A year ago this week, the media had a hand in elevating Barack Obama to the presidency, says author Greg Mitchell, who wrote the book “Why Obama Won.” Mitchell is also editor of the newspaper industry journal Editor & Publisher.

In…

A new poll out from the Pew Center says two-thirds of those surveyed thought there was too much coverage of Michael Jackson’s death. The posting includes a list of the people whose deaths were closely watched by the public. Princess Diana…

New York Times business columnist David Carr asked six newspaper analysts what they thought the Boston Globe would fetch in a sale.

Carr notes in his Media Equation column that the the Globe lost an estimated $50 million last year and was said…

Washington Post political reporter Dana Milbank reports that several members of Congress delighted in criticizing the press during a House Judiciary Committee hearing Tuesday to study the decline of the newspaper industry.

Milbank writes that the hearing “quickly deteriorated into a…

This note to readers from Editor Arnie Robbins and Managing Editor Pam Maples appears on Page A2 of Sunday’s Post-Dispatch:

Starting Monday, you will see changes in your Post-Dispatch.We know it is popular in some circles in many cities these days…

The Chicago Tribune will print a tabloid edition for street sales and a broadsheet size for home delivery, media columnist Phil Rosenthal reports on chicagotribune.com:

“The Chicago Tribune on Monday will hit the streets - and its rival, the Chicago Sun-Times - with a newly…

A blogger for Philly.com thinks it’s time for newspapers to change their policies on reporting about suicides. Will Bunch of the Philadelphia Daily News notes that a suicide there received press coverage only because of its spectacular nature:

“Chapgar’s suicide only received coverage in…

A study of media coverage of health care found that it’s the 8th biggest topic, getting 3.6 percent of all coverage. The report — by the Pew Research Center’s Project for Excellence in Journalism – notes that “this is more than…

A vacation week’s worth of voice messages produced few comments from readers last week. One  complained about the playfulness of these two headlines on last Thursday’s front page:

“Bellwether — or not” (A headline on a story that said McCain’s win in Missouri…

Media industry magazine Editor & Publisher reports that, as of Wednesday, Barack Obama leads John McCain in endorsements from daily newspapers, 234 to 105.

The circulation of the Obama-backing papers is over 21 million to  McCain’s 7 million, E&P tallies.

It notes that …