Concludes that the actual malice test emerging from the "Times v. Sullivan" decision is inadequate protection against the threat of seditious libel. (FL)

Concludes that, while group ownership of newspapers and television stations continues to grow, common ownership of a station and a newspaper in the same market is declining. (FL)

Notes that despite recent United States Supreme Court decisions that have been unfavorable to the press, a First Amendment-based conditional privilege protecting the editorial process against governmental intrusion survives. (FL)

Concludes that thanks to Nigeria's 1979 Constitution and to its independent courts, the press in that country has escaped serious mauling in spite of political and human frailties. (FL)

Examines the use of puffery in magazine ads for automobiles between 1930 and 1980 to see if advertisers varied the amount of puffery used in relation to increased pressures from government regulation. Finds puffery declined as regulatory pressures increased. (FL)

Looks at the media metamorphosis experienced by the media in Grenada from the early l970s to the United States occupation in l983. (FL)

Notes that Canadian journalists accepted censorship during World War I with a minimum of complaint, viewing it as a necessary sacrifice for the war effort. (FL)

Argues that the doctrine of presumed harm, which was not addressed in "New York Times Co. v. Sullivan," remains a major problem in libel law. (FL)

Concludes that the increased "borrowing" of news from foreign news agencies may not be due to the declining number of United States foreign correspondents but to Third World restrictions on access to news. (FL)

Traces the events that followed International Paper Company's purchase of interests in 14 American newspapers in 1928-29. Reveals that a Federal Trade Commision probe led to a quick divestiture. (FL)

Discusses the Inter Press Service Third World News Agency, which specializes in news of developing nations and promotes communication links among them. Concludes that the service is providing a new kind of news distribution system in response to Third World criticisms of the "old order" of Western domination of news. (FL)

Finds that current open meeting laws allow greater access to government, provide more comprehensive coverage, and have stronger enforcement measures than laws in l974. (FL)

Interviews official representatives of 58 nations to investigate their "inclination to control" the press. Finds the region most inclined to control the press is the Middle East, whereas regions least inclined are Western Europe and North America. (RS)

Reports that the Newspaper Preservation Act played a positive role in the St. Louis "Globe Democrat" experience of 1983, and that the outcome of that experience suggests that the antitrust laws operate when a joint operating agreement ends. (FL)

Examines the activities of K. Cooper, an early general manager of the Associated Press, and explores what appears to be a contradiction between his insistance on unhampered international news flow and his desire to receive government aid in order to expand AP's operations abroad. (FL)