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White House moves to halt New York Times, Washington Post subscriptions

By Associated Press

The White House is preparing to instruct federal agencies not to renew their subscriptions to the two newspapers.

Newspaper chain GateHouse buying Gannett, USA Today owner

By Tali Arbel, Associated Press

Two of the country's largest newspaper companies have agreed to combine in the latest media deal driven by the industry's struggles with a decline of printed editions.

Why billionaire investors are gambling on news publications

By Gretchen Frazee

Why are billionaire entrepreneurs spending their money purchasing newspapers and magazines that appear to be losing money? A mix of philanthropy, ego and ambition.

In the middle of tragedy, Capital Gazette sticks to its mission

Faces of the five victims led the front page of the Capital Gazette, a day after mayhem broke out in the Maryland newspaper's offices. The accused gunman has a long-held grudge against the paper after a 2011 column about his…

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'We have got an absentee landlord': Denver Post calls out owners for dramatic newsroom cuts

By PBS News Hour

In a blistering editorial, journalists at the Denver Post sounded the alarm about years of devastating job cuts and took the newspaper’s own hedge fund owners to task, begging to be sold. Amna Nawaz speaks to Chuck Plunkett, editorial page…

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Protests erupt as Turkish government cracks down on popular newspaper

By Michael D. Regan

Turkish residents took to the streets of Istanbul Saturday to protest the government takeover of the country's most widely circulated newspaper, Zaman, which is owned by a U.S. cleric critical of Turkey's President Recep Tayyip Erdogan.

Why media companies are ditching their newspaper operations

By PBS News Hour

A number of big name media companies have shed their print divisions in recent days. Publishers including Gannett and the Tribune Company are moving away from the multi-platform model to isolate print ventures from digital and broadcast media. Judy Woodruff…

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Pew examines news industries in latest State of News Media report

By Colleen Shalby

Pew Research Center’s 11th State of the News Media report, released Wednesday, looks at these changes and examines consumer, ownership, investment and technology trends of the various news industries over the past year.

Tuesday on the NewsHour: Austin Kleon's 'Newspaper Blackout'

Austin Kleon is a Texas-based poet, writer, cartoonist and designer. He's found a playful way of making poetry from the newspaper. His first book, "Newspaper Blackout," was published this summer.

Weekly Poem: Two from 'Newspaper Blackout'

For Austin Kleon, an exercise for breaking writer's block developed into a method for creating poetry. Using a marker and a copy of the New York Times, Kleon blacks out words to reveal the ones he likes.