| July 2002 |
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MDDC Convention Sept. 5-7; Sessions Focus on
Generating Business, Acces, Internet, 9/11 and More
In 2002, newspapers are dealing with issues ranging from increasing profits to new
technology. Join MDDC for an Annual Convention with sessions tackling the topics of
generating business through marketing, access issues in the current climate, the
relationship between newspapers and the Internet and more, Spet. 5-7 in Ocean City, MD. |
Knight Foundation Gift to Establish Journalism Center
at Maryland
A multifaceted center to house some of America's most important journalism programs and
publications will be part of a future new journalism building at the University of
Maryland. University and foundation officials have announced a lead gift of $3 million to
establish the JOhn S. and James L. Knight Journalism Center at the Philip Merrill College
of Journalism. |
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MDDC Members
and Students Find Benefits in Summer Internships
The MDDC Internship program is nearing the end of its fourth summer with eight students
completing the eight-week program at MDDC member newspapers in Maryland and Delaware. |
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Palmer Named New Sun
Publisher, Waller Retires
Denise E. Palmer, president and chief executive officer of a 24-hour cable news station in
Chicago, will become publisher of The Sun in late September. |
Abitibi Closes
Mills, Cuts Production
Abitibi-Consolidate, Inc., the world's largest newsprint maker, said June 25 that it is
shutting down sawmills and cutting wood production in Canada because of slumping demand in
the U.S. market caused by Washington's punitive duties on lumber from Canada. |
Profile: Chuck
Lyons
Chuck is president of Post-Newsweek Media Inc.,
which publishes 38 Gazette community newspapers, 12 military publications, three
technology magazines and six Internet sites in Maryland and the Washington, DC, region. An
executive with The Washington Post Company for eight years, he began his publishing career
as a reporter for his hometown daily newspaper, The Owosso (MI) Argus-Press, where he won
the Associated Press Managing Editor's top award from reporting on the economic decline of
the Midwestern town where he grew up. His publishing career included five years as
president of Chesapeake Publishing and publisher of The Star Democrat in Easton, MD. |
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Circulation News
Thanks to Kiosks, Do-Not-Call Lists Do Not Scare Us Anymore
The circulation department at The Herald-Mail Company in Hagerstown has had a kiosk sales
presence at different retail outlets for many years now. Within the past year we have been
able to turn the corner on order production with a full-time kiosk sales person. Our focus
has been to supplement our newspaper's reliance on telemarketing orders. |
Lilo & Stitch Star
in New Literacy Ads
Characters from "Lilo & Stitch," a new animated feature from Disney, are the
latest family-movie stars to tout the beenfits of reading the newspaper in literacy ads
from the Newspaper Association of America. |
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Legal News
Federal Closure Issues Ripen Under Terror Threat
Following the events of September 11 there have been a number of efforts proposed
to alter the public's current access to information on the federal level. These changes
could also affect the state and local levels. The following are just a few examples. |
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Advertising News
Ad Sales as Investment Counseling
Advertising is not the only profession which deals with clients who have definite ideas
about what they want.
- New MDDC Networks Representative
Stephanie Wilder joined the MDDC Press Service as the Advertising Networks Representative
in June.
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A
Simple Solution for an Age-Old Reporting Problem
You aren't getting any younger. For the more than six billion people on planet Earth, not
to mention the trillions of other creatures, this common saying is undeniably true. |
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