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Star Tribune Heading for Bankruptcy After Guild Bolts?
The Minneapolis Star Tribune's newsroom Newspaper Guild announced today they had ended negotiations with management over much-needed concessions. - January 08, 2009 7:40 PM ET



What Mea Culpa? We're Proud Of Redesign, 'Trib' Says
Chicago Tribune Editor Gerould Kern tells E&P the paper was not apologizing for its radical redesign in Thursday's front-page spadia reviewing the look after 90 days: "Our readers place their trust in us every day, and we trust them to tell us what they like and what they don't," he wrote. - January 08, 2009 4:18 PM ET

'Buffalo News' Offers Buyouts to Hundreds of Employees
The Buffalo News is offering buyouts to about 300 employees in the newsroom and other departments. This is the second recent round of buyouts at the Berkshire Hathaway Inc.-owned daily, but the first to include editorial employees. - January 08, 2009 3:23 PM ET

'St. Louis Post-Dispatch' Laying Off 39, With 14 in Newsroom
'NYT' Senior Science Writer/Editor to Receive Award from Archaeological Institute of America
Feared Fire Leaves Flint Plant Messy but Undamaged
AP: Press Still Barred in Gaza But U.N. and Red Cross Make Shocking Discoveries
'Albuquerque Journal' to Cut Some Home Deliveries, Rack Sales
Budget Woes Put Brakes on Missouri's Newspaper Archiving
Phoenix Police to Begin Withholding Info in Crime Reports
'Hernando Today' Cuts Back to Five Days
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Kauai's 'Garden Island' Drops Weekly Supplement
Seattle Alt-Paper Receives Poison Threat
'Hattiesburg American' Publisher Out, 38 Jobs Cut
Sri Lankan Gunmen Kill Newspaper Editor
'Chicago Tribune': We Goofed On Redesign
'Boston Globe' Follows 'NYT' With Front-Page Ads
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David Shelton Named Ad Director for Cookeville, Tenn. 'Herald-Citizen'
David Shelton has been named advertising director for the Herald-Citizen in Cookeville, Tenn. Shelton has served as classified advertising manager since 1998.

Jeffry Couch Named VP of 'Belleville (Ill.) News-Democrat'
Jeffry Couch has been named vice president of the Belleville (Ill.) News-Democrat. Couch most recently served as the newspaper's editor, and will continue in that added capacity.

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Need to Make Profits Online? It CAN Be Done
After my December column, some asked: How exactly do we make enough money to sustain, let alone grow, our newsgathering organizations? How do we continue to serve our communities' information needs adequately -- while making a profit? - by Steve Outing - January 07, 2009
'NYT' Editorial Page Responds Weakly to Israel's 'Incursion' -- As Dozens Die At U.N. School
Even as its news pages offer generally balanced coverage of Israel's attacks in Gaza -- with many chilling accounts of civilian casualties -- The New York Times' editorial page continued its role today as a key outside enabler. - by Greg Mitchell - January 06, 2009
Civilian Toll in Gaza Finally Gets Major 'NYT' Play
It took almost a week, but The New York Time finally weighed in today with a front-page report on the civilian carnage in Gaza under six days of Israeli bombing. It¿s only day one of 2009 but it will be hard to top the headline for its sure Duh-ness: "In Dense Gaza, Civilians Suffer." - by Greg Mitchell - January 01, 2009

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Staying in Print
Newspapers facing rising costs and diminishing revenues can take advantage of these operating adjustments to help contain costs.

The Vegas Notion
The two papers in this Nevada JOA maintain print ties while simultaneously placing their bets on the Web.

Losing Capital
Washington is bracing for one of its biggest news years ever. So why is the pool of newspaper reporters covering the federal government shrinking?

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New York City Fire Department Captain Sean Giery, left, and Helda DeJesus dance on Dec. 24, 2008 at the East Harlem Coalition of Senior Centers in New York. Captain Giery was at the center with other firefighters and the city Meals-on-Wheels program to help package meals and deliver them to seniors.

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