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The Vatican's new sexual crimes prosecutor on Tuesday acknowledged that the U.S. media "did a service" to the Catholic Church through its aggressive reporting on child abuse that helped the Church "confront the truth".
Newspaper editors are always conscious of the need to balance the public's right to know with the requirements of national security.
"The U.S. Postal Service’s announcement today that it intends to maintain Saturday delivery of packages but abandon delivery of newspapers is an indication USPS is moving further and further away from the universal service the American public expects," said National Newspaper Association President Merle Baranczyk.
he Nevada Supreme Court has refused to award $215,000 in costs and
attorney fees to a small weekly newspaper in Las Vegas serving the
Chinese community in a freedom of the press case.
A New Jersey Superior Court judge recently ordered a blogger to defend her status as a journalist and explain why the state's shield law applies to her in order to avoid revealing the names of government officials she accused of wrongdoing.
More than three
months after being flooded out of its offices downtown by Superstorm
Sandy, the paper will take temporary space at 1290 Sixth Ave., in
midtown. Staffers had been working out of Daily News printing plant in Jersey City, N.J.
Today, an appellate court ruled against the New York Times in
a suit about gun permits, and public access to an electronic database
containing the addresses of permit-holders, arguing that a lower-court
judge had "erred" when, in 2011, she ruled in the newspaper's favor.
The financially struggling U.S. Postal Service plans to stop delivering
mail on Saturdays starting Aug. 1.
Major League Baseball officials have asked the Miami News Times for records the alternative newspaper obtained for a story on alleged use of banned substances by several players, including Alex Rodriguez.
Frustration in the Lords at the lack of progress over the Leveson report has led four peers to table measures to introduce a low-cost arbitration service for defamation, as recommended by Lord Justice Leveson in the defamation bill.
The Committee to Protect Journalists will release Attacks on the Press: Journalism on the World’s Front Lines, a yearly assessment of the state of press freedom worldwide, on February 14.
Special newspaper sections on topics like retirement or investment offer
the chance for deep audience engagement — and major advertising
opportunities. Can the Wall Street Journal replicate this experience
online?
The World Association of Newspapers and News Publishers (WAN-IFRA) and the UK-based Byrne Partnership have launched an ambitious training programme, Adplex, for news media executives in Asia to enhance the skills of advertising, marketing and sales professionals.
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