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This is a short article involving the statistics of the newspaper industry. It is the fastest shrinking industry in America, even with the development of online sites and apps for tablets / smart phones.

Statistics on the present state of newspapers. A chart from the Newspaper Association of America showing advertising expenditures.  "Journalism is not dead, it is just evolving."

Statistics on the present state of newspapers. A chart from the Newspaper Association of America showing advertising expenditures.  "Journalism is not dead, it is just evolving."

This journal article describes how advertisement has changed over the years and how it first appeared in newspapers. Advertisement is an important part of the development of newspapers as it typically brings in a lot of the money for newspapers to continue and grow.

Caroline Little, chief executive of the Newspaper Association of America, an organization serving as liaison between a coalition of media outlets and Congressional staffs crafting a federal media shield law, praised Thursday's passing in the the Senate Judiciary Committee by a vote of 13-5.

the huffington posts top ten newspapers circulating in america today

This is a very high quality picture of Publick Occurences, the first newspaper to be published in America.

Kurt Wimmer, counsel for the Newspaper Association of America, talked about the the Free Flow of Information Act of 2013, being sponsored by bipartisan members of Congress, and he responded to telephone calls and electronic communications. The bill would protect journalists from fines and jail time when they refuse to name confidential sources unless federal officials make their case in court

The Newspaper Association of America applauds the Senate Judiciary Committee for passing this shield law,

A really good, short article with lots of current statistics. 

It would be hard to single out just one mistake from the news industry's fumbled transition to the Internet era. But the most important newspaper publisher in America-Arthur Sulzberger, Jr. of the New York Times-says one stumble sticks out among the rest. "Engineers. That's what we didn't focus on fast enough," Sulzberger says.

On September 25, 1690-that's 323 years ago this week-America's first newspaper Publick Occurences Both Forreign and Domestick was published in Boston. It didn't go very well.

A 55 minute video about the history of newspapers described by the history channel. This video mainly focuses on the history within the United States and how newspapers dealt with major events throughout history, such as the attack on Pearl Harbor.

This article is about the history of newspapers in early American times. It has a few pictures of these newspapers, one of which is Public Occurences, Both Foreign and Domestick.