Fortune Quote by Ferdinand Lassalle

“Though it’s hard to believe now, newspapers were once the envy of the business world. Through the eighties and nineties, 20, 30, even 40…

— Astra Taylor

I think that money is devoted to serious journalism, with analysis, interestingly presented, by good writers can still sell newspapers.

— Phillip Knightley

From the beginning on, newspapers have prospered for one reason: giving readers the news that they want.

— Rupert Murdoch

To me, the newspaper business was a way to learn about life and how things worked in the real world and how people spoke.…

— Carl Hiaasen

The secret of a successful newspaper is to take one story each day and bang the hell out of it. Give the public what…

— Herbert Bayard Swope

“Newspapers are not made any longer by news or journalism. They are made by sheer weight of money expressed in free gift schemes. They…

— Oswald Mosley

I wrote newspaper articles professionally for seven years, and I love newspapers. I'm hopeful that new business models will emerge that allow the newspaper…

— Al Gore

I buy newspapers to make money to buy more newspapers to make more money.

— Anonymous

To own the dominant, or only, newspaper in a mid-sized American city was, for many decades, a kind of license to print money. In…

— Eric Alterman

Publishers like their authors to take advantage of publicity opportunities.

— Lionel Shriver

Perhaps profit isn't everything, but nothing works without profit. Profit is the basis for independent journalism.

— Mathias Dopfner

“Newspapers are owned and published by rich men. Rich men all belong to the same club. Sure, there’s competition—hard tough competition for circulation, for…

— Raymond Chandler