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News Articles: Newspapers

A stack of the latest edition of the weekly Marion County Record sits in the back of the newspaper's building in Marion, Kansas, on Wednesday. The newspaper's front page was dedicated to two stories about a raid by local police on its offices and the publisher's home on Aug. 11.

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Judge who signed Kansas newspaper search warrant had 2 DUI arrests, reports say

The Marion County Record now has all of the devices police seized in a raid. Local newspapers report that the judge who signed the search warrant had two drunken driving arrests within a year.

August 17, 2023
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  • Bill Chappell
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'Los Angeles Times' to lay off 13% of newsroom

The L.A. Times is the latest in a string of media outlets to cut staff, citing economic headwinds. Leaders say 74 journalists will lose their jobs.

June 07, 2023
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  • David Folkenflik
Journalists at two dozen Gannett Co.-owned newspapers across the country staged a walk-out Monday and Tuesday to protest pay and working conditions. The NewsGuild  noted their ranks have been decimated by cuts required to finance a merger with another major newspaper company four years ago.

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Journalists at Gannett newspapers walk out over deep cuts and low pay

Journalists at 24 Gannett newspapers decimated by financial cuts are protesting the failure of contract negotiations to resolve what they say is low pay and increasingly stressful working conditions.

June 06, 2023
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  • David Folkenflik
The start of 2023 is the perfect time to revisit experts' century-old predictions about the world.

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  • History

Here's what 2023 has in store, as predicted by experts in 1923

A researcher collected century-old newspaper clippings with predictions in fields ranging from public health to beauty to transportation. Some have proven more accurate than others.

January 02, 2023
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  • Rachel Treisman
A copy of <em>The Birmingham News</em> rests on a rack at the downtown public library in Birmingham, Ala. The company that runs the newspaper and two sister papers says it will permanently stop print publication after Feb. 26, 2023.

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For 3 big Alabama newspapers, the presses are grinding to a halt

The Birmingham News, The Huntsville Times and Mobile's Press-Register will soon go all-digital. In Birmingham, where people have been reading the paper since the late 1800s, the news hasn't been easy.

December 30, 2022
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  • Debbie Elliott
Sections of a USA Today newspaper lie on display, Aug. 5, 2019, in Norwood, Mass. On Friday, Aug. 12, 2022, newspaper publisher Gannett Co., confirmed that it’s laying off some of its newsroom staff, part of a cost-cutting effort to lower its expenses as revenue crumbles amid a downturn in ad sales and customer subscriptions. (AP Photo/Steven Senne, File)

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Gannett reports dismal second quarter earnings. What does this mean for the newspaper industry?

As the world transitions from an analog economy to a digital economy, the newspaper industry, like many industries, face economic challenges.

August 16, 2022
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  • Devon Zwald
The Uvalde Leader-News newspaper on Sunday.

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  • National

The front pages of Uvalde's local paper capture darkness and the lives lost

The independent paper published the faces of the victims on Sunday in a powerful homage to the 21 lives lost.

May 29, 2022
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  • Rina Torchinsky
Headshots of the three media leaders on our panel.

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  • Politics

Political Rewind: A new media collaborative aims to reach and serve Georgia's vibrant communities

Thursday on Political Rewind: The 2020 census revealed Georgia’s non-white population is growing rapidly. Now, three news organizations catering to the needs of Georgia’s minority audiences have formed the Ethnic Media Collaboration, designed to bring insightful news and information to communities of color.

May 05, 2022
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  • Bill Nigut ,
  • Natalie Mendenhall ,
  • and 2 more
A worker at a <em>San Francisco Chronicle</em> printing plant arranges stacks of freshly printed newspapers in 2007. Its digital version, like that of so many newspapers', is behind a paywall.

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  • Opinion

Opinion: Remember reading the paper?

NPR's Scott Simon laments newspaper paywalls and wishes there was an easier, cost-effective way to read a lot of newspapers online without needing so many subscriptions.

February 05, 2022
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  • Scott Simon
<em>Baltimore Sun</em> reporter Jean Marbella participates in a Save Our Sun rally in March, part of an effort to secure an alternative buyer to Alden Global Capital.

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  • Media

'Vulture' Fund Alden Global, Known For Slashing Newsrooms, Buys Tribune Papers

Hedge fund Alden Global Capital, known for making deep newsroom cuts, won approval to acquire Tribune Publishing, which includes the Chicago Tribune, The Baltimore Sun and New York Daily News.

May 21, 2021
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  • David Folkenflik
An illustration of a message seen on Facebook mobile last month, when Facebook banned publishers and users in Australia from posting and sharing news content in a dispute over a new law requiring tech platforms to pay for it.

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  • Media

Facebook Reaches Deal With News Corp. Australia To Pay For News Content

The three-year deal came weeks after Facebook briefly blocked Australian news outlets' content on its platform to protest a change in the country's media law requiring the company to pay for it.

March 16, 2021
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  • Scott Neuman
A <em>Toronto Star</em> newspaper box is seen here in front of the newspaper's Toronto offices. Torstar, the newspaper's owner, says it plans to enter the online gaming business to support its journalism.

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  • Media

A Newspaper Casino? Toronto Star Company Is Getting Into The Online Gaming Business

Torstar is "looking at diversifying the revenue model of how we fund and pay for reporters, columnists, and editorial staff," said a gaming consultant hired by the company.

March 02, 2021
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  • Laurel Wamsley
A man holds a fresh copy of <em>The New York Times</em> on Wednesday morning on Black Lives Matter Plaza near the White House.

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  • National

Across America, Newspaper Front Pages Reflect A History Still Being Written

What does an editor do when the newspaper is going to print and the presidential winner is still undetermined? You reflect the nation's anxiety.

November 04, 2020
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  • Laurel Wamsley
Tribune Publishing is closing several of its newsrooms, including the one at New York's <em>Daily News,</em> as the pandemic forces journalists to work remotely.

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  • Media

As Journalists Work From Home, Their Newsrooms Are Shutting Down

In closing five of its newsrooms permanently, Tribune Publishing said it saw "no clear path forward in terms of returning to work." But affected unions argued the closures were unnecessary.

August 13, 2020
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  • Ashish Valentine
The front page of the first issue of the Western Herald, the newspaper in the gold rush town of Auraria, Georgia.

Georgia Newspapers From Before The Civil War, Now Online

Georgia newspapers spanning the years from the end of the colonial period to the start of the Civil War have been made publicly available via the internet.

January 04, 2019
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  • Grant Blankenship
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