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…

Tags: antitrust exemption, Brian Tierney, Craigslist, Dana Milbank, House Judiciary Committee, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, John Conyers, Lamar Smith, media, media bias, newspaper industry, newspapers, Philadelphia Inquirer, press critics, publisher, San Francisco newspapers, Sen. John F. Kerry, Washington Post

04.21.2009 11:53 am

Sen. Kerry announces hearings on plight of newspaper industry

By Steve Parker

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

AP/ABC News

Sen. John F. Kerry says he’ll hold hearings next week on financial problems facing the newspaper industry, according to the Boston Globe.

The Globe reported Monday that the Massachusetts Democrat announced the Senate Commerce Committee hearings in a letter he wrote…

Tags: Boston Globe, boston.com, Guild, New York Times, newspaper industry, Sen. John F. Kerry, Senate Commerce Committee, unions

Congressmen take shots at newspaper industry

Sen. Kerry announces hearings on plight of newspaper industry

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