May 2003 - Download Press News |
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- MDDC Introduces Newspaper Management Course Series
Beginning this September, MDDC Press Association is offering a new series of workshops,
the MDDC Newspaper Management Course, that will address the issues managers face every day
and prepare new managers for their position.
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- Donahue Announces Retirement; Search for Successor Underway
MDDC Press Association Executive Director Jim Donahue has announced that we will retire at
the end of the current year.
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- MD Court Holds Reporters Should Testify When Eyewitness
Summonses requiring reporters to testify in a Prince George's County Police disciplinary
hearing will be reinstated following a Court of Special Appeals decision this month.
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- Afro-American's Lacy Changed Sports with Writing
Sam Lacy, sports columnist for the Afro-American Newspaper, died May 8 at the age of 99.
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- Profile of Frank Schwind
Frank started his newspaper career in 1973 at The Baltimore Sun in the circulation
department, where he spent 27 years performing various duties including developing and
implementing strategies.
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- National Do-Not-Call List Starts in July for Consumers; Sept. for Telemarketers
Beginning in July, consumers can place their telephone numbers on a national do-not-call
registry through a toll-free number or online registration.
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- HIPPA Rules Raise Questions in Cumberland
Just one week after the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA)
regulations went into effect, a classic example of the results occurred in Cumberland at
the scene of a fire.
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- Web Site Copyrights and Deep Links: A Close Call
If a Web news service has deep links to stories on your Web site, framing the stories on
someone else's Web site, would you celebrate the added circulation or call your lawyer
about copyright infringement and unfair competition?
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- Best of MDDC Honors Top 2002 Ads
Creative and effective ads from newspapers across the region were the focus at the Best of
MDDC 2002 Advertising Awards Luncheon at the Greenbelt Marriott on May 2.
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- Sincell was Dedicated to the Newspaper Business and his Community
Robert Benjamin Sincell, 77, Mountain Lake Park, president of Sincell Publishing Co. Inc.,
which publishes Garrett County's weekly newspaper, The Republican, died May 16 at his home
in Mountain Lake Park.
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