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Press Gazette Editor’s Blog » News Corp’s MSC, the protection of sources, Chris Jefferies and the
blogs.pressgazette.co.uk | Feb 16, 2012
In the light of last year’s Chris Jefferies contempt case journalists should be careful about the briefing which is now coming out of News Corp’s Management and Standards Committee about the alleged crimes committed by the arrested Sun journalists. We are now told that police off the

'Star'-Crossed: When Teens With Cancer Fall In Love : NPR
www.npr.org | Jan 28, 2012
You wouldn't necessarily think of a cancer support group as a place where teens meet and fall in love — but that's exactly what happens to Hazel and Augustus, the young protagonists in The Fault in Our Stars, the latest from author John Green.

Advertising will dictate news morals - says 'oddball' British newspaper publisher. | PRLog
www.prlog.org | Jan 16, 2012
Advertising will dictate news morals - says 'oddball' British newspaper publisher. News and advertising are the key ingredients to any successful publication. The News Advertiser series of regional papers, in their various and variety of forms, have been a staple throughout the UK for hundreds of

MEDIA DECODER - The Times Co. Agrees to Sell Regional Unit - NYTimes.com
query.nytimes.com | Dec 28, 2011
6:00 p.m. | Updated The New York Times Company announced on Tuesday that it had reached an agreement to sell the company's Regional Media Group to Halifax Media Holdings, of Daytona Beach, Fla., for $143 million in cash. <p> The announcement comes just a week after the Times Company said it was in

New York Times Selling Regional Papers to Halifax Media Group - EContent Magazine
www.econtentmag.com | Dec 20, 2011
The New York Times Co. is in the process of selling its Regional Media Group, responsible for 16 regional newspapers and other print publications and related businesses, to Halifax Media Group, of Daytona Beach, Fla. The group's average daily circulation is 433,251.

Regional Mag Publisher Looks to Resuscitate Local Newspaper Business with Weekly Offering - City
foliomag.com | Dec 1, 2011
Chapel Hill Magazine to debut The Weekly in February 2012.

For Papers, a Downsizing Trickle Becomes a Flood - NYTimes.com
www.nytimes.com | Nov 26, 2011
No one knows which will be the first big city without a large newspaper, but there are candidates across the U.S.

JRC's Jim Brady: Uniting 'digital first' with a face-to-face approach - Editors Weblog
www.editorsweblog.org | Sep 5, 2011
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Book Publishing: A Strategy For Getting Your Self-Published Book Into Stores
publishingcentral.com | Jun 12, 2011
It’s fine to say that you don’t need to have your books in brick and mortar bookstores as long as you’ve got the Internet, but every author and publisher wants that real world presence in their local bookstore, and especially in bookstore chains. Here’s a strategy to make that happen.

PressReader for iPad Keeps Budding Diplomats Abreast of National and Local Issues in Foreign
www.prweb.com | May 11, 2011
As they prepare for internships around the world, students of diplomacy and international commerce are using the world’s largest online newspaper kiosk and application to familiarize themselves with foreign cultures and attitudes to local, regional and global events.