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Morton and Marsella Join 2001 Convention Lineup;
Register Now
The 2001 MDDC Summer Convention will tackle the challenges of running a newspaper during
changing financial times with top presentations from John Morton, Tony Marsella and Ken
Blum. Plan to join MDDC on Sept. 6-8 at the Tidewater Inn in Easton to learn from the
experts and enjoy some fun on the Eastern Shore. |
DC Newspapers Oppose Council Legislation to Restrict
Telephone Solicitation
Executives from five newspapers in the District of Columbia told a District Council
committee July 11 that telephone solicitation is their chief means of attracting new
subscribers and that the success of such solicitations refutes claims that citizens oppose
such calls from their local newspaper. |
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Post's Graham Set the
Standard
Katharine Graham, 84, former publisher of The Washington Post, died July 17 in Boise, ID,
after suffering injuries in a fall a few days earlier while a conference for media
executives. |
New Board Members for
MDDC
The MDDC Board of Directors at its July 19 meeting elected two new members to fill
vacancies on the Board. |
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Newspaper Salary
Statistics Released
Online graphic artists enjoyed the highest percentage increase in base pay from 2000 to
2001 - 11.3 percent - of any newspaper job title, according to the recently released
Newspaper Industry Compensation Survey. This was the only position that recorded
double-digit percentage increases. |
National Newspaper
Week Set for October
Promotional materials will soon be available for the 2001 National Newspaper Week, Oct.
7-13. |
Profile:
Jim Lee
Jim is editor of the Carroll County Times in
Westminster, a position he has held since 1997. He has worked as a sports reporter, news
reporters and in various editor positions with The Wayne Independent, Honesdale, PA, and
The Daily Star in Oneonta, NY. Most recently he served as the city editor for the
Times-News in Burlington, NC, from 1993 to 1997. Jim serves on the MDDC Government Affairs
Committee and Freedom of Information Subcommittee. He helped plan the public records audit
conducted last summer by MDDC newspapers. In February, the Carroll County Times received
the James S. Keat Freedom of Information Award for coverage of the audit led by Jim. |
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Circulation Trends Focus on Better Service
Circulation departments are working hard to better serve readers by delivering newspapers
earlier, making it easier to purchase single copies, and implementing new systems to reach
a service representative, according to 2001 Circulation Facts, Figures and Logic, the
Newspaper Association of America's (NAA) biennial survey of circulation trends. |
MDDC Seeks Hall of Fame
Nominations
MDDC Press Association Hall of Fame Committee Chairman Jim Flood, Sr., publisher and
chairman of the Dover Post Company, says the committee is seeking nominees for election to
the MDDC Newspaper Hall of Fame in 2002. |
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Legal Plea Agreements:Part of the Court's Proceedings
What happens when a judge takes the criminal defendant, the prosecution and the
defense into his chambers for the purpose of discussing a plea agreement? Is there a right
of access to that discussion? |
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Advertising Ad Workshop Provides Useful Training
As many of you already know, the MDDC Press Service provides free Beginning Advertising
Sales workshops for member newspapers several times a year. |
Ideas for
Increasing Advertising Sales
Newspaper execs offer some common sense tips for selling ads during a slump. While working
harder and smaker is crucial during a slump, most of these tips could also be followed
during an up market. |
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HIPAA
Guidlines Issued for Release of Medical Information
The Department of Health and Human Services has issued guidelines on the Health Insurance
Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) federal privacy rules governing the release of
medical information. |
FOIA
Expedited Review has Test
In the first appeals court decision to interpret expedited review provisions in the
amended federal Freedom of Information Act, a three-judge panel in Washington, DC refused
July 13 to grant expedited review to FOI requests by Mohamed Al Fayed and Punch Limited,
the satirical British periodical which he owns. |
"Good
Grammar" New Jersey Style
Is good grammar becoming and endangered skill? If so, could following suggestions passed
along by John O'Brien, of the New Jersey Press Association, be the answer? Ah. . .No. |
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