| November 2001 |
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Frederick's
"Black Book" Finally Released to News-Post and AP
After a year-long legal battle for access to Frederick's "black book"
prostitution files, much of the material was handed over to the press on Nov. 7. |
Gather
Your Contest Materials Now
It's time to start preparing entries for the 2001 Editorial Contest. The MDDC Press
Association is gearing up for the annual contest that recognizes editorial excellence in
the newspapers of Maryland, Delaware and the District of Columbia. |
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Lawyers Working
Hard for the Press
Behind the scenes of our newspapers there's been a lot of work recently by lawyers! Yep,
the folks we've often nagged and cajoled for information for our stories are also often
working side by side with us. |
Readership
Numbers Increase
Newspaper readership in the top 50 U.S. markets gained nearly a full percentage point in
the Newspaper Association of America's Fall 2001 Competitive Media Index, an NAA analysis
of market data from Scarborough Research for the period ending March 2001. |
Press Requests
Rumsfeld's Support
The American Society of Newspaper Editors (ASNE) and the Newspaper Association of America
(NAA) asked Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld to make a statement of support for open
and independent reporting on the war on terrorism. |
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Court Records
Recommendations Expected in Mid-January
The Committee on Access to Court Records in Maryland plans to complete s draft report and
recommendations by mid-January. |
NNA Makes Leadership
Changes
National Newspaper Association (NNA) CEO Kenneth B. Allen resigned, effective Nov. 5 to
pursue other business opportunities. |
Profile: Chris
Eddings
Christopher A. Eddings, publisher and group vice
president for The Daily Record, joined the newspaper as publisher in August 1997 was named
group vice president of Dolan Media's Mid-Atlantic publications in 1999. During a 27 year
newspaper career, Crhis has published daily and weekly newspapers in Massachusetts, Texas
and Maryland, and served as general manager of the European Edition of The Stars and
Stripes in Darnstadt, Germany from 1991 to 1993, the paper's first civilian GM since World
War II. He is currently the Maryland state chair for the National Newspaper Association
and vice president of the American Court and Commerical Newspapers Association. |
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Circulation Use the Web to Increase Numbers
A few years ago when newspapers began to implement online services the crise from the
circulation department could be heard. |
Online Newspaper
Companies Merge
PowerAdz and AdOne, two online newspaper application service providers, announced a merger
in October. The new company will service more than 1,600 daily and weekly newspapers
across the country and aggregate more than 1 million paid newspaper classifieds daily. |
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Legal Interactive Web Site Get New Protection from Lawsuits
It was bound to happen. You've read those customer book reviews on Amazon.com,
haven't you? ONe of those users was going to defame an author sooner or later. It has
probably happened more than once. Jerome Schneider, author of several books on taxation
and asset protection, said he had been defamed when a user called him a felon and made
other negative remarks. |
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Advertising Lessons Learned During Recessions
Newspapers can learn from mistakes the industry made during the recession following the
Gulf War to avoid losing advertisers in the aftermath of the Sept. 11 attacks, a marketing
expert told a conference of newspaper editors earlier this Fall. |
AP
Purchases NICC from NAA
The Associated Press has purchased the Newspaper Industry Commication Center (NICC), and
ad placement, billing and tearsheet providing service, from the Newspaper Association of
America. |
Monsters
Star in NAA Literacy Ads
Sulley, the top kid scarer at Monsters, Inc., and his best friend and scare assistant
Mike, are the latest movie characters to be featured in the Newspaper Association of
America's (NAA) literacy ad campaign. |
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Growing
Revenue in Tough Times
Growing revenue is a constant challenge for community newspapers, and these economic times
call for even more creativity. |
NAA Creates
Smaller-Market Group
The Newspaper Association of America has launched the Smaller-Market Newspaper Federation
for member newspapers with circulation less than 35,000. |
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