• College Newspapers Aim To Boost Profits To Survive
    From eliminating some print editions, to raising prices for its offerings, to offering donors the chance to have their names engraved on newsroom plaques, college newspaper staffs have been working to offset the challenges faced by newspapers everywhere. Jennifer Preston surveys some of the more illustrious papers, like The University Of Texas' The Daily Texan, whose student staffers once included Bill Moyers and Walter Cronkite.
  • Time Warner To Delay Spinoff Of Time Inc.
    Time Warner's plans to spin off its publishing division, Time Inc., by Dec. 31 or by early 2014 have been put off again, reports Keith Kelly, citing anonymous sources. Latest deadline date is "sometime in the second quarter," writes Kelly.
  • 'Forbes' Launches Armenian Edition
    Forbes is launching its latest local-language edition in Armenia this month. The pub "will be promoted as the first international business magazine in Armenia," writes Chris Roush.
  • Twitter Has NOT Killed Off Independent Second-Screen Apps
    Twitter will continue to flourish as a locale for social interaction during TV watching, but there's still a place in second-screen use for independent apps, like those from broadcast networks providing additional entertainment content, writes Zachary Weiner. "The second screen has the ability to capture discussions by creating new life experiences. This is our goal, and this is where our R&D efforts must find their home."
  • 'USA Today' Tops In Circulation -- With A Caveat
    USA Today's report that it had jumped to the top of the national heap in average Monday to Friday circulation, beating the Wall Street Journal in Alliance for Audited Media figures, is "misleading," writes Sam Kirkland. Digital circulation, especially mobile apps, accounted for the leap, and USA Today's apps are free, while "The Wall Street Journal offers a mix of free and subscriber-only stories....  AAM cautions against comparisons from paper to paper in part because of how news organizations pick and choose what to report as the science of counting news circulation has grown increasingly complex."
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