The media and retailers have created a frenzy about “Black Friday” as a mega shopping day — and are partly to blame for the madness in Long Island last week that resulted in a worker at Wal-Mart being trampled to…

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…

Did you save the front page of the Post-Dispatch the day after Barack Obama’s election victory?

Almost a quarter (23 percent) of Americans say they are saving a newspaper with headlines about Barack Obama’s victory, according to a study by the…

Voters say that when Oprah Winfrey or Alan Greenspan or other celebrities told them who to vote for this election season, it had little influence.

At least that’s the finding of a study by the research firm mediacurves.com.  90 percent of men…

St. Louisans clamored to get copies of the Post-Dispatch edition reporting the historic election of Barack Obama. Wednesday’s paper sold out quickly, even though tens of thousands more copies were printed.  Currently, the second printing of a commemorative Extra Edition…

Here’s a link to the Newseum’s display of newspaper front pages from across the county.

Almost all tried to capture the historic nature in a few simple words:

“In Our Lifetime.”

“A Nation Changed.”

“Change has come.”

“Obama Wins”

“OBAMA”

“Obama’s Nation”

“Historic Victory”

“Mr. President”

The Huntsville Times of…

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 …

The Associated Press reports another reason to consider this current election season historic: Late-night comics have never before been so one-sided in making fun of one presidential ticket.

The AP reports:

“As if sinking poll numbers and political attacks weren’t enough, the…

The Knoxville News Sentinel in Tennessee is asking its readers that question. On its website, knoxnews.com, readers are asked to vote yeah or nay on whether the paper should endorse a presidential candidate. The editors say they won’t be bound by…

Editor & Publisher reports that Barack Obama has a 28 to 11 lead over John McCain in endorsements from newspaper editorial pages. E&P says in terms of those newspapers’ daily circulation, the Obama-backed papers have a 2,758,429 to 1,349,721 edge.

The media…