Madison, Wis.-based The Capital Times will print its final daily newspaper Saturday, and next week will begin publishing two tabloids a week, the Associated Press reported Monday.

The 90-year-old afternoon daily will use the paper's online version for daily coverage, and has shrunk staff numbers.

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The Daily Mail increased its price to 50 pence Monday, for which rival Daily Express accused it of "staggering hypocrisy," the Guardian reported.

The company said its price increase was due to higher fuel charges, printing, production and distribution costs, according to the Guardian report.

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Metro International sales were down in the first quarter compared with the same quarter last year, the company announced Monday.

However, although operating losses were at €5.6 million for the 2008 first quarter, they were less than the €8.8 million losses of the same quarter in 2007, Newspaper Innovation reported Monday.

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The London Paper, News International’s London freesheet, has lost almost £17 million in its first 10 months of publication; the turnover for the period was £8 million, the Guardian reported Friday.

Launched in September 2006, The London Paper recorded a pre-tax loss of £16.8 million during the year ending in June 2007.

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The U.S. version of the Wall Street Journal could be available to other parts of Europe, following its launch in London, the Guardian reported.

The U.S. edition of the financial paper began being sold in London for the first time Wednesday as part of News Corp.'s global expansion plans.

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Times Newspapers took a smaller hit on redundancy costs at its printing operations, causing losses to be cut in half for the owner of the Times and Sunday Times, the Guardian reported Wednesday.

Pre-tax losses were down 46 percent, at £43.9 million for the year ending June 2007, compared to losses of £81.8 million the year before.

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The City Paper, a free daily in Nashville, will switch from a daily model to a twice weekly model at the end of April, Newspaper Innovation reported Tuesday.

The last daily issue will be printed April 25.

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The Financial Times, impacted by the downward sales trend afflicting the quality daily papers, recording a 1.3 percent year-on-year circulation decline last month.

The business title sold an average of 454,937 copies worldwide in March, according to the latest figures from the Audit Bureau of Circulations.

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Baltimore will launch a second free daily called ‘b’ Monday, according to Newspaper Innovation.

The free daily is published by Baltimore Sun and will have an initial circulation of 50,000. The Circulation is predicted to increase 75,000 in September, and possibly reach 100,000 by the end of the year, Newspaper Innovation reported.

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The two free Singapore dailies, Today and MyPaper, have grown in circulation from 250,000 to 300,000 each during 2008, NewspaperInnovation.com reported on Friday.

The free daily Today (MediaCorp) launched in 2000, while MyPaper (Singapore Press Holdings), was launched in 2006.

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Two Spanish-language newspapers published in Texas will be merged into one, home-delivered publication beginning May 2, according to its parent company, Star-Telegram.

La Estrella, the 14-year-old free weekly published by the Star-Telegram, will be merged with La Estrella En Casa, another free weekly launched last May and delivered to about 100,000 households in Dallas-Fort Worth, the Fort Worth Star-Telegram reported.

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Ukraine's third free daily, Vecherkom, launched in Kiev Monday, handed out by 100 distributors around the city, Newspaper Innovation reported Wednesday.

Free morning dailies in Ukraine include 15 Minut, published by KP Media, and Obzor, published by Dutch-owned Telegraaf Media Group. Vecherkom is an afternoon daily, and was designed and developed by a Spanish team from Innovation International Media Consulting Group.

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The Wall Street Journal will roll out a U.S. edition in the United Kingdom beginning April 16, which means that readers in London will have access to the paper several hours before it is released in the United States, the Guardian reported Wednesday.

The UK edition will be sold in addition to the Wall Street Journal Europe from about 250 news agents in London, the West End and Canary Wharf, as well as Heathrow and City airports, according to the Guardian.

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Indian publishing group Amar Ujala has announced the relaunch of its Hindi business daily by the end of 2008.

“We will relaunch our business daily in Hindi with a new name and style. It will be a breed apart from others and will be launched by the end of this year,” said Sunil Mutreja, President of Marketing at Amar Ujala.

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