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Shoptalk
Jackpot: A movie with Bogie as a managing editor at a big, quality daily that was going to be auctioned into oblivion by clueless newspaper heirs who wanted to cash out. Sound familiar?
Shoptalk
North American newsprint demand continued to drop in November, but both consumer and mill inventories contracted and helped firm the market.
Newspaper Beat
It seems to me a year that was as unsettling and downright bizarre for the industry as 2007 deserves another listing of events as well. Call it the Top Six Weird Newspaper Stories of the Year.
Pressing Issues
?We are dealing with non-hostile combat death in the family. The army ruled it as self-inflicted despite the fact we were in constant contact with him....Greg, something stinks with this noncombat crap going on, and families like us are isolated & left to fend for ourselves."
Shoptalk
As a professional journalist and a Mormon it amazes me the level of negative rhetoric about my faith in the news media recently.
Shoptalk
Although my paper's Web site maintains that letting families submit their own unedited text leaves them 'in control,' I wonder if they are instead left in a lurch.
Shoptalk
There are some new statistics that give us reason to be ashamed for the way that our country has treated those who've served and sacrificed for us.
Shoptalk
A national poll indicates that the percent of consumers planning to spend less this year than last ticks up a point from November to 53 percent. This is higher than December 2006, when only 42 percent planned on spending less for the holidays.
Pressing Issues
C.J. Nitkowski, the former big league pitcher who grew up near my home, told The New York Times today how he was sorely tempted to take steroids. Years ago, when I was still coaching, he told me that kids need to play the game "the right way" -- but he almost did not follow his own advice.
Pressing Issues
Forget "The Front Page," "All the President's Men" and all the others. Take a good look at Billy Wilder's 1951 cult classic, "Ace in the Hole," starring Kirk Douglas.
Shoptalk
I never had the chance to meet him, but it's no exaggeration to say that Rene Cappon, who died yesterday at the age of 83, was a big part of the reason I became a journalist.
Shoptalk
News-media usage information divides sharply by political leaning, with profound implications for political advertisers.
Shoptalk
I know I've picked a bad time to link my conscience to journalism. Yet if public opinion and profits concerned me, I'd be in politics. But I'm not. I'm with the ink-stained wretches and the hyper-caffeinated band on the run.
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