Friday Afternoon in the Blogosphere

 Rolls of newsprint

Needed: Local Funding for Local News - Second Rough Draft

Daily News spinoff stirs anxiety post Alden takeover - New York Post

Why local news should be included in the infrastructure bill - Poynter

Paxton Media Group buys Landmark Community Newspapers - WPSD

Selling newspapers in the digital era: A story of two lifers - The Jakarta Post

How Frank Luntz Created a Mess Inside the Los Angeles Times - Daily Beast

U.S. Postal Service Announces Staggering Postage Rate Increases - News Media Alliance

Chinese state-run media paid U.S. newspapers millions for advertising campaign - Fox News

LA Times Owner Called “Second Most Hated in Newspapers” After Alden Abstention - BSM

A ‘hotline’ offers women journalists in Iraq protection in a hazardous environment - UNESCO