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  New paradigm: Bloodletting in Tampa
Ailing paper faces huge cuts in its workforce, and other papers are likely to follow its lead as the recession takes a deeper toll

  Something good to say about papers
Looking behind the steep circulation declines of major dailies, one finds some encouraging trends. It's not all doom and gloom.

  Why papers are still a good media buy
They're no less effective in engaging readers, even though there may be fewer of them. Talking with Poynter's Rick Edmonds.

  Big papers take bigger circulation hits
Weekdays slide 3.6 percent, Sundays off 4.6 percent but some metros report far larger declines. Two gainers: WSJ and USA.

  New York in the coming age of Rupert
Scenario in which Murdoch pushes Zuckerman aside to become the market's dominant publisher as he challenges the Times

  Gloomy headlines for free newspapers
Tougher ad economy forebodes a nasty shakeout, with many likely to fold in the U.S. and Europe facing harsher competition

  A better grip on a newspaper's readers
New study calculates print and online penetration, and that varies widely among papers. Talking with Scarborough's Gary Meo.

  Murdoch's latest coup: Buys Newsday
Agrees to pay $580 million for the Long Island daily in a deal that will offer huge cost and ad synergies over rival Mort Zuckerman

  Wall Street Journal editor takes a hike
Marcus Brauchli is expected to resign over direction of the paper after just four months working for new owner Rupert Murdoch

  A booming outlook for online job ads
Recruitment spending will grow 25 percent by 2012, driven up as employers struggle to replace great armies of retiring boomers




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