61.   Thomson is benefiting from a strong economy, lower newsprint prices, greater demand for its legal and business information as well as an increase in leisure travel.

62.   Thomson is benefiting from a strong economy, lower newsprint prices, increased demand for its legal and business information as well as a rise in leisure travel.

63.   To offset the high newsprint prices, companies printed and distributed fewer newspapers, especially in areas outside their primary markets, analysts said.

64.   Weak ones have begun to worry about whether they can survive several years of high newsprint prices.

65.   But he also said he expected that the current upswing in newsprint prices was nearing the end of its cycle.

66.   Dailami said the newsprint price should increase due to the material cost hike.

67.   He said the newsprint price, charged in American dollars, had created a heavy financial burden for the weekly.

68.   He says with newsprint prices increasing, the number of pages per publication may also be reduced somewhat, with care taken to ensure that quality is not sacrificed.

69.   He said although his association had received several complaints from local publications about the newsprint price, it had not heard any report about publications closing.

70.   In addition to a softer advertising climate, the New York Times Co. and other newspaper publishers are also facing a threat from higher newsprint prices.