AAN News
Defamation Suit Against Cleveland Scene Dismissednew
US District Judge Lesley Wells this week dismissed in its entirety a suit brought against the Scene by Dr. Edward Patrick. Patrick had argued that a 2004 article by Thomas Francis falsely suggested his resume was misleading, his medical credentials were not valid, and that his board certification process was fraudulent. The doctor sought compensation for defamation, invasion of privacy by disclosure of private facts, and false light invasion of privacy, all of which were thrown out by the court.
US District Court, Northern District of Ohio |
10-23-2008 8:44 am |
Legal News
Google Upgrades Analytics Functionsnew
Online Media Daily |
10-23-2008 8:47 am |
Industry News
Alt-Weeklies Win Four Food Journalism Awardsnew
Miami New Times' Lee Klein won a first-place award for Newspaper Restaurant Criticism in this year's Association of Food Journalists awards. Robb Walsh of the Houston Press and Randall Roberts of Riverfront Times took second and third place, respectively, in the Newspaper Food Feature category; and Seattle Weekly's Maggie Dutton finished second in the Newspaper Food Column category. Winners were announced last weekend at a banquet in Houston.
Association of Food Journalists (PDF) |
10-22-2008 10:36 am |
Industry News
Folio Weekly Story Leads Ethics Commission to Ask for Meetingnew
"Has anybody seen this?," asked Jacksonville Ethics Commission member Pat Sher at the commission's meeting this week. She was holding a Folio story detailing how the city withheld public records from the paper for years. "I have, and I have gotten calls about this from concerned citizens. The public is concerned about the withholding of public records. We need to make sure the public is getting the information they request." The Jacksonville Daily Record reports the commission ultimately voted 5-3 to request that the city's general counsel meet with the Ethics Commission to discuss the accusations made in the Folio article.
The Jacksonville Daily Record |
10-22-2008 8:41 am |
Industry News
Philadelphia City Paper Teams Up with Reading Terminal Market to Host Recipe Contest
Philadelphia City Paper Press Release |
10-22-2008 11:48 am |
Press Releases
AP Launches Verve Wireless-Powered Mobile App for BlackBerrynew
Online Media Daily |
10-22-2008 9:30 am |
Industry News
Architecture Firm Tapped to Expand and 'Green' Charleston City Paper Officesnew
Studio A Architecture Press Release |
10-22-2008 9:05 am |
Press Releases
Ben Eason Corrects the Recordnew
Creative Loafing Inc.'s CEO says former staffer Steve Fennessy's coverage of his company's bankruptcy filing is mistaken in several respects. Eason says that Fennessy is "mis-reading the strength of CL's open and resilient culture and how this relates to its financial and journalistic success," and that he is not accounting "for the fundamental macro issues facing media companies and their financial footings." Eason also admits that court documents (pdf) filed last week by Creative Loafing were mistaken: Its July-to-September revenues were $8.3 million -- not $3.5 million, as the document states -- with print revenue declining 15 percent and online sales up 180 percent during that period, on a year-over-year basis.
Atlanta Magazine |
10-21-2008 12:57 pm |
Industry News
Grapevine, Texas, Proposes Ban on News Boxesnew
The city of about 50,000 residents near Dallas-Fort Worth International Airport is proposing an outright ban on news boxes in its historic downtown district, the Fort Worth Star-Telegram reports. Councilwoman Darlene Freed says the council, which will hold a public hearing on the issue next month, is divided on the ban. Freed says the boxes "are not particularly attractive, but I think you have to have access to newspapers on Main Street ... it's about the First Amendment." Freed also says she's talking with city officials about regulating the boxes rather than banning them. "I suggest they should at least talk with publishers about resolving these issues," says Fort Worth Weekly publisher Lee Newquist, who has several news boxes along the city's Main Street corridor.
The Fort Worth Star-Telegram |
10-20-2008 11:58 am |
Industry News
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AAN |
10-20-2008 9:35 am |
Association News
NOW Magazine Columnist Releases Book on Global Food Issuesnew
Wayne Roberts' The No-Nonsense Guide to World Food covers the loss of "real food," the growing dominance of Western agribusiness, and successful alternative practices based on the concept of community food security. Roberts, who writes about food issues for NOW, is also active in the community food security movement, serving on the board of the Community Food Security Coalition and Food Secure Canada, and coordinating the Toronto Food Policy Council. "[The book] clocks in at just under 200 pages and is a great primer for how the global food system really works," writes Jeff Nield in a review on Treehugger.com.
Between the Lines Books |
10-20-2008 9:07 am |
Industry News
Creative Loafing CEO Ben Eason Named 'Business Leader to Watch'new
The St. Petersburg Times |
10-20-2008 9:47 am |
Industry News
UBS Cuts 2009 Ad Spend Estimates by 6 Percentnew
Media Daily News |
10-20-2008 9:09 am |
Industry News
Art Students Reimagine Philadelphia City Paper News Boxesnew
City Paper publisher Paul Curci invited graphic design and industrial design students from the University of the Arts to rework the paper's street boxes, and "the results are, by and large, stunning," according to editor Brian Howard. The mock-ups use ideas ranging from the utilitarian (a box that collects rain water and funnels it into a street-level dog bowl) to the futuristic (the "multi-lingual distributional information kiosk" pictured at left which features solar power, USB and headphone ports, and allows individuals to print out personalized issues of the paper). A jury that included arts professionals and Curci chose winners, some of which may be produced in the coming year.
Philadelphia City Paper |
10-17-2008 12:44 pm |
Industry News
East Bay Express Circ Manager Nabs Newspaper Thievesnew
Express president Hal Brody tells the Berkeley Daily Planet that the paper's circulation manager saw two men in a white van stealing free circulation newspapers from street racks on Wednesday morning and made a citizen's arrest. After the Berkeley police arrived and processed the arrest, the two suspects were charged with theft of free publications, driving on the wrong side of the road and driving with expired plates.
The Berkeley Daily Planet |
10-17-2008 10:44 am |
Industry News
