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04.22.2009 11:14 am

Congressmen take shots at newspaper industry

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

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…

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02.25.2009 10:54 am

Rupert Murdoch’s apology for chimp cartoon comes too late for some

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

Rupert Murdoch has apologized to readers of the New York Post for the chimpanzee political cartoon that many called racist.  His apology, which appears below, ran yesterday in the New York Post.

The St. Louis Post-Dispatch carried a two-sentence brief this morning noting…

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01.07.2009 10:17 am

Update on call for newspaper aid: Papers find a buyer instead

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

Last week a Connecticut legislator made news by suggesting that the state somehow assist two newspapers that were about to shut down. His efforts prompted Reuters to write an analysis on the wisdom of government bailing out failing newspapers, and that…

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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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