We catch up with the recent rash of mergers and acquisitions, plus a a chart detailing the 25 biggest newspaper groups. With television predicted to take the crown, Leo Bogart challenges newspapers to retain their position as lead ad medium. Increasingly, newspapers take the outsourcing route to manage their distribution challenges. Some editors and reporters voice resentment when reader research influences news decisions. Presstime offers an unscientific look at some new tools that can make newspaper work life safer and easier.
Editors ask readers to vote on the right lead.
The Index , plus members of an NAA committee forecast the fates of on-line activities during 1996 in the new media column . This month, the U.S. Postal Rate Commission will settle a long-standing dispute over mail classes and rates. Reporters prepare to cover the '96 campaign by studying where the money is, with help from some sources for campaign-related data. In Wisconsin, Thomson targets the Boomer Echo and tests a hybrid city magazine for today's kids. Some publishers hire consultants to help them plan operations logistics such as plant renovation or design.