Compares the content of competitive newspapers and monopoly newspapers, stating that competition has an impact on daily newspaper content. Notes that competitive newspapers have more reporters and buy more wire services than comparable newspapers without competition. (MM)

Describes the career and achievements of Aleksei S. Suvorin (1834-1912), a journalist and publisher of one of Russia's largest newspapers whose upward mobility was unusual in 19th century Russia. (RB)

Concludes that publishers will print critical findings about newspapers despite their disapproval of local, state, and national press councils. (RB)

Reveals that most regional magazines published in the southern United States were begun after 1970. Notes that most publishers do not expect the number of such magazines to increase. (FL)

Concludes that newspaper publishers must look at the broadcast media in terms of relevant competition and search for those aspects of their product that will appeal to and serve a perceived need of the consumer. (RB)

Tells why "The American Mercury," a once respected liberal magazine founded by H. L. Mencken and George Nathan, has waned under a succession of publishers in recent years.

Shows how one reporter, Carl Stern of NBC news, made the Freedom of Information Act (FoIA) work for the press. (RB)

Discusses the responsibilities of publishers and freelance writers concerning the liability involved in defamatory statements. Reviews several court cases pertaining to publisher liability and claims that, if a writer is not under the immediate control or supervision of the publisher, the publisher may avoid liability. (MM)

Outlines several provisions of the new copyright law that make securing copyright more convenient and reduce the risk of an author losing copyright protections through technical errors. (GT)

Seeks to answer the question of how much media control has been concentrated in the top 100 markets over the past half century, examining the trends in broadcasting and cross-media (newspaper-broadcasting) ownership within those markets. (RB)

Describes the disillusionment of the Rev. Charles M. Sheldon who edited a Kansas daily newspaper for one week as Jesus Christ would have done it and unwittingly became the victim of the newspaper publisher's money-making scheme. (RB)

Presents a typology of southern United States periodicals by type, date, and place. Finds that southern periodicals from the period 1764-1984 show a culture that was diverse, sophisticated, and changing. (RS)

Describes the early history of news reporting via radio and the influences of such newscasts as "March of Time" (which station WLW started in 1928) on the broadcast industry of the 1930s and 1940s. (RB)

Lists and annotates more than 100 publications on such topics as journalism, the mass media, book publishing, photography, and advertising. (GW)