Circulation declines in the United States have not happened all at once, but have been slow and steady. As the old saying goes, “slow and steady wins the race” – a race the newspaper business would rather not be in.

Editor & Publisher on Tuesday reported that the top 20 newspapers in the United States have together lost 1.4 million copies in daily circulation from 2003 to 2007.

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The St. Louis Post-Dispatch, the Portland Press Herald/Maine Sunday Telegram and Maine Today have announced job cuts. The Post-Dispatch will eliminate 31 jobs, while the Press Herald will cut 27 positions, which includes 15 layoffs.

Newsroom jobs will be spared at the Post-Dispatch, while the cuts will mainly take place in the circulation department, the classified phone rooms, the production department, purchasing, telephone operations and the marketing department. The paper said the cuts include some management positions, but no specific number was given, according to Editor & Publisher.

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According to the second annual study from Knowledge Networks on how viewers use Web sites to watch TV programmes, the percentage of people who watch TV shows on Web sites is not expanding, but those who use those sites tend to watch more programmes.

The study also found that younger viewers use such sites more often than older generations, and they are more willing to accept advertising during the programmes.

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The Hawaii Tribune-Herald violated federal labour laws when it fired two reporters and suspended another for engaging in union activities, Editor & Publisher reported Wednesday.

The daily paper in Hilo, Hawaii fired the two reporters in 2005 and 2006.

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Google executives announced it will be even more aggressive in the online display advertising business following approval from the European Commission Tuesday that cleared the way for its buyout of DoubleClick, Mediaweek reported.

Google bought the online advertising business for US$3.1 billion. It received approval for the deal from the Federal Trade Commission in December, with the EU Commission being the final hurdle for the acquisition.

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The Yeni Azerbaijan Party's newspaper will complete a range of reforms, aimed at increasing the newspaper's quality, the paper's editor-in-chief told Trend News in an article Tuesday.

Hikmat Babaoglu (Mammadov), however, did not specify what the changes for the ruling party's newspaper, Yeni Azerbaijan, will be. Mammadov was appointed editor last week.

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