On The Record - Newspaper Industry News

NNA Survey Touts Community Newspaper Readership at 81%

NEW YORK A new National Newspaper Association survey found that 81% of respondents read a local weekly paper each week, 73% read "most or all of it," and those readers spend an average of 40 minutes with the paper.

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Times Co. isn't selling Globe, Taylor discusses failed bid

The New York Times Co. said it has decided not to sell The Boston Globe, saying the paper’s financial performance had “significantly improved” in recent months.

The company had been exploring a sale of New England’s largest newspaper and had received two bids to buy the Globe and the Worcester Telegram & Gazette, which it also owns. The Times Co. said it is continuing to assess "strategic alternatives" for the Worcester paper.

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Newspapers Rally Stock Prices, Will It Hold?

The last few years have had precious little good news for the newspaper business, but there may be some positive trends at last.

After hitting all-time lows earlier this year, newspaper stocks are rebounding -- slightly.

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