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July 27, 2006

• Byline strike at York Daily Record/Sunday News
• Monster.com @ Phila. papers
• NAA Foundation honors outstanding young reader programs
• Lancaster Newspaper's stake in project surprises foes
• From the Hotline: A local Magisterial District Judge has been redacting birth dates, witness names and other information from court files before providing them to us. Is that OK?
• McHugh stepping down as Times Leader publisher; Connor to take over
• MediaNews Chief Dean Singleton becomes AP chairman-elect
• Mercury publisher, Pfeifer, steps down
• Public officials and press agree: No sales tax
• Henning: Update on electronic access to court records and District Judge case files
• Reader Initiative Award
• Circulation Excellence Awards
• Classified Advertising Tearsheet Contest
• Benjamin Franklin Award for Excellence
• Lifetime Achievement Award
• NIE supplement on financial literacy to be made available in August
• Learn how to dress up your Web site with Soundslides
• Circulation Master Strategies
• Leadership Development with Edward Miller
• Study: Newspapers that attract teens retain them as adults
• Wage survey: Low starting pay and small raises for journos
• NAA to profile 20 under 40
• New study shows print media embracing online opportunities

July 20, 2006

• State FOP joins the city of Hazleton to deny Times Leader access to test scores, ratings of police candidates
• Times-Shamrock Communications introduces new shopping service
• Defamation suit from 1995 against Daily Local News settled
• Davenport: Whom to trust?
• From the Hotline: What are the rules regarding “emergency meetings” under the Sunshine Act?
• James Towner named general manager in Scranton; George Lynett Jr. takes over in Towanda
• McNally named executive editor of News Gleaner group
• The (Carlisle) Sentinel names Hope Stephan executive editor
• Record Herald (Waynesboro) loses 'numbers guy'
• Former Potter Leader-Enterprise publisher Jill Fish dies at 83
• Newspaper Carrier of the Year
• Calling all entrants for first-ever Reader Initiative Award
• Circulation Excellence Awards
• Classified Advertising Tearsheet Contest
• Grant money available to assist PNA members with community financial literacy fairs
• Pa. newspapers: Send us your voter's guides
• Learn how to dress up your Web site with Soundslides
• Newspaper chains deliver mixed news
• Wall Street Journal to carry front page ads
• New York Times to reduce page size and close a plant in 2008
• Storytelling, not journalism, spurs most blogs

July 13, 2006

• NLRB throws out guild complaint over York newspaper transaction
• Philly dailies' owner seeks ad agency creative chief to make papers marketer-friendly
• Morning Call receives Loeb Award for excellence in business journalism
• Pennsylvania columnist releases book on Katrina failures
• Newspaper of the Year
• G. Richard Dew Award
• Public Service Award
• Newspaper Carrier of the Year
• Calling all entrants for first-ever Reader Initiative Award
• Grant money to assist PNA members with community financial literacy fairs
• Learn how to dress up your Web site with Soundslides
• Reporters are looking to the wrong amendment to protect them
• Valassis to acquire Advo for $1.3 billion
• NNA develops promotional ads
• Service helps the blind keep up with the news
• SmallTownPapers gives small market newspaper publishers national exposure

July 6, 2006

• $65 million paid for Times Leader
• NLRB to hear labor complaints involving York papers
• New owners of Philly papers to spend $5M on ad campaign
• Former York Daily Record reporter Barrett to cover D.C. for Centre Daily Times
• KRT News Service renamed MCT
• Times Leader goes to print despite evacuation
• Libel lawsuit over 1983 Inquirer series ends
• From the Hotline: I heard somewhere that agencies have to inform employees before discussing them in an executive session, and that those employees have the right to have the matter discussed in public. Is that true?
• PNA Foundation Golf Outing
• Newspaper of the Year
• G. Richard Dew Award
• Public Service Award
• Newspaper Carrier of the Year
• Pa. newspapers: Send us your voter's guides
• Learn how to dress up your Web site with Soundslides
• FOIA turns 40: Shedding light on the confidential
• 2 top journalism orgs hit latest attacks on press
• On right and left, a push for government openness
• Newspapers: Profits versus public trust
• When do we publish a secret?

