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                    U.S. SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

                            Washington, D.C.  20549

                                 Form 10-KSB/A
                                Amendment No. 1

(Mark One)
    X     Annual report under Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act
 -------  of 1934.  For the fiscal year ended November 30, 1999 and the one
          month ended December 31, 1999.

                                      OR

 _______  Transition report under Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange
          Act of 1934 for the transition period from __________ to ___________.


                       Commission File Number:  0-18299

                           NEWS COMMUNICATIONS, INC.
                           -------------------------
                (Name of Small Business Issuer in Its Charter)


           Nevada                                   13-3346991
      --------------                               ------------
(State or Other Jurisdiction of                   (IRS Employer
Incorporation or Organization)                  Identification No.)

        2Park Avenue
     New York, New York                              10016
   ----------------------                           --------
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)           (Zip Code)

      Registrant's telephone number, including area code:  (212) 689-2500

       Securities Registered Pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:  None

          Securities Registered Pursuant to Section 12(g) of the Act:


                                                  Name of Each Exchange
     Title of Each Class:                          on which Registered:
     -------------------                           -------------------
Common Stock, $0.01 par value                             None



     Check whether the issuer:  (1) filed all reports required to be filed by
Section 13 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act during the past 12 months (or for such
shorter period that the registrant was required to file such reports), and (2)
has been subject to such filing requirements for the past 90 days.
Yes  X    No
    ----    ----

     Check if there is no disclosure of delinquent filers pursuant to Item 405
of Regulation S-B is contained in this form, and no disclosure will be
contained, to the best of registrant's knowledge, in definitive proxy or
information statements incorporated by reference in Part III of this Form 10-KSB
or any amendment to this Form 10-KSB.  [X]

     The issuer's revenues for its most recent fiscal year were $18,312,254.

     The aggregate market value of the voting stock held by non-affiliates
computed by reference to the price at which the stock was sold, or the average
bid and asked prices of such stock, as of February 22, 2000, is $7,914,118.

     The number of shares of common stock outstanding as of February 22, 2000
was 8,568,162.

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Independent Auditors' Report

Board of Directors and Stockholders of
 News Communications, Inc.

We have audited the accompanying consolidated balance sheets of News
Communications, Inc. and Subsidiaries as of November 30, 1999 and December 31,
1999, and the related consolidated statements of operations, stockholders'
equity (deficit), and cash flows for the years ended November 30, 1998 and 1999
and the one month ended December 31, 1999. These consolidated financial
statements are the responsibility of the Company's management. Our
responsibility is to express an opinion on these consolidated financial
statements based on our audits.

We conducted our audits in accordance with generally accepted auditing
standards. Those standards require that we plan and perform the audit to obtain
reasonable assurance about whether the consolidated financial statements are
free of material misstatement. An audit includes examining, on a test basis,
evidence supporting the amounts and disclosures in the consolidated financial
statements. An audit also includes assessing the accounting principles used and
significant estimates made by management, as well as evaluating the overall
consolidated financial statement presentation. We believe that our audits
provide a reasonable basis for our opinion.

In our opinion, the consolidated financial statements referred to above present
fairly, in all material respects, the consolidated financial position of News
Communications, Inc. and Subsidiaries as of November 30, 1999 and December 31,
1999, and the consolidated results of their operations and their cash flows for
the years ended November 30, 1998 and 1999 and the one month ended December 31,
1999, in conformity with generally accepted accounting principles.


                                                BDO Seidman, LLP

New York, New York
February 17, 2000

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                                   SIGNATURES

     In accordance with Section 13 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act, the registrant
caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly
authorized.

                                 NEWS COMMUNICATIONS, INC.


                                 By  /s/ Steven Farbman
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                                   Steven Farbman,
                                   President and Chief Executive Officer