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11.10.2009 11:44 am

Economy prompts leadership changes at the Washington Times

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

Even the deep pockets of the Rev. Sun Myung Moon couldn’t keep the newspaper industry’s woes from squeezing the Unification Church-subsidized Washington Times, the Washington Post reports.

The Post reports that Times president and publisher Thomas P. McDevitt, chief financial officer…

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08.31.2009 3:35 pm

Las Vegas newspaper calls Sen. Harry Reid a bully

St. Louis Post-Dispatch
Sen. Harry Reid/AP photo

Sen. Harry Reid/AP photo

The publisher of the Las Vegas Review-Journal is calling Sen. Harry Reid a bully — and has vowed to take on the Democratic majority leader if he bullies anyone else.

At a Chamber of Commerce lunch last week,…

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04.22.2009 2:00 pm

Colorado Springs Gazette will launch free, 10-minute newspaper

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

The Colorado Springs Gazette plans to launch a free newspaper — called Ink — that will take just 10 minutes to read.

“This is meant to be a 10-minute publication people can read while they’re having a bagel,” Gazette executive editor…

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01.28.2009 10:52 am

Investor calls for endowing newpapers

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

An op-ed piece in the New York Times today makes a case for saving newspapers by endowing them, like colleges and universities. The plan isn’t about saving the newspaper industry; it calls for discarding the current business model, including dropping advertising,…

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12.19.2008 2:48 pm

Oregon paper halts Monday edition

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

The Herald and News in Klamath Falls, Oregon, will stop producing a Monday paper, the Romenesko media newsletter reports.  Citing the economy, Publisher Heidi Wright says the width of the other days’ papers will be reduced by an inch.

In a “note…

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