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)

This paper contends that the failure of the St. Louis "Globe-Democrat" raises questions not only about whether the United States Justice Department's Antitrust Division should have worked harder to keep the St. Louis joint operating agreement (JOA) alive, but also about the efficacy of the Newspaper Preservation Act in preserving…

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)

To examine the success of the Federal Communications Commission's (FCC) 1982 decision not to select a standard transmission system for AM stereophonic broadcasting (instead leaving it to the marketplace), this paper documents and analyzes the first 7 years of the AM stereo marketplace. Following an explanatory introduction, the paper's first…

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 question of defining government documents as property and the consequent conflict with the First Amendment rights of the press. (TO)

A study was conducted to assess the indications in print of news borrowing (reporting news distributed by second hand or government controlled sources) in the 1970s, and to examine the relationship between borrowed news and the restrictions and reductions in newspapers' overseas news staff. The "New York Times" and the "Chicago…

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)