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- MD Speaker Busch Added to MDDC Annual Convention Lineup
Maryland Speaker of the House Mike Busch will be the featured luncheon speaker at the MDDC
Annual Convention completing a lineup that includes sessions on telemarketing
alternatives, ethics and growing revenue.
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- Officers, Board Members Set for Election at September Meeting
Jeffrey Mezzatesta, vice president and publisher of the Cecil Whig, has been nominated to
lead the MDDC Press Association for the next year.
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- Open Meetings Act Decisions Bad and Good for Papers
Decisions on two complaints dealing with Maryland's Open Meetings Act were recently hadned
down, including a potentionally troubling court decision on who has standing to sue under
the act and an opinion from the Open Meetings Compliance Board rejecting an
"executive function" exemption claim in Frederick County.
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- Profile of Jan Alderton
Jan is the managing editor of the Cumberland (MD) Times-News.
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- Journals Offer No. VA Edition for Free
Beginning Sept. 8, Journal Newspapers Northern Virginia edition will be available for free
throughout the region, in a move the company is calling "the logical next step in the
evolution of American daily newspapers."
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- Daily Times Open Meeting Complaint Upheld
The Open Meetings Compliance Board decided recently that a public body may not close its
meeting to discuss a personnel category, even if that "category" is filled by a
small number of public employees or even one.
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- Gambling Advertising: There are no Easy Answers
The U.S. Department of Justice announced in December 2000 that it would not enforce the
federal criminal law prohibiting the mailing of lottery ads, so long as mailed material
does not display or convey any entry materials.
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- How Well do you Know Your Customer?
How well do you know your customer? It may seem like an odd questions, but it goes to the
hear of your newspaper's relationship or lack of one with that customer.
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- Survey Find Reporters Recieve Biggest Salary Increase in 2003
Reporters' salaries in 2003 experienced the biggest year-to-year gains ever measured by
the Newspaper Industry Compensation Survey in its 16 years.
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