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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.

Discusses the idea of a National Endowment for Journalism.

The chief economist at Google , Hal Varian, has given an interesting little speech looking into the economics of the newspaper industry. No, they're not entirely doomed, as some think, but they do need some changes. Most importantly, it would be good if we all read them for a little longer while at work each day. The general points made are all entirely reasonable: most of us who have been reading about this subject will know many of them already. Newspaper circulation has been in decline for decades, it's not just the internet. News was never what made the money, it was the advertising in the other parts of the paper that did. The battle is really about, whether online or offline, gaining access to some fragment of our attention span. Gain that and the industry can still be profitable and so on. All good points. But the two that were new to me

This could be a precursor to what is to come in the future. This newspaper website has decided to drop its paywall. Instead of a paywall, the website is now providing an "enhanced design and layout" option that will cost $2.99 a week for its customers.

This is a little article about newspaper chains and how they were run in the past and how they are being dealt with today.

Facing declining ad revenue and readership, large newspaper companies are cutting costs, eliminating or selling assets and overhauling management. The outcomes of a few of these efforts are becoming clearer this week.