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On May 28 in Boston, Thompson will learn whether he has won the National Cartoonists Society’s Reuben Award for cartoonist of the year. It is his second straight nomination for a strip that was syndicated almost four years ago. “Cul de Sac” is carried by nearly 150 newspapers, including The Washington Post, where it began. It has spawned four books, a handful of animated shorts — and legions of fans.

Globe and Mail journalists won five National Newspaper Awards for 2010. The Globe was also on the short list of finalists for six other awards. Here are the stories behind the stories: how they went to great lengths to get the facts and visuals for the stories and displays that were recognized for their excellence.

So, 100,000 new digital subscriptions in four weeks for the nation's third-largest newspaper -- is that an impressive figure? "If you're The New York Times, no," said Alex Daley, an analyst for Casey Research. "The New York Times is the Apple of the journalism world," he added.

The New York Times won two Pulitzer Prizes for commentary and foreign reporting in 2010, while The Los Angeles Times received the coveted public service Pulitzer.

Spending on U.S. Internet ads rose 15% to $26 billion last year, outpacing traditional media and surpassing newspaper ad revenue for the first time.

The New York Times rolled out a plan on Thursday to begin charging the most frequent users of its Web site $15 a month in a bet that readers would pay for news they have grown accustomed to getting free.

Apple has agreed to allow publishers to sell subscriptions through its popular App Store, an issue that has been a source of contention since the iPad went on the market.

News Corp Chairman Rupert Murdoch, among the most ardent defenders of the traditional press, introduced the first ever newspaper created solely for tablet devices like the iPad.

The top 5 things I'm hoping to see in The Daily, the iPad-only news serviceFull Coverage: iPad

The newspaper industry, devastated during the recession, had another bad year in 2010.Overall, circulation for newspapers in the U.S. declined 5 percent during the six months ended Sept. 30, according to the Audit Bureau of Circulations' Fas-Fax, the industry's semi-annual scorecard.