| February 2000 |
| Convention to Feature Snyder, Graham, Farquar and Award
Winners The 2000 MDDC Winter Convention promises another exciting lineup of speakers and award presentations. This year's convention features Washington Redskins owner Daniel Snyder and Washington Post Publisher Donald E. Graham, and Associated Press national writer Ted Anthony as speakers. |
| Floyd to Lead MDDC; Brady to Join Officers Legusta Floyd, publisher and editor of The Prince George's Post, has been nominated to lead the MDDC Press Association for the next year. |
| Newspaper Associations Oppose Postal Rate Increase The U.S. Postal Service's request for rate increases has drawn criticism from two national newspaper organizations, both of which feel newspapers will be severely affected by the increases. |
| Profile: Stewart
Dobson A second-generation Eastern Shore journalist, Stewart is president and publisher of Flag Publications, Inc., which publishes the weeklies Ocean City Today, Cablechannels and Ocean City Digest. From 1984 to 1994 he served as editor/general manager for The Beachcomber and Maryland Times-Press. He has served editorial and writing stints with The Aspen Times in Colorado, Independent Newspapers in Delaware, Maryland and Arizona, and Easton Publishing, the predecessor to Chesapeake Publishing. |
| Brook Named Journalist of the Year Yoni Brook, a senior at Charles E. Smith Jewish Day School in Rockville, was selected as the 1999-2000 MDDC High School Journalist of the Year. |
| MDDC Foundation Gets IRS Approval The Internal Revenue Service has approved the MDDC Press Foundation's status as a 501(c)(3) exempt organization. |
| Four MDDC Papers Selected for Impact Study More than 100 daily U.S. newspapers are participating in a study exploring and measuring how newspaper content and service are linked to readership success. |
| Supreme Court OKs Driver's Privacy Act The U.S. Supreme Court ruled in January that the Driver's Privacy Protection Act of 1994 is consitutional. |
| Legal
Does 'Fair Reports' Privilege Apply to
Non-public Materials? Why ask the headline question at all? The Cleveland Plain Dealer finds itself in court in Atlanta, Georgia, of all places, in a libel case brought by an airline because The Plain Dealer published some negative results of a preliminary report on FAA inspections of the airline. |
| Advertising Department Update The year 1999 proved to another busy one for the MDDC Ad Placement Service (MAPS). Its $10.7 million in gross sales exceeded budget by over 20%, largely due to the increases MDDC papers realized from JCPenney business over previous years. Maryland, Delaware and DC newspapers grossed over $7 million in MAPS placements. |
| Sign up now for Weeklies' Cost and Revenue Study The Natioanl Cost and Revenue Study for Weekly Newspapers, administered by Inland Press Foundation and co-sponsored by MDDC and 47 other state and regional newspaper associations, is designed to help weekly newspaper executives determine the efficiency of newspaper operations. As always, results are confidential. |
| Sun Takes Confidential Settlement Case to Court The Baltimore Sun's fight to obtain civil litigation settlement information from Baltimore City moved to the Maryland Court of Appeals where a hearing was held Feb. 4. |
| Telemarketing Bill Leads off 2000 Legislative Season A panel of executives from MDDC newspapers testified Feb. 8 before the Maryland Senate Finance Committee in opposition to a telemarketing bill that would impose additional state regualtions to the exisitng federal rules controlling telephone solicitation by businesses. |
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