Summary Box: Newspaper plods along in Ohio’s Amish country, where readers help fill pagesPAPER TRUMPS DIGITAL: The Budget, a weekly newspaper that caters to the Amish, is plodding along comfortably in the recession as other newspapers shed staff and reduce the frequency of print editions because of growing competition from the Internet. Subscriptions have dropped by just a few hundred in the past year. And its mostly Amish advertisers are not fleeing to the Internet. Excerpts from The Budget, weekly Amish newspaper written by its readersExcerpts from the April 8 edition of The Budget: Weekly newspaper plods along in Ohio’s Amish country, where readers help fill its pagesSUGARCREEK, Ohio — The writers’ grievances came in the form of angry letters, carried over bumpy rural roads to the newspaper office serving the Amish community. At NY newspaper, 50 news jobs are cut, entire staff can apply for ‘redefined’ jobsWHITE PLAINS, N.Y. — A suburban Gannett Co. newspaper is cutting more than a quarter of its news jobs, redefining the remaining positions and allowing all newsroom employees to compete for them. Vatican paper praises Swiss-US deal on secret bank accounts as step toward ‘ethical finance’VATICAN CITY — The Vatican’s newspaper on Thursday praised as a step toward “ethical finance” a deal announced by the Swiss and U.S. governments to settle American demands for the identities of suspected tax dodgers. Philadelphia Newspapers hopes $35M will resolve bankruptcy; judge scolds all sides for bluffsPHILADELPHIA — Philadelphia Newspapers hopes to use $35 million in new capital to settle nearly $400 million in debts and emerge from bankruptcy. Bankruptcy judge gives newspaper union access to Tribune bonus informationWILMINGTON, Del. — A federal bankruptcy judge in Delaware says a union representing newspaper workers can see details about the Tribune Co.’s proposal to give bonuses totaling up to $70 million to the company’s top managers. Community newspapers still see bright future amid financial gloom at big-city dailiesNewspapers are hurting all over the United States, but the pain is less severe at small publications like The Blackshear Times in Georgia. Kan. newspaper settles lawsuit with competitor started by former workers; details not releasedWICHITA, Kan. — A 121-year-old newspaper and an upstart rival published by its former employees have settled a federal lawsuit, ending an unusual battle over newspaper cutbacks. News Corp. plans fees for newspaper Web sites as ad declines stoke industry crisesNEW YORK — Visitors to the Web sites of newspapers owned by News Corp. will have to start paying fees to read the news within the next year, Chairman Rupert Murdoch said. North Korea and Iran use seized Americans, other similar tactics to pursue goalsDUBAI, United Arab Emirates — The parallels between Iran and North Korea would seem to riff off the same West-rattling script: start a nuclear program, test some long-range missiles, demand international respect. Washington Post apologizes for Clinton joke, cancels satirical video seriesWASHINGTON — Two Washington Post journalists are apologizing and their satirical online video series has been canceled following criticism of a joke they told about Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton. AP coverage of US Airways splashdown in Hudson River gets APME deadline reporting awardNEW YORK — AP’s fast, multidimensional coverage of the splashdown of a passenger jet into the Hudson River has been honored for Deadline Reporting by the Associated Press Managing Editors Association. The Seattle Times, Virgin Islands Daily News win awards from Associated Press Managing EditorsNEW YORK — An investigation into the spread of a deadly drug-resistant staph germ at hospitals in Washington state earned The Seattle Times a Public Service Award on Monday from the Associated Press Managing Editors Association. Schenectady, NY, paper to drop most free online content, Web ads don’t materializeSCHENECTADY, N.Y. — The Daily Gazette of Schenectady will resume charging for online content after offering free access to most articles and photos since late 2007. ‘Farewell Ann Arbor’: Michigan newspaper closes after 174 years; new online site emergesANN ARBOR, Mich. — The Ann Arbor News hit the streets Thursday for the last time in 174 years, a victim of the struggling newspaper industry, and will be replaced by an online news operation built from scratch by the same owner. Michigan newspaper, Ann Arbor to close after 174 years
University of Utah gets donation of newspapers spanning more than 130 yearsSALT LAKE CITY — The parent company of The Salt Lake Tribune is donating editions of the paper from 1871 to 2003 to the University of Utah, which will conserve the fragile volumes and keep them available for public access. Cox Enterprises agrees to sell 13 North Carolina newspapers to Cooke CommunicationsGREENVILLE, N.C. — Cox Enterprises Inc. said Monday it has agreed to sell more than a dozen North Carolina newspapers to a company headed by the son of late billionaire Jack Kent Cooke. McClatchy expected to post second-quarter loss as newspaper advertising woes persistSACRAMENTO, Calif. — Newspaper publisher McClatchy Co. is scheduled to report its second-quarter results before the stock market opens Tuesday. The following is a summary of key developments and analyst opinion related to the period. Boston’s only black-owned newspaper will accept $200K loan from city to avert shutdownBOSTON — The publisher of Boston’s only black-owned newspaper says he’ll accept a $200,000 loan from the city to avert the shutdown of the financially struggling weekly. Cox selling 3 newspapes in Colorado and Texas for undisclosed termsDENVER — Cox Newspapers Inc. has agreed to sell two of its Colorado newspapers and a Texas newspaper for undisclosed terms. Venezuela denies restricting paper imports for newspapersCARACAS, Venezuela — A Venezuelan government agency that sells foreign currency to importers is denying it has limited the supply of dollars for newspapers. Cox sells Waco Tribune-Herald newspaper to Waco familyWACO, Texas — The Waco Tribune-Herald will be under local ownership for the first time in 33 years. Virginia newspaper expresses regret for role in state’s fight to maintain school segregationRICHMOND, Va. — A Virginia newspaper expressed regret Thursday for supporting a systematic campaign by the state’s white political leaders to maintain separate public schools for blacks and whites in the 1950s. A wisp of hope: Gannett’s 2Q profit tops analyst views, management sees less ad erosionSAN FRANCISCO — Gannett Co., the largest U.S. newspaper publisher, used sharp cost cuts to deliver a higher-than-expected second-quarter profit Wednesday and offered a wisp of hope that the industry’s advertising drought may be subsiding. South Texas paper says days of free content over, to begin charging for online accessHARLINGEN, Texas — A South Texas newspaper says it will begin charging for access to its Web site this week, warning that the days of giving content away for free are over. Gannett implements layoffs at US newspapers in latest round of cutbacksNEW YORK — The latest wrenching cutbacks at Gannett Co. fell this week, as hundreds of employees at the country’s largest newspaper publisher received notices of layoffs. Gannett Co. eliminates 125 positions at its 6 New Jersey newspapersTRENTON, N.J. — Gannett Co. has begun eliminating 106 full-time and 19 part-time positions at its six New Jersey newspapers because of the economic recession. Private voice mail messages of celebrities and politicians being hacked: UK police investigating the case
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ANN ARBOR, Mich. — Geoff Larcom has covered higher education, written columns and led sports coverage at The Ann Arbor News. His final assignment: the newspaper’s own obituary after 174 years. The only daily newspaper in this college town — daily circulation 45,000 — is rolling off the presses for the last time on Thursday and going out of business. It is being replaced by AnnArbor.com, an online news site that will produce a print edition twice a week, on Thursday and Sunday.
