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Monday, October 6, 2008
San Jose, Santa Fe Dailies Back Obama -- Send Us Your Pick! As noted previously, E&P as in past years will be charting every editorial endorsement for president. Only a few have come down so far, but soon we will be presenting a daily chart with this year's tally, how each paper "voted" in 2004 and who is winning the "circulation race." - October 06, 2008 1:30 PM ET
How Columnist's 'Soloist' Made the Journey to the Big Screen Los Angeles Times columnist Steve Lopez was doubtful at first that his columns about trying to help Nathaniel Ayers -- a homeless, Juilliard-trained musician with an untreated mental illness (played by Jamie Foxx, left) -- would pan out as a book, much less a film. But "The Soloist" opens next month, and Lopez spoke to E&P about the making of the film and his sometimes tempestuous relationship with the troubled violinist.- October 06, 2008 11:59 AM ET
AP Analysis: New Palin Attacks Invalid, Tinged With Racism -- She Defends By claiming that Democrat Barack Obama is "palling around with terrorists" and doesn't see the U.S. like other Americans, vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin targeted key goals for a faltering campaign. And though she may have scored a political hit each time, her attack was unsubstantiated and carried a racially tinged subtext that John McCain himself may come to regret.- October 05, 2008 4:45 PM ET
Rebecca Cruse Named M.E. at Pierre, S.D. 'Capital Journal' Rebecca Cruse has been promoted to managing editor at the Capital Journal in Pierre, S.D. Cruse has served as associate editor since 2006. She succeeds Andrew Cutler.
Kurt Johnson Named Senior Sports Editor for 'Press-Tribune' Newspapers Kurt Johnson has been named senior sports editor for the Granite Bay Press-Tribune and the Roseville Press-Tribune in Roseville, Calif. Johnson most recently was vice president and senior editor of the Placer County Sports Page, a local sports Web site. He succeeds Tom Kellar.
But I Promised the Pirates' Flack That I Wouldn't Quote Anyone But Him! In recent years, The New York Times has ever more assiduously disclosed the reasons someone is being quoted anonymously or otherwise go off the record in its articles. But surely the explanation that came up in a Times article this week deserves a place in the history of journalism -- and perhaps in the story of what's already shaping up as mankind's most absurd century ever. - by Mark Fitzgerald - October 04, 2008
Pundits Blow Debate Analysis (Again) Most say Palin did very well. Polls show viewers gave it to Biden -- in a landslide. Yet the mainstream outlets wonder why so many have lost respect for their judgment. The voters are apparently not buying "aw shucks, wink, you betcha" as enough of a qualification for the presidency. Yet for many in the punditocracy that's just enough. - by Greg Mitchell - October 03, 2008
Do Newspaper Endorsements Matter? Here's One Vote for...Yes In the next few weeks, newspaper editorial boards will decide which candidate to endorse in the red-hot 2008 race for the White House and E&P is charting them all. But do they make any difference? This may surprise you: They seemed to have some impact in the key battleground states in 2004. - by Greg Mitchell - October 03, 2008
Age Before Beauty? Are papers overdoing it with reinvention and content tweaks, to the point where they are driving away their largest base of loyal readers -- baby boomers?
'Gate' Crashing? It got too big too fast, but now GateHouse Media searches for the key to a stable future for its 90-plus dailies.
Time Has Come Today In Web metrics, eyeballs still count -- but how long they stay fixed on your site may prove just as important.
Apples to Apples Daniel Acker/Bloomberg News Jeremy Conway, 13, holds a sign reading "Unemployed Buy Apples $1.00 Each" next to a bucket of apples outside the New York Stock Exchange on Tuesday, Sept. 30. Conway was dressed as a boy selling apples during the Great Depression, and plans to donate any proceeds to the Obama campaign.
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