college rag

College newspapers have been differently affected by the downturn in the U.S. economy, the Princetonian reports.
Excerpts from the article:

The Columbia Spectator has seen a decline in advertising revenue of roughly 10 percent so far this year, advertising manager Dan Smullyan said.
Daily Pennsylvanian business manager Alexander Raksin noted that the biggest decline in revenue has come [...]

The Daily Tar Heel
The Daily Tar Heel Editor Allison Nichols writes: “Sorry for any difficulties accessing content on DailyTarHeel.com. We’re switching to a new content management system, which should make things easier on our end and better on your end. Once we get the kinks worked out, we’re excited about the new features we can [...]

College Media Network
Rusty Lewis, director of university relations for College Media Network, blogs from The Daily Tar Heel’s office as they transition to College Publisher 5.0. “The mood among the Web staff is particularly energetic, and for good reason. When Volume 116, Issue 66 hits newsstands tomorrow, not only will it carry the day’s leading headlines, but [...]

College Media Network
This weekend College Media Network team members will be going down to Chapel Hill and doing some training sessions and on-site support for the launch of the Tar Heel site Monday.  We will be doing some video and photos and interviews throughout the process to give a better picture of how students interact [...]

Triangle Business Journal

“We were on budget last year, and we anticipate being on budget this year,” says Kevin Schwartz, general manager of The Daily Tar Heel, the independent student publication at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.