Mediagazer: Are newspaper audiences really shrinking? (Dean Starkman/CJR)

3:20 AM ET, October 21, 2012

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Sheldon Adelson Shakes Up Israeli Newspaper Market … Former staff of Israel's daily Maariv newspaper protest their dismissals on Sept. 20, in Tel Aviv. The newspaper, one of the country's oldest, is on the verge of closure. — Israel's newsstands are looking noticeably less crowded these days …

Dean Starkman / CJR:

Are newspaper audiences really shrinking? — Alan Mutter's post the other day—"The incredible shrinking newspaper audience"—got me thinking: Is the newspaper audience really shrinking? — So I called him up, and we're going to disagree. A lot depends on what you call an audience.

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Andrew Beaujon / Poynter:

Trends show online ad revenue will overtake print this year — Technology Review research editor Mike Orcutt combines data from four sources, including a report from the Interactive Advertising Bureau, that suggests online advertising revenue will cross print advertising revenue in 2012, if it hasn't already.

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