenue for community newspapers fell only 2.4% to $482 million in Q2 compared to the same period last year according to figures released from Suburban Newspapers of America (SNA) today.

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Users Act on Local Ads 9% More Frequently

by Kathleen

ADOTAS – Location, location, location: new findings show that online advertisers should probably be thinking small these days. Local media sites are delivering superior results to online advertisers, according to a report from the Online Publishers Association. It found that ads on local newspaper, magazine and TV Web sites are “very likely” to result in users taking action.

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