| October 2000 View October Newsletter as PDF |
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| MDDC Seeks Action in Wake of Public
Records Audit The disvoery by Maryland newspapers that the state's public records are only public about 50 percent of the time has grabbed the attention of some top state officials who promise corrective action. Targets are a program to educate the government emloyees in charge of the records and possible legislation to clarify the law. |
| Policy Would Restrict Access to
Court Records in Maryland A proposal that would restrict public access to computerized court records will be considered by the Maryland Court of Appeals. |
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| Profile:
Jim Streit Jim is the publisher of the Neward Post, The Route 40 Flier and the New Castle Business Ledger, all in Delaware. He began his full-time career in 1970 at the Arbutus Times in a job that required reporting, writing, paste-up, ad selling, taking classifieds, and processing subscriptions. Jim realized his dream of editing a hometown newspaper, The Catonsville Times, in 1974. Through the years he moved up the ladder in Ellicott City, Prince Frederick and Gaithersburg, MD, Front Royal, VA, and Bar Harbor, ME, before joining Chesapeake Publishing Corp. in Newark in 1992. Jim is a member of the MDC Technology Committee and chairs its Training and Recruitment Subcommittee. |
| House Death Tax Bill Vetoed On August 31, President Clinton vetoed H.R. 8 the Death Tax Elimination Act that the National Newspaper Association (NNA) and numerous organizations are supporting. The House of Representatives tried unsuccessfully to override the President's veto, but fell 13 shy of the required two-thirds vote. |
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| MDDC Summer Convention The MDDC Summer Convention headed to "Mountain Maryland" where highlights included the expanded program and the beautiful scenery enjoyed by more than 120 participants. Rocky Gap Lodge & Golf Resort in Cumberland provided the setting for the Sept. 7 - 9 meeting, with magnificent views of the mountains, lake and golf course. |
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| Court Rules MD Governor is
Not Exempt from Public Information Laws Maryland's highest court ruled earlier this month that the governor is subject to the state's public record law and must turn over some, though not all, of his telephone and calendar of appointments for inspection. |
| American Profile Launches NE
Edition The Northeast edition of American Profile, a full-color national magazine with regional content for cmall community newspapers, was launched this month. |
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| Legal Living Without Copyright Agreements The information in this column could avoid ugly problems for you, "ugly" as in legal fees. |
| Amount of Award Reduced in
Capital's Libel Case The $2.5 million libel award against The Capital, thought to be one of the largest libel judgments in the state, has been reduced to $562,500 on a motion by the newspaper. |
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| Advertising Getting
to Know You I am quite certain this publication has been around long enough to cover every conceivable advertising topic. In fact, I'll wager that the very first column my predecessor wrote was one in which he introduced himself to the membership and then espoused the merits of the Classified Network, the 2x2 Network and the MAPS program. |
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| Circulation Weeklies Deal with Unique Issues What circulation issues do weeklies have that dailies don't? |
| NNA and USPS Agree on New Discount The National Newspaper Association(NNA) and the United States Postal Service(USPS) have agreed on a new discount for small newspaper mailers who must haul their own mail to a local post office to achieve timely delivery. Newspaper mailers have used private hauling without compensation in this manner for many years. |
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