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Frenchman Jean Yves Boyer buys a copy of the French weekly Le Canard Enchainé, which marks its 100th anniversary this year. It sells 400,000 copies a week and is profitable, though it has no advertising and just a bare-bones webpage.

World News

At 100, A French Newspaper Thrives — With No Ads And A Minimalist Webpage

5:45pm December 29, 2016

by Eleanor Beardsley

Le Canard Enchainé is a fiercely independent weekly known for its incisive reporting and more than its share of scoops and bombshells. It continues to prosper with a format little changed since 1916.

The Washington Post set records for traffic and digital advertising revenue in 2016. The Post moved to this new building on Washington's K Street in December 2015.

National

Big Newspapers Are Booming: 'Washington Post' To Add 60 Newsroom Jobs

5:17pm December 27, 2016

by Laurel Wamsley

After a record-setting year, the Post newsroom will grow by more than 8 percent. Other papers, including The New York Times, have also seen subscriptions soar since Donald Trump's election.

The Las Vegas Review-Journal, the largest news organization in Nevada, underwent a secretive ownership change last year.

Las Vegas Columnist Quits After Ban On Writing About Adelson

6:01pm April 27, 2016

by David Folkenflik

Las Vegas Review-Journal columnist John L. Smith resigned after being told he could no longer write about two of the state's biggest players, including his paper's new owner, Sheldon Adelson.

Attorneys have filed three libel lawsuits against journalists on behalf of Sheldon Adelson (shown here in Las Vegas in 2014). He won an apology and legal fees from Britain's Daily Mail in 2008.

The Vegas Columnist And The Newspaper Owner Who Once Sued Him For Libel

1:34pm January 15, 2016

by David Folkenflik

Sheldon Adelson has filed three libel suits against journalists. One, a columnist at the Las Vegas Journal-Review, which Adelson bought last year, went broke facing the billionaire GOP donor in court.

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Las Vegas Sands Corp. CEO Sheldon Adelson.

Ending Mystery, Adelson Family Says It Bought The 'Las Vegas Review-Journal'

2:57pm December 17, 2015

by Eyder Peralta

For a week, the media world — and the paper's employees — wondered who had paid top dollar for the Las Vegas publication. Turns out, it was business magnate Sheldon Adelson.

Sports

Too Many Sports Columnists Being Cut From The Team

12:06pm September 23, 2015

by Frank Deford

Baseball used to be a newspaper game, says commentator Frank Deford. Now, sports are equal parts television and fantasy.

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John Carroll, then executive vice president and editor of The Los Angeles Times, speaking at a panel discussion with fellow editors in 2003. Carroll died Sunday at age 73.

National

John S. Carroll, Former Editor At 'LA Times,' 'Baltimore Sun,' Dies At 73

10:40am June 15, 2015

by Scott Neuman

The Times won an impressive 13 Pulitzer Prizes in Carroll's brief, five-year tenure there. Carroll also worked for The Philadelphia Inquirer and The Lexington Herald-Leader.

World News

Google Announces Partnership With Newspapers In Europe

11:12am April 28, 2015

by Bill Chappell

Last December, Google shut down its Google News page in Spain, after the country threatened steep fines for aggregator sites that don't pay newspapers.

Economy

BH Media Group Buys News & Record

7:30am February 01, 2013

Media ownership in the Triad became a little less diverse this week, as Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway Media Group announced a deal to buy th

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