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Cox Sells 13 North Carolina Newspapers
Cox Enterprises has sold its properties in North Carolina to Cooke Communications. The deal, which includes The Greenville Daily Reflector, The Rocky Mount Telegram, The Elizabeth City Daily Advance and 10 weeklies, is expected to close on July 31 for an undisclosed sum. - July 20, 2009 1:03 PM ET



UPDATE: 'Boston Globe' Union Approves Contract 2-1
Monday's vote was the second in two months for the Boston Newspaper Guild, which narrowly rejected a similar deal in June. - July 20, 2009 6:30 AM ET

Not a Reporter This Time: Idaho Town and Pentagon Hid Name of U.S. Soldier Captured in Afghanistan
Just as the New York Times stifled virtually all publicity surrounding the seven-month captivity of journalist David Rohde before his escape last month from a Taliban stronghold, the DOD decided the best for Bergdahl was as little news as possible. - July 20, 2009 7:00 AM ET

'New York Times' Defends Palin Story that Quotes Hairdresser
Spanish Press Attempts to Debunk Famed 'Falling Soldier' Photo
Group of Wisconsin Papers to Give Away Advertising
Boston City Loan Will Keep 'Bay State Banner' Flying
American City Business Journals Chairman Ray Shaw Dies at 75
APME, AP Launch Stimulus Data Reporting Program
Harvard Program Named For A.M. Rosenthal
McClatchy Earnings Preview: Could Bankruptcy be Next?
Free-Paper Publisher Metro Swings to Q2 Loss -- Unprofitable Papers to be Cut?
Cronkite's First Sign-Off Was Shout-out to Newspapers
Cronkite Death Hits Hard at J-School Named for Him
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'Los Angeles Times' Gets New Sports Editor
AP Oklahoma Bureau Chief Hutson Retires
'Midland Reporter-Telegram' Goes Live on Atex AdBase
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Dara Chadwick Named 'Jamestown Press' Editor
Dara Chadwick has been named editor of The Jamestown (R.I.) Press. Previously, Chadwick served as editor of the Warwick Beacon and since 1995 has worked as a freelance writer. She succeeds Adrienne Downing, who will resume a previous role as sports editor.

Murdoch Davis Appointed 'Toronto Star' Exec. Editor
Murdoch Davis has been appointed executive editor of The Toronto Star. Davis, 55, has served as editor-in-chief of the Edmonton Journal, vice-president editorial for CanWest newspapers, and publisher of the Winnipeg Free Press. He most recently was president of Midwest Suburban Publishing in Chicago.

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When Walter Cronkite Took a Stand on Vietnam
Yes, the JFK assassination and moon landing drew more viewers but this 1968 TV commentary would help save many thousands of lives, U.S. and Vietnamese, perhaps even a million. Here is the transcript -- and the context. - by Greg Mitchell - July 17, 2009
Roll Over, Beethoven, and Tell Newspapers the News
More than 100,000 turned out for Beethoven in Central Park this week. But was this any place for a former rock 'n' roll editor back in the day when a generation's main exposure to Ludvig Van was via Stanley Kubrick's "A Clockwork Orange"? - by Greg Mitchell - July 16, 2009
In Puerto Rico, a Nonprofit 'Sun' Rises Daily
Nonprofit business models are the talk of the newspaper industry on the U.S. mainland. But in Puerto Rico, 85 press workers, salespeople and journalists who lost their jobs when the San Juan Star folded last summer aren't just talking about the nonprofit model -- they've formed a cooperative that publishes the island's only English-language daily. - by Mark Fitzgerald - July 13, 2009

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A motorcycle lay crushed between a car and a truck following an accident on July 9 in Jefferson, Wis. The impact of a car driven by a 21-year-old woman landed the motorcycle driver in the bed of the pickup truck parked in front of him at a stop light. Miraculously, no serious injuries were reported.

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