Morning Call sells cable subsidiary
The Morning Call has sold Target Select, a cable subsidiary, back to its original owners, the paper has reported. 

 
Inquirer/Daily News publisher to step down
Robert Hall, publisher of The Philadelphia Inquirer and tabloid Philadelphia Daily News, announced Sept. 11 that he will retire at the end of the year. Hall began his newspaper career at 12 as a carrier.

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Publishers take top honors
Two PNA longtime members, Uzal Martz Jr. and William McLean III, have been named recipients of PNA's most prestigious awards.

Martz, former publisher and owner of the Pottsville REPUBLICAN & Evening Herald, is the winner of the Benjamin Franklin Award. He was the president of PNPA in 1982

McLean, chairman of Independent Publications, was named the winner of the Lifetime Achievement Award. He was president of PNPA in 1964 when he owned the Philadelphia Bulletin.

Murray leaves Norristown publisher post
William T. Murray, publisher of The (Norristown) Times Herald, has been appointed publisher of The Trentonian in Trenton, N.J. His replacement at the Times Herald will be named within the next month, the company said.

Patriot-News editor resigns
Bob Vucic, who was named co-managing editor of The (Harrisburg) Patriot-News in August, resigned this week for personal reasons. 

John Kirkpatrick, the paper's editor and publisher, credited Vucic for his 20 years at the paper, including Vucic's contributions to the paper's most recent redesign and the redesign of the former Evening News.

Senate votes to halt proposal on changing overtime regulations

The Senate voted Sept. 10 to halt the administration's effort to rewrite decades-old rules on overtime pay, risking a veto showdown with President Bush and heeding organized labor's claims that the changes would harm millions of workers at a time of economic uncertainty. 

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Statement of ownership filing due with USPS

Reminder: To retain your status with the U.S. Postal Service as a periodical class mailer, your newspaper must file your annual ownership statement by Oct. 1.

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Learning from business challenges
Richard Lenny, chief executive of Hershey Foods Corp., will discuss how he dealt with the possible sale of his company and company labor problems as the keynote speaker during PNA's Convention.

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PNA plans debate for Government Affairs Conference
The Pennsylvania Newspaper Association will invite candidates Sen. Arlen Specter and U.S. Rep. Pat Toomey to a debate at the 2004 Government Affairs Conference. Toomey challenged Specter to a six-debate series, and Specter countered by saying he would debate his challenger once during the primary campaign.

In 2002, the Association and the Pa. Association of Broadcasters co-sponsored a debate of the three candidates running for governor.

PNA welcomes Attorney Teri Henning back from maternity leave
Teri Henning, PNA's media law counsel, has returned to work following her maternity leave this summer. Henning will field Legal Hotline calls, speak on media law issues for member newspapers and teach about the Right to Know law at Pennsylvania's district justice school. Members may contact Teri at (717) 703-3076 or terih@pa-news.org.