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Reporter Accuses Florida Business Paper of Inflating Numbers

By Bob Norman

New Times Broward-Palm Beach | August 13, 2004

Former investigative reporter Stephen Van Drake filed suit against the South Florida Business Journal, part of a national 41-newspaper chain, accusing it of drastically inflating circulation numbers to increase advertising revenues.

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Tags: Florida, journalism, media, fraud, Orlando, ethics, lawsuit, Tampa, and Jacksonville, Audit Bureau of Circulations, Deerfield Beach

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