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Phoenix New Times Reporter Rejects Deal in Public Records Casenew
In October, as the New Times grand-jury probe fiasco bubbled to the surface, reporter Ray Stern was given a criminal citation for disorderly conduct after an argument over taking photos of public records at the sheriff's office. Stern said Monday that a Phoenix prosecutor offered him a fine of $100 or attending anger management classes in exchange for a guilty plea, the Associated Press reports. "I'm not going to (plead guilty)," he says. "I know I wasn't yelling."
The Associated Press via Editor & Publisher |
12-26-2007 10:58 am |
Legal News
Santa Barbara Independent Fights Contempt Chargenew
Attorneys for the alt-weekly have filed legal papers with the California Court of Appeal arguing that a judge erred in finding the Indy in contempt of court for refusing to turn over all the crime scene photographs taken by Paul Wellman. The paper's attorneys argue the judge failed to provide any evidence there was "a reasonable possibility" that Wellman's unpublished photos "will materially assist" the defense attorney who asked for them. The legal standard required by California Constitution to penetrate California's shield law requires a reasonable possibility, the Indy reports.
Santa Barbara Independent |
12-26-2007 9:15 am |
Legal News
Westword Co-Founder Dies in Car Crashnew
Sandra Widener, who started the Denver alt-weekly in 1977 with Patricia Calhoun and Rob Simon, died on Saturday when the vehicle her family was in skidded out of control and a tractor trailer slammed into the driver's side, the Denver Post reports. She was 53 years old. Her husband, Democratic political consultant John Parr, and one of their two daughters also died in the crash. Their 17-year-old daughter is expected to leave the hospital today, according to the Rocky Mountain News. "Their house became a focal point for the neighborhood, and the world. Their friends included everybody," Calhoun tells the Post. "They always had students in from other countries. It was just a nonstop party." The News also reports that three drivers have been charged with driving too fast for conditions in the chain-reaction crash.
The Denver Post | Rocky Mountain News |
12-26-2007 8:16 am |
Industry News
Local Online Ad Sector Filled with Challenges, Promise in 2008new
ClickZ News |
12-26-2007 12:05 pm |
Industry News
Online Dating Service Launches Campaign Attacking eHarmonynew
New York Times |
12-26-2007 9:32 am |
Industry News
Tags: Classified Advertising
Boston Phoenix Story Trips Up Mitt Romneynew
On Wednesday, the Phoenix published David Bernstein's "Was It All a Dream?," which called into question whether Romney's father actually marched with Martin Luther King, Jr., as the presidential candidate had claimed in a recent speech and TV appearance. Dogged by reporters over the assertion, Romney yesterday backpedaled and admitted that he never did see such a thing. Yet a spokesperson tells the Phoenix that, even if Mitt never "saw" it, George Romney did march with King, despite historical evidence to the contrary. "I researched this question, and indeed it is untrue that George Romney marched with Martin Luther King," the assistant editor of the Martin Luther King Jr. Papers Project at Stanford University tells the Boston Globe.
The Associated Press | Boston Phoenix | Boston Globe |
12-21-2007 10:20 am |
Industry News
Alleged Free Paper Thief Caught in Oaklandnew
Police say they caught an East Bay man loading piles of free papers -- including the East Bay Express -- into a vehicle early Wednesday morning, the Oakland Tribune reports. In California, taking more than 25 papers is a crime. A witness called police after following the suspect during repeated trips to a recycling center, where the suspect would turn in the papers for cash, according to a police source. No word on if this was the same thief featured on this site last month.
The Oakland Tribune |
12-21-2007 10:04 am |
Industry News
Longtime Boulder Weekly Staffer to Helm Conservative Editorial Pagenew
Wayne Laugesen is leaving the Weekly to become the editorial-page editor of the Colorado Springs Gazette, Westword reports. In its ad for the job, the Gazette said it was looking for "a libertarian thinker ... in tune with our philosophy of (a) respect for the individual, (b) limited government, (c) free markets, and (d) free trade," which might not seem a great fit for someone who had worked at the progressive Weekly on-and-off for 13 years. But Laugesen never espoused the views shared by most of his colleagues. "It's always been heated and tense, politically," he tells Westword. "I don't know how many times I've written some right-wing thing for the Weekly, which is owned by a left-wing publisher [Stewart Sallo] and has a liberal editor [Pamela White], and somebody has called up and said, 'You're fired.' It's definitely happened -- but generally we were back on good terms within a few days." He speaks well of the Weekly, but says he's excited to be going to an organization where he's "under the same big umbrella, philosophically."
Westword |
12-21-2007 9:20 am |
Industry News
Four Alt-Weekly Journalists Named NEA Fellowsnew
Michael Bowen (The Pacific Northwest Inlander), Skylar Browning (Missoula Independent), Brendan Kiley (The Stranger), and Ashley Lindstrom (San Antonio Current) have been named fellows in the fourth National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) Arts Journalism Institute in Theater and Musical Theater at USC's Annenberg School. The fellows will participate in a rigorous 10-day program in February with guest faculty including L.A. Weekly theater editor Steven Leigh Morris.
USC Annenberg School for Communication Press Release |
12-21-2007 8:26 am |
Honors & Achievements
Top Concert Promoter Sets Up Challenge to Ticketmasternew
New York Times |
12-21-2007 10:17 am |
Industry News
Tags: Marketing, Retail Advertising
Dave Morgan: Newspapers Need to Disaggregatenew
Online Spin |
12-21-2007 10:12 am |
Industry News
Best Practices For Your Social-Media Strategynew
Online Spin |
12-21-2007 10:07 am |
Industry News
IAB Issues Final Guidelines For Rich Media Ad Measurementnew
Online Media Daily |
12-21-2007 10:05 am |
Industry News
AT&T Study: Small Businesses Sticking to Traditional Medianew
Marketing Daily |
12-21-2007 10:04 am |
Industry News
Avocado Grower Pushes Guac-And-Michelob Promonew
Marketing Daily |
12-21-2007 10:02 am |
Industry News
Tags: Marketing, Retail Advertising
