This journal includes the following papers, In Search of International Comparative Analysis: A New Journal for Global Mass Communication, Introduction to the Special Issue on Global News Flows: A Tribute to Robert L. Stevenson, Toward a More Holistic Analysis of International News Flows, Five Views of Development: How News Agencies Cover the Millennium Development Goals, Not Enough Time to Cover all the News: An Analysis of International News Coverage in Time and Newsweek, News Agency Majors: Ownership, Control and Influence Reevaluated, etc.