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The above full-page ad will appear in today’s edition of Roll Call in Washington DC. “Newt Gingrich must be blind not to see the glaring dissonance between his belief that he should have whatever kinds of marriages – open or otherwise — that he wants, and his stated conviction that LGBT Americans shouldn’t be allowed to marry at all,” said …

Clever prankster.

The comments are fun, at least.

Hotel kingpin and Prop 8 backer Doug Manchester has purchased San Diego’s Union-Tribune for $110 million. And locals can expect some big changes. What happens when that brash, bold, confrontational man steps into the newsroom of the region’s largest newspaper? John Lynch, the former local radio executive who will become the newspaper’s new president and CEO, offered a preview Thursday …

The above figures reflect combined physical sales and paid online subscriptions. Digital circulation for The New York Times, which put in place a paid online model in the spring, more than tripled to 380,000. The Wall Street Journal was the only paper with a larger paid digital circulation, with more than 537,000. The Wall Street Journal remained the largest weekday …

From the weekly Know Your Neighbor feature in Hazelton, Pennsylvania’s Standard Speaker, which is probably looking for a new columnist and copy editor. (Source)

The Advocate reports that the El Paso Times has published a full-page ad from a local Catholic priest who is totally washed in the gentle redemptive blood of Jeebus. “Engaging in depraved and unnatural sexual acts will lead directly to the ruin of both the homosexual’s body and soul,” [Father Michael] Rodriguez writes. “Our very anatomy cries out against the …

It appears that the photographer sold both papers the same image.

Hurricane Irene is a juicy gift to NYC’s tabloids (and local TV) who are running wall-to-wall breathless updates on the approaching end of the world.

Andrew Sullivan points us to the above wedding announcement published by South Carolina’s largest daily newspaper. Rather than smile at the image of all those good ole boys freaking out over today’s paper, let’s wish the happy couple our best. (Whoops, smiling anyway.)

Very nice cover from the Daily News. However, today’s front page of the wingnut New York Post shows a woman attempting suicide by leaping from her roof.

Media critics are pointing out Saturday’s unfortunate front page of the New York Post, which depicts quarterback Peyton Manning with rifle crosshairs over his face and the caption “STOP HIM!” According to some, Palin’s usage of crosshairs is unimportant because it’s such a common device.

“Did the Post go too far? Of course not. The photo deserved to be in newspaper and on its Web site, and it warranted front-page display. News photos capture reality. And the prominent display reflects the historic significance of what was occurring. The recent D.C. Council decision to approve same-sex marriage was the culmination of a decades-long gay rights fight …

The Warren, Pennsylvania Times-Observer has apologized, saying that the person who approved the ad “didn’t recognize the significance of the names” and that they have “notified the authorities.” Seriously? Garfield and McKinley…sure. But Lincoln and Kennedy?

It looks like the end may be near for the Boston Globe. The New York Times Co. said last night that it is notifying federal authorities of its plans to shut down the Boston Globe, raising the possibility that New England’s most storied newspaper could cease to exist within weeks. After down-to-the-wire negotiations did not produce millions of dollars in …

Focus On The Family’s “ex-gay” road show was denied ad space in a San Antonio newspaper. From Christianist site OneNewsNow: Focus spokesman Gary Schneeberger tells OneNewsNow that conference organizers tried to buy an ad in the San Antonio News-Express. “And the ad was rejected as being ‘offensive,’ even though all the ad really does is recount the personal story of …

The Seattle Post-Intelligencer folded a couple of days ago after 146 years of business. Other major dailies are on life support. Do you still read a physical newspaper? How much of your news do you get online? TIME Magazine and the New York Times are contemplating online subscription fees. Would you pay to get news online? What do you think …