Some papers see Q1 sales rise – first since 2006

After suffering through six straight years of steadily plunging advertising revenues, some newspaper publishers say they are on track to achieve year-to-year sales gains in the first quarter of 2012.The last time newspaper ad sales grew in the first quarter was 2006, when combined industry revenues rose 0.35% from the prior year to $11.1 billion. In 2011, print and digital ad sales in the first