E&P Briefs

By: Cop In 'Streetwise' Killing Rebuffed

Former Chicago Police Officer Gregory Becker, who is free while he awaits retrial of his involuntary-manslaughter conviction in the 1995 shooting death of Streetwise homeless newspaper paper vendor Joseph Gould, was properly convicted of official misconduct in the incident, a Cook County (Ill.) Circuit Court judge has ruled.


Bouncing Back In Boca Raton?

The Boca Raton (Fla.) News has been ailing for years, but Neal Heller, a entrepreneur who bought the paper from Michael Martin in July, thinks he can make it profitable by fall.

Heller, the News' fourth owner in four years, has cut expenses, folded a sibling society monthly publication, and expanded coverage westward.

"This paper's a sleeping giant," he said. With its losing circulation streak and competing chain-owned papers nearby, though, he has his work cut out for him.


Metro Launches Its 20th Paper

Stockholm-based Metro International S.A., which publishes the free Metro commuter newspapers in Boston, Philadelphia, and Toronto, launched its 20th paper Aug. 27.

Metro Directo will be distributed at transit locations around Madrid, Spain.