AAN News

Attorney General: Journalists Can Be Prosecutednew

AP via Yahoo!  |  05-22-2006  6:29 am  |  Legal News

Companies Spend Millions to Adapt Content for Mobile Devicesnew

The New York Times (reg. req.)  |  05-22-2006  6:35 pm  |  Industry News

Can Project Censored Still Be Trusted?new

That's the question asked by Pasadena Weekly's Kevin Uhrich, who says that "some in the alternative press ... aren't so sure anymore." According to Uhrich, the skeptics are asking whether the stories celebrated by Sonoma State University's annual enterprise are relevant and accurate, and whether they are truly censored. "Really, there are very few stories in American journalism that get censored," says LA Weekly's Marc Cooper, who questions whether stories that are ignored by the mainstream press should be feted. The San Francisco Bay Guardian's Bruce Brugmann sees it differently: "There is no doubt that Project Censored is needed, and if anybody doesn't like it and they don't think it's needed, they should do their own [list] and run that at the same time. They should do their own stories, in their city, in their region, in their state, or even nationally."
Pasadena Weekly  |  05-19-2006  9:43 am  |  Industry News

Austin Chronicle Participates in Class-Action Suit Against AT&Tnew

AP via Fort Worth Star-Telegram  |  05-19-2006  12:20 pm  |  Industry News

'Youth Paper' in Toronto Foldsnew

Editor & Publisher  |  05-19-2006  11:56 am  |  Industry News

Powers: I Miss Hierarchy of Print Newsnew

National Journal  |  05-19-2006  10:21 am  |  Industry News

Miami Herald Tries Unmonitored Comments, 'Free Debate'new

New Times Broward-Palm Beach  |  05-19-2006  10:18 am  |  Industry News

Automakers Develop New Hybrid Systemnew

San Francisco Chronicle  |  05-19-2006  7:45 am  |  Industry News

Copyright Guidelines Now Available in Resource Library

"The Short Version of Copyright Principles for Publishers" (available to members here) is a five-page document covering the copyright issues that newspaper staffers most frequently face. Alice Neff Lucan, AAN's legal hotline attorney, penned the document, which covers recent changes in copyright law and common-sense guidelines on when it is lawful to use others' work.
05-18-2006  10:30 am  |  Industry News

Gannett Begins Distribution Service in Sioux Fallsnew

"It may literally bankrupt some publications. Some may survive, but it's doubtful," Dan Siefken told local ABC affiliate KSFY in a story that aired March 2. Siefkin, the publisher of a small real-estate shopper, was talking about News Center Distribution, a service started late last year by Gannett's local daily, the Argus Leader. Like similar Gannett programs in Greenville, SC and Jackson, Miss., NCD signs exclusive distribution contracts with local businesses in South Dakota's largest city, and then charges a fee for competing publishers to reserve space in its racks. In an e-mail sent to KSFY, the Argus Leader claimed it was "facilitating competition through NCD. The mess that free publications can make in retailers' stores by distributing their own products will, eventually, drive these retailers to ban them or to institute service fees that are far in excess of NCD fees. That would hurt all of the publishers and the small ones more than the Argus Leader."
KSFY News  |  05-18-2006  10:03 am  |  Industry News

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