Read more newspaper stories on Newserhttp://www.newser.com/taggrid/287/newspaper.html2009 - Newseren-usNewser Feed GeneratorTue, 24 Nov 2009 14:17:45 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/73212/how-the-onion-writes-headlines.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThe Onion 's writers have a backward way of generating stories: They come up with the headlines first. The staff devotes the first two days of each week to rejecting headlines like “Quick and Painless Overthrow of Taliban Enters Eighth Year” in favor of “US Continues Quagmire-Building Effort in Afghanistan....http://www.newser.com/story/73212/how-the-onion-writes-headlines.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagTue, 03 Nov 2009 13:02:41 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/72583/newspaper-circulation-off-10.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagDaily newspaper circulation has taken a massive 10.6% drop over the past six months, the Audit Bureau of Circulations said today, while Sunday circulation fell 7.4%. The drop, one of the worst ever, is a potent sign of the industry’s decline, Editor & Publisher reports. Things were especially...http://www.newser.com/story/72583/newspaper-circulation-off-10.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagMon, 26 Oct 2009 13:22:20 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/72343/newsday-jumps-behind-a-paywall.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagIf you’ve been reading a ton of Newsday stories online, we’ve got some bad news: the Long Island daily plans to erect a paywall next week. The paper’s online content will now be closed to everyone except print subscribers, Optimum Online customers, and anyone willing to pay $5 a week...http://www.newser.com/story/72343/newsday-jumps-behind-a-paywall.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThu, 22 Oct 2009 12:21:55 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/72201/lone-ap-reporter-logs-300-executions.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThe fever pitch of executions in Texas since the 1980s has made the taking of a life at Huntsville’s prison almost de rigueur. Newsrooms that used to send a reporter every time an inmate was put to death now rely on the AP—and one AP writer in particular: Michael...http://www.newser.com/story/72201/lone-ap-reporter-logs-300-executions.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagWed, 21 Oct 2009 10:22:36 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/72204/guardian-axes-american-website-after-2-years.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagGuardian News and Media, which lost $60.3 million last year, is shutting its US-centered website Guardian America after two years. The site will now redirect to the Guardian newspaper's American coverage. Guardian America's head will instead focus on international expansion for guardian.co.uk. "We took it down because...http://www.newser.com/story/72204/guardian-axes-american-website-after-2-years.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagWed, 21 Oct 2009 4:15:00 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/71751/some-uk-tabloid-stories-are-fake-documentary.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThe upcoming British documentary Starsuckers proves what we’ve always suspected: Tabloids—at least, UK tabloids—will print just about anything, including “complete and utter babble,” the director tells the Guardian . Among the fake stories he got published—and, often, reprinted around the world: Avril Lavigne passed out at a nightclub,...http://www.newser.com/story/71751/some-uk-tabloid-stories-are-fake-documentary.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThu, 15 Oct 2009 11:45:59 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/71024/onion-peels-into-greeting-card-business.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagReal newspapers take note: The Onion has found a way to squeeze some money out of its back issues. A new line of greeting cards based on its parody articles has hit Target, giving Americans the perfect way to convey sentiments like "Search for Self Called Off After 38 Years"...http://www.newser.com/story/71024/onion-peels-into-greeting-card-business.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagTue, 06 Oct 2009 9:20:00 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/70974/help-wanted-pot-critic.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagIn the midst of media layoffs, one Colorado newspaper is actually hiring: It’s looking for a pot critic. The number of medical marijuana dispensaries in Denver has exploded to more than 100 this year, and the alt-weekly Westword wants someone with a legit medical need to evaluate which are clean,...http://www.newser.com/story/70974/help-wanted-pot-critic.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagMon, 05 Oct 2009 12:38:44 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/70821/iconic-london-paper-goes-free-after-182-years.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThe Evening Standard , London's 182-year-old afternoon newspaper, will become a freesheet later this month in an attempt to pump up the struggling title's circulation. The Standard , purchased by Russian oligarch Alexander Lebedev last year for the fire-sale price of one pound, loses $16 million a year and may fire staff...http://www.newser.com/story/70821/iconic-london-paper-goes-free-after-182-years.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagFri, 02 Oct 2009 4:54:00 CDT