McClatchy's fourth-quarter earnings offered a snapshot of the troubles facing newspapers on the Web. The publisher's online advertising revenue was up a promising 14.9 percent over the prior-year quarter and totaled $188 million in 2009. But overall ad revenue dropped $426 million from the ...

Ruth Proskauer Smith, a reproductive rights pioneer, has died at the age of 102. In 1969, Smith helped form the first steering committee of the National Association for the Repeal of Abortion Laws. In recent years, Smith remained involved with NARAL (NAY'-rahl) Pro-Choice New York. Her father, Joseph ...

A New York Times News Service story, published in the Sun on Tuesday, about the declining fortunes of the Plaza Hotel in New York misspelled the surname of a part owner of the Oak Room, one of the PlazaÕs restaurants. He is Joey Allaham, not Alaham.

A new nonprofit media group created to cover San Francisco Bay area news is a step closer to launch. The Bay Area News Project said Thursday it hired a CEO and editor-in-chief. The project also announced an agreement with The New York Times to supply ...