Local News, Off College Presses

As financial pressures force newspapers to close or make cuts, college journalism students are picking up the slack in many communities.



Leaner and More Efficient, British Printers Push Forward in Digital Age

Despite steady declines in revenue, automation has allowed big printing companies to produce magazines and other publications quickly and at less cost.

McClatchy to Sell Anchorage Daily News to Alaska Dispatch Publishing

The $34 million deal for the state’s largest newspaper is expected to close in May.



Chuck Stone, 89, Fiery Columnist, Dies

Mr. Stone was a passionate voice against racism, police brutality and political corruption, with credibility at both the statehouse and street levels.

Gannett Makes Deal With Weinstein to Develop Entertainment Material

Weinstein will receive a first look at Gannett journalism with the possibility of turning it into films, television and other forms of content.

    



Media Decoder : Minneapolis Newspaper Gets a New Life, but I Remember the Old One

Glen Taylor owns many businesses, including the Minnesota Timberwolves of the N.B.A., and is now making a bid for The Star Tribune in Minneapolis.

    



Business Briefing: Billionaire Sports Owner Plans to Buy Minneapolis Newspaper

Glen Taylor, owner of the Minnesota Timberwolves basketball team, has signed a letter of intent to buy The Minneapolis Star Tribune, the newspaper announced on Tuesday.

    



Texas Monthly Editor to Lead Times Magazine

Under Jake Silverstein the magazine will have a closer relationship with the newspaper, The Times’s managing editor, Dean Baquet, said.

    



With App and Premium Plan, The Times Expands Online Offerings

Two new subscription plans, including NYT Now, a lower-priced app tailored for a mobile audience, are part of the company’s push to expand its digital offerings and increase its revenue.

    



Observer Goes Tabloid and Drops Pink

The change is the latest under Jared Kushner, a New Jersey real estate scion who bought The New York Observer in 2006.

    



Media Decoder: Los Angeles Times Fires Writer of Articles on College

The newspaper said Occidental College had not been required to disclose the accusations of sexual abuse and that a reporter’s relationship with a source was improper.

    



Joel Brinkley, a Times Washington and Mideast Reporter, Dies at 61

Mr. Brinkley won a Pulitzer Prize for The Louisville Journal-Courier and had an admired career as a correspondent for The New York Times.

    



Media Decoder: Manhattan Community Papers Revamped Under New Editor

Kyle Pope, Pulitzer Prize winner and former top editor of The New York Observer, is now running five small community newspapers in Manhattan.

    



Testimony at Hacking Trial Gives Peek Into British Tabloids

Rebekah Brooks, in her phone hacking trial, gave a rare view into the skating-on-the-edge culture of the popular press.

    



Op-Ed Contributor: Are Alt Weeklies Over?

Independent newspapers still have a role to play in urban life.

    

Tears and Tissues as Editor Testifies in Phone Hacking Case

The tabloids Rebekah Brooks once edited might have paid six figures or more for details like those she has been divulging about her personal life during her trial on phone hacking charges.

    



Bill Thomas, 89, Dies; Editor Guided Los Angeles Times to 9 Pulitzers

Under his leadership, The Times greatly expanded its range, opening six more foreign bureaus and six more domestic ones, often concentrating on big projects.

    



An Odd Couple in the News Business Partner in a Series on Fatherhood

The Deseret News, a newspaper owned by the Mormon Church in Salt Lake City, has teamed up with The Atlantic magazine for a four-part series on fatherhood and family life.

    

El País Ousts Editor; 3rd Spanish Paper to Do So Amid Financial Woes

The departure of Javier Moreno at Spain’s leading daily newspaper is a new sign of economic turmoil caused by slumping advertising and dwindling circulation.

    



Polk Awards Honor Articles on N.S.A. Surveillance

Four journalists who broke news of government surveillance were among 30 reporters praised for their investigative work on Sunday.