The Tampa Tribune laid off 18 newsroom employees Monday as the newspaper works to reduce its costs and cope with a worsening advertising economy. ...more

November 11, 2008

The Tampa Tribune laid off 18 newsroom employees Monday as the newspaper works to reduce its costs and cope with a worsening advertising economy. ...more

November 10, 2008

They raise money through text messages and release videos directly to the Internet, but Sens. Barack Obama and John McCain are relying on the old-fashioned U.S. Postal Service to deliver that staple of a presidential campaign's final weeks: the attack ad. ...more

October 27, 2008

By now most of us have become so inured to the jibber-jabber of campaign advertising that if we turned on the television and heard a commercial accusing a candidate of being a lying, conniving, race-baiting, drug-dealing, sex-crazed Satanist, most of us would probably idly shrug and say: "That's nice. Would you pass the salt, Bertha?" ...more

September 18, 2008

If Michael Phelps endorsed a particular cereal or if Miley Cyress advertised a brand of face cream, people might be me more likely to buy those products. ...more

September 14, 2008

I feel strongly that giving one- third of your editorial page to the candidate running against our current sheriff is completely unfair. This ends up being free political advertising and an advantage to one side. Equal print space should be offered to any other so-called "guest columnist" that supports Sheriff Benton. ...more

September 12, 2008

Gannett Co., the largest newspaper publisher in the country and owner of USA Today, said Wednesday that third-quarter earnings fell 10.5 percent, the result, in part, of slumping real estate ads and a tough comparison to year-ago results boosted by heavy political advertising. ...more

October 18, 2007