The big story leading today's newscasts is the sudden drop in the stock market. Stocks had their worst one-day drop since 9/11. So how did newspaper stocks fare? Here's how Marketwatch reported it:

Among newspaper publishers, New York Times Co. was down 3.4% to $24.57; Tribune Co. fell 2.8% to $29.94; Gannett Co. fell 2% to $61.70; Lee Enterprises Inc. shed 4.3% to $32.75; Media General Inc. gave up 3.3% to $41.28; and Dow Jones & Co., the publisher of MarketWatch, fell 3.6% to $35.86.

No immunity for newspapers.