21.   Newspaper executives are forecasting higher newsprint costs.

22.   Others, such as those in Milwaukee, opted to combine morning and afternoon papers because of both rising newsprint costs and declining afternoon circulation.

23.   Schlosberg also said a steep rise in newsprint costs and a shaky California economy contributed to the decision to slice the work force.

24.   Some of these newspapers, such as the Tribune, simply decided that full-time cartoonists were an expensive frill in an era of rising newsprint costs and bottom-line publishers.

25.   That may worry shareholders of Oriental Press, which is already being squeezed by rising newsprint costs and slumping advertising revenue.

26.   The business prospects of newspapers have improved sharply, with advertising up and newsprint costs down.

27.   The discussions, to recoup part of a rise this year in newsprint costs, are expected to spread through the British newspaper industry.

28.   The growth was partly offset, however, by higher newsprint costs and greater depreciation expense in the quarter.

29.   The merger of the Milwaukee Journal and Sentinel was attributed, in part, to rising newsprint costs.

30.   The Miami-based newspaper publisher said this year it expects increased profits from strong ad sales and lower newsprint costs.