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Justice Department Unveils New Policy on State Secretsnew
Attorney General Eric Holder has laid out out new procedures that will "provide greater accountability and ensure the state secrets privilege is invoked only when necessary and in the narrowest way possible." Open government advocates like OMB Watch and Sen. Patrick Leahy have "expressed cautious optimism" about the policy, the Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press reports. Secrecy News also has a mixed reaction, saying the policy "includes procedural and substantive changes to current practice," but "it reserves decisions over the exercise of the privilege to the executive branch, and it appears to have garbled its treatment of judicial review."
U.S. Department of Justice |
09-24-2009 11:43 am |
Industry News
Tags: Editorial, Management
New York Times Explores New Twitter Search Productsnew
Saying there is "a lot of power in organizing and curating this world," The New York Times Company senior VP of digital operations Martin Nisenholtz told OMMA conference attendees yesterday that Times has built a search product that aggregates Twitter commentary from both editors and readers for its popular fashion-themed blog The Moment and it plans on building many more. "If you go out and search Twitter, it doesn't work very well," he said. "It's very literal."
Mediaweek |
09-22-2009 3:08 pm |
Industry News
Robert Newman Goes a Little Deeper into Village Voice Cover Archivenew
Last week, we told you about the collection of Village Voice covers posted in Facebook galleries by Robert Newman Design. Over the weekend, he added some even older covers from the 70s and 80s, featuring the work of design luminaries like Milton Glaser, George Delmerico and Michael Grossman. The New York Times' David Carr says "it's a walk down memory lane for people who otherwise might have some trouble remembering those good old days."
The New York Times |
09-22-2009 9:59 am |
Industry News
Despite Industry Turmoil, Many J-Schools Seeing Record Enrollmentsnew
The Chronicle of Higher Education |
09-22-2009 11:22 am |
Industry News
Tags: Editorial, Management
Forecast: Internet Ad Spend Will Grow 11 Percent in '10new
Media Daily News |
09-22-2009 10:42 am |
Industry News
Tom Tomorrow Pens His First Children's Book
Promo materials say The Very Silly Mayor uses "humor and social commentary to teach children to trust their own judgment, even if other people might disagree with their views or make fun of them." The book, which is currently available in stores and at web retailers, is the product of Tom Tomorrow's own experience as a parent. "As the parent of a small child, you end up reading a lot of fairly awful story books at bedtime, and as someone whose livelihood is derived from a certain facility at combining words and pictures, the lure of trying to do better was eventually too strong to resist," he explained on his blog earlier this year. You can read more about the book at the Very Silly Mayor website.
AAN News |
09-21-2009 11:35 am |
Industry News
Seattle Weekly Story Leads to Free Health Care for Couple in Neednew
After reading the Weekly's Sept. 1 profile of Eugene and Yukiko Gatlin, former patients of Group Health who went bankrupt paying its insurance premiums, the "boutique primary care provider" Qliance contacted the paper with an offer to help. The company, which doesn't work through insurance but charges patients a flat monthly fee for primary care at one of its clinics, will waive the fee for the Gatlins until they can afford it at some point down the line. "Miracles do happen," Eugene Gatlin says, though he tells the Weekly he's still concerned about the cost of the couple's medications.
Seattle Weekly |
09-21-2009 9:56 am |
Industry News
Tags: Management, Seattle Weekly
Call for Applications: Templeton-Cambridge Fellowships in Science & Religionnew
The John Templeton Foundation |
09-21-2009 1:19 pm |
Industry News
Tags: Editorial, Management
New Owners Bring Changes to Nashville Scenenew
Nashville-based SouthComm purchased the Scene from Village Voice Media last month, and has swiftly been making changes. Former managing editor and longtime staffer Jim Ridley has taken over as editor, and the paper rolled out a glossy look this week. In addition, SouthComm has brought all editorial staffers of its Nashville properties (it owns The City Paper, NashvillePost.com and a handful of smaller print publications) under one roof, and done the same -- in a different building -- for business-side staff. Scene writer Bruce Barry says Nashville is "the alpha test" of SouthComm's publishing theory, which involves owning a unique blend of niche publications in a single market. Barry also points out that many SouthComm higher-ups are "very conservative" and wonders how that might affect the alt-weekly going forward.
Nashville Scene |
09-18-2009 1:09 pm |
Industry News
Blago Says the Reader Started Media Onslaught That Led to His Fallnew
In his new book, The Governor, Rod Blagojevich points fingers at many local politicians for his fall from grace. But he also blames the press, including the Chicago Reader, for his problems. In the middle of a chapter on how 33rd Ward alderman Richard Mell (who is also Blago's father-in-law) used the media to spread damaging rumors, he writes: "The first story I recall seeing was in the Reader newspaper. I think the title was 'Mell Gets the Shaft.'" He continues: "I felt violated. I felt betrayed. Who goes to the press about his own family?" Ben Joravsky, the author of said article, points out that the story was actually titled "Rod Gives 'Em the Shaft," and then goes on to tell his side of how that story came about.
Chicago Reader |
09-18-2009 8:57 am |
Industry News
Study: Half Of Ad Impressions, 95 Percent Of Clicks Fraudulentnew
Online Media Daily |
09-18-2009 9:02 am |
Industry News
Robert Newman Design Showcases Years of Village Voice Covers
In a three-part Facebook photo album series, Robert Newman Design has posted a whole bunch of Voice covers and inside design pieces dating back to when Newman himself was at the paper in the early 90s. In addition to Newman, the photosets also feature design work from Florian Bachleda, Jennifer Gilman, Ted Keller and IvyLise Simones, as well as illustration work from a number of artists. Check them out here, here and here.
AAN News |
09-17-2009 11:47 am |
Industry News
OPA Study: Web Users Spending More Time on Content Sitesnew
A new Online Publishers Association study finds that people in 2009 on average spent 42 percent of their web time on content sites compared to 34 percent in 2003. The actual amount of time spent on content sites has nearly doubled in that time period, from an average of three hours, 42 minutes to six hours, 58 minutes.
Online Media Daily |
09-17-2009 9:49 am |
Industry News
Palo Alto Weekly Will Move into New 'Green' Building With Sister Papersnew
The Weekly will join The Mountain View Voice and The Almanac in a new three-story building built and owned by parent company Embarcadero Media later this month. "The new building boasts energy-efficient and other environmental features that will make it among the 'greenest' buildings in the area," the Voice reports. READ MORE about the building in a 2008 story in the Weekly.
Mountain View Voice |
09-17-2009 9:18 am |
Industry News
Tags: Management, Palo Alto Weekly
Knight News Challenge Accepting Applications Until Oct. 15new
John S. and James L. Knight Foundation |
09-17-2009 1:55 pm |
Industry News
Tags: Electronic Publishing, Management
