The nation's big dailies are squealing about a proposal to audit free-circulation newspapers. Advertisers and ad agencies like the idea, and they dominate the membership of the prestigious Audit Bureau of Circulations (ABC). "Free papers are taking money away from the newspapers you print. Going forward, there is going to be a need for an ABC audit of these publications," Terry Prill, newspaper strategist and special projects, tells the dailies in an Editor & Publisher article.
Philadelphia City Paper's front page is one of 25 chosen for a poster, produced by the National Press Club, featuring front pages from around the world that ran the week of the 9/11 disaster. Sales of the poster will raise funds for the September 11, 2001 Family Relief Fund. (last item)
