The New York Times gives a status report on France’s effort to encourage young people to read newspapers by giving them away.  That effort involves a large government expense — about $22.5 million over three years.

People between the ages of…

The Wall Street Journal has overtaken USA Today as the largest circulation daily newspaper in the country, according to figures released Monday by the Audit Bureau of Circulation.

The Wall Street Journal may have celebrated — but for most newspapers the report was dismal.

The…

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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,…

Sunday’s New York Times Book Review carried Sir Harold Evans‘ review of Alex S. Jones’ book Losing the News. The Future of the News that Feeds Democracy.

The review states:

The most valuable element in journalism is often enough not an episode that occurred today,…

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…

Slate.com is conducting an experiment aimed at answering that question. For three days this week — Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday — Slate has two teams of readers trying to stay abreast of the news through different sources.

On one side:

• Two (mostly) newspaper…

Here’s the top of the New York Times account of the union’s decision Monday night:

Employees at The Boston Globe voted Monday to accept a package of deep concessions on wages, benefits and job security six weeks after they rejected a similar package,…

A one-sentence item in the Nation Digest in Sunday’s Post-Dispatch reported:

The publisher of Boston’s only black-owned newspaper says he’ll accept a $200,000 loan from the city to avert the shutdown of the financially struggling weekly.

Here’s a bit more information:

“Only a…

Freedom Communications, which owns more than 100 daily and weekly newspapers across the country — including the Alton Telegraph, has selected the Valley Morning Star in Harlingen, Texas as the first in the chain to charge non-subscribers for online access.

Freedom…

Jim Romenesko’s media newsletter today links readers to a Slate V video parody likening the plight of journalists to children featured for years in Sally Struthers’ “Save the Children” TV ads.

Romenesko reports:

Slate has created a Sally Struthers-esque commercial for BuyOneAnyway, “a…