Back in October, the Federal Trade Commission published a set of "Guides Concerning the Use of Endorsements and Testimonials in Advertising." The FTC Guidelines call for bloggers, Tweeters, Facebook users, and certain other online publishers to disclose any "material connections" they have with companies whose products or services they [...]
The January edition of Editor & Publisher will be published as previously planned, Editor Greg Mitchell announced yesterday, citing overwhelming reader and advertiser demand. 
In an article in The Wall Street Journal, Rupert Murdoch is optimistic about the future of journalism in this age of newspaper cutbacks and the overwhelming concerns with bottom-line budgets rather than quality journalism. (Full disclosure, Jenna Staul attends Kent State University and has worked for the Daily Kent Stater and KentNewsNet.)
Student media leaders from the Iowa State University's Iowa State Daily and Kent State University's KentNewsNet gave insight into what makes their Pacemaker-award winning newspapers work, talking multimedia, collaboration and planning ahead.
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Following the recent closures of MediaWeek and London Lite, a new paper is launching in London- though this one has a twist- it's composed entirely of content from blogs. The first of its kind, The Blogpaper is composed solely of [...] 
The Washington Blade may have been closed Monday but it may not be gone forever. Following the announcement of the closure, employees of America's longest running gay newspaper met at a DC coffee shop in an attempt to organize a revived edition [...] 
The news industry is being forced to navigate some rough weather with numbers of cutbacks and closures seeming to increase each week amidst growing financial pressure. In the dismal climate, one thing many publications have made cuts on it the budget for interns, reports Editor [...] 
