Printing Costs Will Spike for Austin-Area Newspapers With New Tariffs

Local papers expect as much as 25% increase in printing costs

"...does roughly 80% of the paper used in U.S. newspapers, according to the News/Media Alliance...."

March 14, 2025 News Feature by Maggie Quinlan

Media Clips

The Internet offers new opportunities for newspapers to expand their coverage, but so far, Texas dailies have yet to heed the call.

"...corporations, the same giants who currently reign over television, newspapers, radio, and other media...."

April 21, 2000 News Column by Lee Nichols

The Facts Were Immaterial

The 'counterintelligence' operations of Hoover's FBI included harassment, vilification, violence – and fake 'underground' newspapers in Bloomington, D.C., and Austin

"...Since one purpose of most underground newspapers in the late 1960s was to disrupt and provoke,..."

June 7, 2013 News Feature by Dale Brumfield

Page One: Inside The New York Times

The slow death of print media and the often shambling efforts of newspapers to reinvent themselves is one of the main topics of this documentary.

"...of print media and the often shambling efforts of newspapers to reinvent themselves in this new media era –..."

July 1, 2011 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Point Austin: Dude, Let's Go Bowling

You can tell a lot about newspapers by what they don't cover

"...Just for fun, I searched the major Texas daily newspapers (Austin, Houston, Dallas, Fort Worth, San Antonio, El Paso)..."

April 11, 2008 News Column by Michael King

Primary Colors

"...seen it already ad nauseam on television, in the newspapers, seemingly everywhere. Consequently, the movie seems enervated; it never..."

March 27, 1998 Movie Review by Steve Davis

La Scorta

"...a plot practically ripped from the pages of contemporary newspapers, this Italian political thriller uses that country's internal corruption..."

July 14, 1995 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

The Devil, Probably

"...the months that preceded this 20-year-old man's death. The newspapers speculate about whether it is suicide, murder, or a..."

April 28, 1995 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

The Slingshot

"...shop owned by his family, Roland's mother sells socialist newspapers and illegal condoms. His brother aspires to become a..."

Aug. 19, 1994 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Day Trips: The Sentinel, Marfa

Hip restaurant and bar is home to local newspapers

"...book, or art piece helps support the local weekly newspapers – The Big Bend Sentinel and Presidio International...."

July 29, 2022 Column by Gerald E. McLeod

Eye of the Media Storm

On the block, the Statesman fiddles while the industry burns

"...around his industry. Every day there's more bad news: newspapers closing, filing for bankruptcy, dumping employees. He's only been..."

March 6, 2009 News Feature by Kevin Brass

The News Biz Is In Deep Shiz

Local newsroom leaders see growth potential despite tough climate

"...the time, Garrett said, there were plenty of existing newspapers delivering other kinds of community-focused journalism in suburbs. Papers..."

July 26, 2024 News Feature by Abe Asher

Let's 'Rumbo'! Right Now!

New Spanish dailies battle for a young Latino audience looking for news

"...Currently, there are four Rumbo newspapers, all in Texas. Edward Schumacher Matos, a former Wall..."

Feb. 25, 2005 News Feature by Belinda Acosta

Media Clips

The world’s major corporations have realized that the media can be big money, and they have invested heavily.

"...50 giant corporations controlled the majority of the nation's newspapers, magazines, radio and television stations, book publishing houses, and..."

Dec. 24, 1999 News Column by Lee Nichols

Preserving History’s First Draft in Central Texas

From treasure legends to backyard graves, news archives fill gaps

"...Preserving newspapers is important business for Garrett and other newspapers and..."

Oct. 25, 2024 News Feature by Benton Graham

History Still Hidden

Reporter of 'Statesman' racial cleansing series disowns published version

"...Jaspin, who works for the Washington bureau of Cox Newspapers, owner of the Statesman, spent parts of eight years..."

March 16, 2007 News Feature by Kevin Brass

Media Watch: Anybody Want to Buy the Bat Cave?

Read all about it – 'Statesman' goes up on the block

"...and cutbacks in coverage are the typical fallout for newspapers in play, especially for companies primping their balance sheets..."

Aug. 22, 2008 News Feature by Kevin Brass

Snoring Out Loud

The local daily's cautious toe in the water doesn't work in the wild 'n' wooly blogosphere

"...– represents a major new initiative by the Cox Newspapers-owned Statesman to find a perch in the modern media..."

Jan. 13, 2006 News Feature by Kevin Brass

'Statesman' Gets Creative

'Statesman' explores new ways to spark circulation and revenue, often taking a pickax to traditional Ad-Editorial boundaries in the process

"...publishers, the Audit Bureau changed its rules to allow newspapers to include so-called third party copies in their overall..."

April 29, 2005 News Feature by Kevin Brass

The Hightower Report

Smaller Newspapers, Bigger Conglomerates; and Barons of the Mass Media Ignore the Masses

"...Smaller Newspapers, Bigger Conglomerates..."

Oct. 24, 2008 News Column by Jim Hightower

Media Watch

With circulation sliding, Austin American-Statesman turns to heavens for help

"...Newspapers around the country have expanded religion coverage in recent..."

Feb. 9, 2007 News Feature by Kevin Brass

Media Watch: 'Statesman' to Go Platinum?

Equity firm specializing in 'distressed' properties looking at Austin daily

"...principals, confirms the company is ready to buy more newspapers. "It is typical for us when we enter a..."

April 3, 2009 News Feature by Kevin Brass

The Hightower Report

The Death of Journalism; and Who Pays for CEO Mismanagement?

"...a geometric leap forward in what we've known as newspapers," he informed the masses...."

Jan. 16, 2009 News Column by Jim Hightower

Media Watch

Freedom Communications Inc. closes its one-reporter Capitol bureau, progressives rally behind Air America, and the last of the tacky deejays

"...its one-reporter Capitol bureau for its three South Texas newspapers, The Monitor (McAllen), the Valley Morning Star, and The..."

Nov. 16, 2007 News Feature by Kevin Brass

Strangled Triangle

Money Troubles Leave Advocacy Paper Gasping

"...Two days after Election Day, when newspapers and newsweeklies were analyzing Bill Clinton's victory and interpreting..."

Nov. 22, 1996 News Column by Chris Walters

Media Watch: 'A Sense of Purpose'

Texas Tribune makes its debut in realm of nonprofit journalism

"...stories, and exposing the gaps in coverage supplied by newspapers and TV...."

Oct. 30, 2009 News Column by Kevin Brass

Media Watch: 'Statesman' Off the Market

After entering final negotiations to sell the paper, Cox Newspapers walks away from the table

"...Cox Newspapers was in the final stages of negotiations to sell..."

Aug. 14, 2009 News Feature by Kevin Brass

Hightower Hits a Wall

Syndicator balks at criticism of hedge fund newspaper chains

"...First Media. Together the two mega-corps own some 1,500 newspapers (Gatehouse recently acquired the Austin-American Statesman), many of which..."

Nov. 30, 2018 News Post by Michael King

Media Watch

The Statesman's getting smaller, but for what?

"...In a nutshell, this is why people who love newspapers want to slit their wrists. While experts are calling..."

March 21, 2008 News Column by Kevin Brass

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"...different career, found a similar pro-Israel climate at Cox newspapers, one of the nation's top newspaper chains, with 17..."

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