THE AMERICAN NEWSPAPER
By Charles Dudley Warner
Our theme for the hour is the American Newspaper.
It is a subject in which everybody is interested,
and about which it is not polite to say that a...
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In the Biographical Dictionary and Synopsis of Books Ancient and Modern (1902), Charles Dudley Warner is described as "an American man of letters and novelist." Something of his personality and litera...
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Bill Keller spoke in England earlier this week about the sad state of the American newspaper business. Topics included the "acid rain" of criticisms heaped upon The New York Times, the "press-phob...
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The Orlando Sentinel will cut about 24 jobs in its newsroom during the next four to six weeks, Senior Vice President and Editor Charlotte Hall said in a memo Tuesday.The announcement comes just eig...
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London/New York (dpa) - Harry Potter author Joanne K Rowling said
Thursday she was "staggered" that pirate copies and reviews of her
last volume had appeared in the media, s...
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Selected editorial excerpts from the U.S. press:
NOTES ABOUT COMPETITION (The New York Times, New York)
If we were in any other business, a risky takeover of a powerful
competitor might ...
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(EDS: ADDING BLOOMBERG COMMENT AT 2ND GRAF FROM BOTTOM)
Dow Jones & Co. on Tuesday confirmed that its board of directors
has received an unsolicited proposal from News Corp. to acquire al...
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(EDS: ADDING MORE INFO)
Dow Jones & Co. on Tuesday confirmed that its board of directors
has received an unsolicited proposal from News Corp. to acquire all
of the outstanding shares of ...
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Today is Tuesday, May 1, the 121st day of 2007. There are 244 days left in the year.Today's Highlight in History:On May 1, 1898, Commodore George Dewey gave the command, "You may fire when you are ...
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Toyota, hot on the heels of General Motors to become the world's No. 1 automaker, reported a 7.3 percent jump in quarterly profit Tuesday on booming sales in North America and Europe that offset sl...
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NEW YORK (Reuters) - A survey of public records by
The New York Times found at least 121 U.S. veterans of Iraq and
Afghanistan committed a killing or were charged with one after
returning home fro...
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