New Jersey's largest city is engaging in pay-to-praise journalism. Newark is paying a newspaper 100-thousand dollars to publish positive stories about the city. The no-bid contract was awarded to the Newark Weekly News. The city already advertises heavily in the paper. The newspaper must generate stories based on leads from the city's public information office. Newspaper owner Howard Scott tells The Star-Ledger of Newark he's providing a service much the same way as other newspapers print legal advertisements for municipalities.