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Sunday, May 20, 2007
Will 'NY Post' Scandal Sink Murdoch Bid for 'WSJ? While media insiders and all lovers of gossip may delight in the latest revelations surrounding Jared Paul Stern and the New York Post's "Page Six," a very serious side is being largely overlooked: Its potential impact on Post owner Rupert Murdoch's bid for Dow Jones. - May 19, 2007 10:00 AM ET
Fired 'Freep' Sportswriter Ordered Re-Hired Detroit Free Press sportswriter Perry Farrell returns to work Monday -- 10 months after the 18-year veteran was fired on an accusation that he violated the paper's ethical policy. Farrell said he was returning only because the Gannett-owned daily would not buy him out at a reasonable price after the paper lost a binding arbitration over the firing.- May 18, 2007 2:30 PM ET
'WSJ' Reporter Reveals How He Spent Years Finding 'Anonymous' Pulitzer Winner Joshua Prager, who is hosting Jahangir Razmi this weekend as he arrives to claim his 27-year-old Pulitzer Prize, says years of searching and research found the long-hidden secret. Here's the full story of how he did it. - May 18, 2007 11:40 AM ET
Jason Probst Named News Editor of 'Hutchinson (Kan.) News' Jason Probst has been named news editor of The Hutchinson (Kan.) News. Probst, 33, joined the newspaper in 2002 as a copy editor and paginator and has also served as a reporter.
Steve Martaindale Named News Editor at 'Fort Bend Herald' in Texas Steve Martaindale has been named news editor at the Fort Bend Herald in Rosenberg, Texas. Martaindale has served as publisher of the Times Guardian in Canyon Lake, Texas, and was assistant publisher of The Rockport (Texas) Pilot.
SAGE Advice: Will Newspapers Share in 2008 Election Ad Bonanza? The huge flow of funds into campaigns will trigger a media feeding frenzy. Television will get the bulk of money spent for paid advertising. Internet spending will soar. But what about print? - by Leo J. Shapiro, Erik Shapiro and Steve Yahn - May 19, 2007
Look Mom, No Ads! Newspaper history textbooks have forgotten E.W. Scripps' quixotic attempt to make a success of a Chicago daily newspaper that not only refused to run advertising, but also regularly picked fights with the owners of department stores and supermarkets whose ads kept other papers in business. - by Mark Fitzgerald - May 18, 2007
Al Neuharth: 3 Years Ahead of the Curve on the War Three years ago this week, Gannett legend Al Neuharth, in his weekly USA Today column, became virtually the first high-profile pundit to call for the start of a U.S. pullout in Iraq. That list -- amazingly -- is still quite short. Here's what he said back then. - by Greg Mitchell - May 17, 2007
N. Christian Anderson III is E&P's Publisher of the Year Anderson is leading the Orange County Register as publisher in a hot market during a distinctly frigid time for newspapers. Just as the Register helped change Orange County and gave it a badly needed identity, Anderson and his paper have the potential to reshape a troubled newspaper industry -- by leading with innovation and risk-taking in pioneering efforts to amass an audience with a portfolio of products that use or discard the Register brand as needed.
What Gives? E&P interviewed several dozen reporters and editors who described in often painful detail how the current pressures -- both economic and journalistic -- are affecting them. Some editors claim the reduced workforce and increased needs are not hurting newsrooms, just requiring better organization and planning. Others admit they have had to abandon some beats entirely, and in a few cases, eliminate whole sections -- not to mention foreign bureaus -- to allow for the smaller staff and online push.
Counting on the Web Arthur Sulzberger Jr., chairman of The New York Times Co., was attacked by media hounds in February when he casually remarked that he didn't much care if his flagship paper appeared only on the Web in five years. While Sulzberger knows that pulp isn't going to the scrap heap any time soon (and he has long avowed that he is "platform agnostic"), his comment still managed to stir debate over pushing more resources to the digital side in hopes that it can serve as a lifeboat for a slowly sinking industry.
Wolf v. Piggy Robert Bower/Post Register Student attorney "fox" Max Teems listens to the judges comments in a Rigby, Idaho mock trial Friday May 11, 2007 where his client B.B. Wolf ( Kolby Mumm) challenged that " curly pig" Tiera Kammerman used malice and premeditation in her plot to harm the wolf. Student jury members found the wolf innocent and the pig went to jail. The Montesorri school students were learning about the nation's court system.
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