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NYT Co. Sheds TV Stations to Focus on Print, Digitialnew

Online Media Daily (reg. req.)  |  09-13-2006  6:45 am  |  Industry News

After Jackson Free Press Story, City Council Investigates Mayor

On Sept. 1, Jackson Free Press Reporter Adam Lynch broke the news that Mayor Frank Melton and "a team of young men" had broken into a private home, apparently believing it to be a crackhouse, and sledgehammered the contents. Since then, a number of other press outlets have picked up the story, Mississippi Attorney General Jim Hood's office has begun an investigation into the incident, and this morning, City Councilman Ben Allen announced that he would call for a Council-led investigation Friday if professional investigators have not yet finished.
09-12-2006  1:03 pm  |  Industry News

Washington City Paper Staff Gets Dunked

The Washington City Paper operated a dunking booth at the Adams Morgan Festival in D.C. on Sunday. Fishbowl DC reports that Editor Erik Wemple and columnist James Jones both volunteered to get wet, and there are photos of the latter.
09-12-2006  7:53 am  |  Industry News

Miami New Times Starts 'Riptide' Group Blognew

New Times Broward-Palm Beach  |  09-12-2006  1:11 pm  |  Industry News

'Vigorous Debate' Over Mohr's 'Winning Online' Manifestonew

Editor & Publisher  |  09-12-2006  8:23 am  |  Industry News

Drugs, Beverages Drive Mag Ad Pagesnew

Mediaweek  |  09-12-2006  1:43 am  |  Industry News

SAGE Advice: First 2006 Holiday Spending Reviewnew

Editor & Publisher  |  09-12-2006  1:39 am  |  Industry News

Isthmus News Editor Writes Book About 'Heart-Breaking' Case

When Isthmus News Editor Bill Lueders first wrote about "Patty," a visually impaired woman charged with falsely reporting a rape, he hoped his 4,400-word piece would influence the prosecution to change direction. That was in 1998, and Lueders was so confident Patty was telling the truth that he told the mayor he would quit his job if he was proved wrong. His article didn't have the effect he had hoped, but prosecutors did eventually drop the charges against Patty, and in 2001 a suspect was charged with sexually assaulting her. Lueders expanded his investigation into a book, Cry Rape, newly published by the University of Wisconsin Press. The Capital Times in Madison, Wis., says Lueders' "achievement is large -- the book is not a polemic, the tone is not angry, but the systemic fallibility Cry Rape reveals is frightening."
09-11-2006  2:42 pm  |  Industry News

Mark Fefer Named Editor in Chief of Seattle Weekly

Fefer previously worked at the Weekly from 1995 to 2004: He was a staff writer until he was promoted to arts and culture editor in 2002. He has spent the last two years in New York City, most recently working as an editor for Bloomberg News. His first day will be Oct. 3, Village Voice Media announced in a press release Monday. (FULL STORY)
Village Voice Media Press Release  |  09-11-2006  12:46 pm  |  Press Releases

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