[4] In its December 2006 issue, the AJR printed an article about the Santa Barbara News-Press and its owner, Wendy P.

[5] Later that month, McCaw sued Susan Paterno, the writer of the article, accusing her of libel and product disparagement.

In August 2007, The Washington Post reported that the AJR could shut down by the end of 2007 if it could not reduce its operating deficit, then running at about $200,000 per year (with a total budget of about $800,000).

Donations to the AJR from 2004-2007 included about $1.25 million from a group of news veterans headed by former Philadelphia Inquirer executive editor Eugene Roberts.

[7] By mid-2007, the AJR had only one full-time editorial employee, editor Rem Rieder, with the design and artwork of the magazine contracted out.