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Accuracy is to a newspaper what virtue is to a lady, but a newspaper can always print a retraction.

The fact that a man is a newspaper reporter is evidence of some flaw of character.

Another thing that's quite different in writing a book as a practicing newspaperman is that if you look at what you've written the next morning and you think you didn't get it quite right, you can fix it.

Nowadays I'm not even sure if newspapers take into account whether a person is a good writer.

Journalism is a flawed profession, but it has a self-correcting mechanism. The rule of journalism is: talk to everybody.

Newspapers with declining circulations can complain all they want about their readers and even say they have no taste. But you will still go out of business over time. A newspaper is not a public trust - it has a business model that either works or it doesn't.

The newspaper is a marvelous medium. It is extraordinarily convenient and cheap. Let's see. This one cost 75 cents. Now that's a little high. I bought it when I was downtown this morning.

Three centuries after the appearance of Franklin's 'Courant', it no longer requires a dystopic imagination to wonder who will have the dubious distinction of publishing America's last genuine newspaper. Few believe that newspapers in their current printed form will survive.

The printed newspaper is a powerful showcase for news, opinion and advertising.

In a highly competitive newspaper market, every editor needs to appeal to female readers to boost their circulation.