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Sunday, November 22, 2009
'Tallahassee Democrat' Sportswriter Dies at 54 Steve Ellis, who covered the Florida State Seminoles for two decades for the Tallahassee Democrat, has died. He was 54. - November 20, 2009
Longtime 'New York Times' TV Critic Dies at 76 Longtime New York Times television critic John J. O'Connor, 76, died Friday at his Manhattan home. He was diagnosed with lung cancer just four weeks ago, his partner of 47 years, Seymour Barofsky, told the Times. - November 16, 2009
'St. Louis Beacon' Awarded Grants for Health Reporting The St. Louis (Mo.) Beacon, a nonprofit online news publication, announced Monday that it had received two grants to help it enhance its health reporting over the next year. The Missouri Foundation for Health awarded the Beacon a $100,000 grant, while the Dennis A. Hunt Fund for Health Journalism gave reporter Bob Joiner a $7,000 grant. - November 16, 2009
AP Realigns its Latin American, Caribbean News Operations The Associated Press on Wednesday announced changes in its Latin America and Caribbean operations, closing a service limited to Puerto Rican news within Puerto Rico while adding editors and reporters elsewhere for the expanding Spanish market in the Americas. - November 12, 2009
Missouri Press Association Elects New President Kevin Jones has been elected president of Missouri Press Association. The annopuncement was made during the 143rd annual Missouri Press Association's convention in Kansas City last month. - November 10, 2009
'New York Observer' Names New Editor Kyle Pope has been named editor of The New York Observer. He succeeds Tom McGeveran, who announced he is leaving the paper at the end of the year. - November 09, 2009
Wall Street (Mostly) Stops Betting Against Newspaper Stocks More than a year after the stocks of publicly traded newspaper companies collapsed to historic lows, shares are up big, and short-sellers who profit on falling prices are staying away. - by Mark Fitzgerald - November 19, 2009
At IAPA in Argentina At this week's Inter American Press Association in Buenos Aires, three former Latin American presidents impress with their way not just with words -- but ideas. - by Mark Fitzgerald - November 13, 2009
Snakes on the Plame: Previews of Upcoming Film Based on CIA Leak Case Like everyone who covered extensively the CIA leak case, Judy Miller and the Scooter Libby trial, I am anxiously awaiting, with appropriate skepticism, the pending release of the first Hollywood treatment, starring Naomi Watts and Sean Penn. Director Doug Liman offers a preview, and so does "anonymous." - by Greg Mitchell - October 28, 2009
At Inland Annual Meeting -- Cuts, Content and Quips Inland Press Association kicked off its 124th annual meeting in Chicago Monday with surprisingly robust attendance, but plenty of discussions, in and out of the meeting rooms, about the industry's preoccupations: monetizing online content and casting about for a new business model that works. - by Mark Fitzgerald - October 27, 2009
Twenty-Two Years After Black Monday: Newspaper Stocks Look Sickly The wider markets recovered handily from the stock market Crash of Oct. 19, 1987. The Dow, for instance, is up 475% since then. And newspapers? They've lost ground -- a lot if it -- since the Crash. - by Mark Fitzgerald - October 19, 2009
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