Libyan leader Moamer Kadhafi gave a speech to 100 young Italian women recruited by a model agency and urged them to convert to Islam, newspapers reported on Monday.

Washington Blade, the oldest newspaper in the United States for gays and lesbians, said Monday it was shutting down.

Washington Blade, the oldest newspaper in the United States for gays and lesbians, said Monday it was shutting down.

Nation's largest gay, lesbian newspaper publisher closes its doors. The nation's largest publisher of newspapers serving the gay and lesbian community has shut down and plans to file for Chapter 7 bankruptcy.

USA Today tests new online edition targeted at students at Penn State, Indiana and Missouri. Penn State, Indiana and Missouri are the first schools to participate in a USA Today initiative meant to test how students respond to electronic versions of printed newspapers.

YouTube offers new tool to connect news media, citizen journalists with dramatic footage. YouTube is trying to help shrinking newsrooms expand their video coverage without increasing their payrolls.

YouTube offers new tool to connect news media, citizen journalists with dramatic footage. YouTube is trying to help shrinking newsrooms expand their video coverage without increasing their payrolls.

The US news agency the Associated Press (AP) laid off dozens of employees on Tuesday as part of a plan to reduce its global payroll by 10 percent this year, a union statement said.

Official: Police raid delivery offices of 4 NYC newspapers in union corruption probe. Investigators in the city raided offices for some of the nation's largest newspapers Tuesday as part of a corruption probe into a powerful union that has long faced accusations of ties to organized crime, a law enforcement official said.

A man with his finger on the pulse of NYC politics now grasps at the straws of his career. Big political names abound in New York: Mario Cuomo. Hillary Rodham Clinton. Rudy Giuliani. And for political climbers seeking a stage in the media, a platform to join or displace the powerhouses, the man to go through for years was Dominic Carter ? until last month.

Bankruptcy auction of Philadelphia Newspapers LLC put on hold while creditors appeal ruling. A bankruptcy auction of the company that publishes The Philadelphia Inquirer and Philadelphia Daily News has been postponed while creditors appeal a key ruling.

Britain's Times newspaper plans to charge for digital content from next spring, its editor said, two weeks after his boss Rupert Murdoch said such plans may be delayed beyond next June.

Tim Russert's NBC office going on display at the Newseum in Washington. Museum visitors in Washington will get the chance to step into "Meet the Press" moderator Tim Russert's old NBC office, which has been reassembled at the Newseum.

Lawsuit accuses Hartford Courant of plagiarizing stories from smaller competitor. A small, family-owned Connecticut newspaper sued the state's largest newspaper Thursday, saying it repeatedly plagiarized stories after cutting its own reporting staff to save money.

AP says 90 layoffs this week bring the news agency to its goal of a 10 percent payroll cut. The Associated Press said Thursday it laid off 90 news employees worldwide this week to reach its goal of cutting annual payroll costs by 10 percent.

US newspaper advertising revenue plunges 28 pct to $6.4 billion as slump enters fourth year. U.S. newspapers' advertising woes persisted through the summer, increasing the likelihood that publishers will finish this year with their lowest ad sales since the 1980s.

The Associated Press said Thursday that 90 news department staffers were laid off this week in a move that helped the US news agency reach its cost-cutting target.

Taiwan designer uses recycled newspaper to make shoes, bags. Confronted with an ever-growing pile of old newspapers, Taiwanese fashion designer Colin Lin came up with the idea of using them to make shoes and tote bags for her environmentally friendly footwear company.

US newspaper advertising revenue fell by nearly 28 percent in the third quarter, continuing a slide which has led to layoffs, bankruptcies and the closure of several dailies.

Mexican prosecutors investigate disappearance of journalist who reported on crime, corruption. Authorities in the western Mexican state of Michoacan are investigating the disappearance of a journalist who wrote about organized crime.