U.S. newspapers saw daily circulation decrease on average by less than 1 percent from March 2012 to March 2013, according to the every-six-months report by the Alliance for Audited Media (formerly the Audit Bureau of Circulations). Sunday circulation was down 1.4 percent on average. But many newspapers saw gains, including a 6 percent rise in daily circulation at the LA Times and a 16 percent rise in Sunday circulation at The Washington Post.

At a Los Angeles Times in-house awards ceremony last week, columnist Steve Lopez asked how many people would quit if Rupert Murdoch bought the newspaper. A few hands went up. He then asked how many would quit if the Koch brothers bought it. About half the staff raised their hands.

After a hugely successful "Spring Training for Journalists" workshop in southern California earlier this year, another full day of training is scheduled for Saturday at San Francisco State University. The event is hosted by the Guild Freelancers unit of the Pacific Media Workers Guild. Sessions include advanced public records and FOIA requests, cell-phone journalism, magazine and radio work and much more.