1.   Analysts said newspapers publishers are reporting increased advertising lineage as a result of improved economies and lower newsprint prices.

2.   Booming advertising sales and unexpectedly stable newsprint prices have newspaper executives brimming with optimism and analysts boosting third-quarter earnings estimates for many companies.

3.   A decline in newsprint prices also buttressed the results.

4.   A sharp jump in newsprint prices has forced newspapers to cut other costs, including the size of their staffs.

5.   Abitibi said its third quarter results were better than its second quarter results because of higher global newsprint prices and initial cost-savings from the merger.

6.   Abitibi has been cutting costs, mainly by shutting down high-cost mills and raising newsprint prices, trying to get into the black.

7.   But even for newspaper companies that have ownership interests in paper mills, the sharply rising newsprint prices are financially damaging.

8.   But, as newspapers have begun reducing demand by instituting sharp conservation measures, some newspaper executives have begun to predict that newsprint prices will level off.

9.   Companies with investments in paper mills, such as Washington Post Co., will benefit from the higher newsprint prices in the second quarter.

10.   Dow Jones is benefiting from the trend in newsprint prices, and earnings are up sharply for the The Wall Street Journal and its collection of local newspapers.