John Morton

The Baltimore Examiner, the free tabloid that made its debut two years ago, will launch a Sunday edition this summer, cut home delivery of the newspaper to two days a week and reduce by 80 percent the number of papers printed on days it's not delivered....

A day after News Corp. chief Rupert Murdoch spoke confidently that he would end up buying Newsday, sources familiar with the negotiations in Chicago said last week's higher bid from Cablevision Systems Corp. is being seriously considered. The sources...

News Corp. chairman Rupert Murdoch said Wednesday that he expects to wrap up his $580-million purchase of Newsday in as little as a week, and that the efforts of another potential buyer will fail. "This is a great market and this will give us a very...

News Corp. chairman Rupert Murdoch said yesterday that he expects to wrap up his $580-million purchase of Newsday in as little as a week, and that the efforts of another potential buyer will fail. "This is a great market and this will give us a very...

The Chicago Sun-Times' paid circulation averaged 312,274 copies weekdays and 247,469 Sundays for the half-year that ended in March, according to the Audit Bureau of Circulations' first reliable, up-to-date figures in years for Chicago's No. 2 paper....

Rupert Murdoch's News Corp. is reportedly poised to buy Newsday from Tribune Co., a deal that could have considerable implications for amNewYork. The deal is reportedly worth about $580 million. amNewYork, a Tribune subsidiary, is closely tied to...

This story was reported by Daniel Wagner, Susan Harrigan, Mark Harrington and Thomas Maier. It was written by Wagner and Maier. Representatives from Rupert Murdoch's New York Post discussed a possible acquisition of Newsday from the debt-laden Tribune...

The Baltimore Sun Media Group, which publishes The Sun, said yesterday that it will start a free daily tabloid and Web site targeting young adults. The newspaper, b, and Web site, bthesite.com, will launch April 14, focusing on news, sports and pop...

In an annual ritual of patronage, Gov. Martin O'Malley submitted his "green bag" nominations to the state Senate yesterday, naming 165 people to state boards and commissions. Among the appointments, which are subject to Senate confirmation, are his...

A bitterly divided Federal Communications Commission voted Tuesday to relax one rule banning corporate ownership of a newspaper and broadcast station in the same city and to tighten another to check the growth of big cable television enterprises. Both...