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…
The Olympic Games have long been criticized for being too political. And now comes President Barack Obama’s decision to campaign on behalf of Chicago bid to host the 2016 Games.
Alex Koppelman writes on Salon.com:
President Obama is going to Denmark this week to…
Opponents of health care changes being weighed by Congress have gained support as a result of protests at town hall forums, a new USA Today/Gallup poll shows.
The raucous protests at congressional town-hall-style meetings have succeeded in fueling opposition to…
USA Today reports that a USA Today/Gallup Poll finds that Sarah Palin’s resignation has boosted her standing as a 2012 presidential candidate among Republicans.
Meanwhile, based on a Rasmussen Reports poll, the Boston Herald’s David Wedge reports that:
Former Bay State Gov. Mitt Romney is…
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Media critic Jack Shafer has called out newspapers throughout the country — Bogus trend of the week: raising backyard chickens.
Shafer writes that newspapers keep reporting about an increasing number of people raising chickens in urban and suburban settings…
USA Today has lost about 100,000 subscribers just from the slowdown in travel, the Wall Street Journal reports.
USA Today President and Publisher Craig Moon — who resigned this week — said “the slowdown has resulted in a reduction of more than 7%…
The New York Times has begun selling ads on its front page. More and more, newspapers are breaking with tradition and offering Page One space to advertisers. The Wall Street Journal and USA Today are among major papers selling front-page…
This morning’s Post-Dispatch had a three-paragraph item about Joe the Plumber. That’s it. Four inches leading the campaign digest on Page A3 to report that Joe Wurzelbacher isn’t a licensed plumber and owes about $1,200 in back taxes to the state…
