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News Articles: Newspapers

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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  • Media

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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  • News

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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By:
  • 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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By:
  • 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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By:
  • 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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By:
  • Grant Blankenship

On Second Thought For Monday, June 4, 2018

The 1954 Supreme Court decision Brown v. Board of Education made segregation of America’s public schools illegal. But decades before Thurgood Marshall...

September 17, 2018
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  • Sean Powers ,
  • Virginia Prescott ,
  • and 5 more
The 1964 Norman Rockwell painting "The Problem We All Live With" depicts six-year-old Ruby Bridges walking to desegregate an all-white public school in New Orleans, Louisiana.

Before 'Brown V. Board,' Girls And Young Women Led Movement To Desegregate Schools

The 1954 Supreme Court decision Brown v. Board of Education made segregation of America’s public schools illegal. But decades before Thurgood Marshall...

June 05, 2018
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By:
  • Leighton Rowell and
  • Virginia Prescott
Longtime Macon Telegraph editor Oby Brown ends a nearly 40-year career in journalism today.

Telegraph Editor Oby Brown Looks Back On 40 Years Covering The News

The face of local news in Macon, Georgia, is changing. After nearly four decades, Friday is Oby Brown's last day at The Telegraph in Macon.

May 04, 2018
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By:
  • Leighton Rowell and
  • Adam Ragusea
Tom Barton at the GPB Studio in Savannah.

Facts, Opinions, And Side-Eye: A Look Back On Four Decades Of Newspaper Writing

When Tom Barton started working as a reporter in Savannah, the newsroom was filled with cigarette smoke and typewriters. Some 39 years later, the long...

January 03, 2018
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  • Celeste Headlee and
  • Emily Cureton
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