June 29, 2006

• Past publisher Richard L. Connor, along with a group of local investors, purchases Times Leader
• Columnist: Morning Call suspended me for riding in gay pride parade
• The Citizens' Voice will increase color capacity of its press
• Tribune-Democrat gets new look
• Tribune stock buyback auction falls short
• Reporter's body armor donated to local law enforcement
• Pottstown newspaper carrier finds gator along route
• PNA Foundation Golf Outing
• Newspaper of the Year
• G. Richard Dew Award
• Public Service Award
• Newspaper Carrier of the Year
• Pa. reform package to shift balance of power
• Hege Kramer Connell Murphy & Goldkamp, P.C. announce merger
• PNA Foundation offers online gallery of teen and young adult products
• More NIE resources now available
• Learn how to dress up your Web site with Soundslides
• Court: Officials can keep newspapers from troublesome inmates
• Knight Ridder shareholders approve sale to McClatchy
• Bush says report on bank data was disgraceful

June 22, 2006

• Union for Patriot-News employees decertified
• Inquirer buyers meet and tour paper's offices
• AltWeekly awards announced
• Ogden Newspapers' Nutting family buying Seven Springs Mountain Resort
• From the Hotline: What are the rules about using the United States Flag in advertising?
• Castellano, Gora named Express-Times vice presidents
• PNA Foundation Golf Outing
• Newspaper of the Year: Recognizing overall excellence in Pennsylvania newspapers
• G. Richard Dew Award
• Public Service Award
• Editors: Do you know how to stretch a nickel?
• Award-winning genealogy column available to newspapers
• Learn how to dress up your Web site with Soundslides
• Newspaper Web site users more likely to purchase products online, NAA study shows
• A push toward private control of newspapers
• Justice Department clears McClatchy's purchase of Knight Ridder
• Readership.com unveils beta test

June 15, 2006

• Defamation suit against Philadelphia Inquirer dismissed
• McClatchy reports increase in May ad revenue; Justice Dept. clears Philly deal
• Pittsburgh papers cover Roethlisberger accident
• Cox Newsprint Supply and PAGE Co-Op announce buying partnership
• From the Hotline: Should a paper accept a housing or employment ad that seeks “students?”
• Philadelphia Business Journal photo editor dies
• Singleton becomes CEO of ANG
• PNA welcomes Rachel Shepherd
• PNA Foundation Golf Outing
• PNA Foundation offers online gallery of teen and young adult products
• More NIE resources now available
• Tell us about your youth voting initiatives
• Kathryn Sosbe resigns from PNA
• PNA on the Road, Scranton
• NNA applauds California court decision affirming federal fax rules
• E-newspapers just around the corner. Really.
• Mark Cuban backing reporter's 'fraud' Web site

June 8, 2006

• Source: Times Leader boss behind new bid
• What terms of sale mean for Phila. papers
• Smooth transition to new ownership expected for Centre Daily Times
• Pa. Supreme Court becomes an enemy of efficiency, again
• Historic Freeman's Journal in Cooperstown, N.Y. sold to former PSNE president, Pottsville editor
• From the Hotline: Does the PNA keep a list of “Frequently Asked Questions” on hotline issues?
• Express-Times vice president taking on new role at State Theatre
• Lewistown names Smith new business manager
• Mrsa joins Centre Daily Times editorial board
• PNA Foundation Golf Outing
• Editors: How do you keep morale up in your newsroom?
• ASNE Readership Training Seminar
• PNA on the Road, Scranton
• McClatchy's sale of KR papers wrapping up
• Newspaper ad sales rise 1.8 percent in 1st quarter
• The salvation of newspapers: Online local news networks?
• Copy editors take to the blogosphere
• Google's venture out of cyberspace disappointing
• Marking the murder that gave life to IRE

 June 1, 2006

• Spanish-language weekly, Al Dia, starting a New Jersey edition
• Yucaipa might visit Times Leader
• McClatchy collects offers on 6 papers on final day
• Court bars district judges from public-records cases
• Pennsylvania State University Libraries preserving historic newspapers
• CNHI launches national reporting program with gambling series
• James Briggs McClatchy, former journalist and chairman of McClatchy Co., dies
• PNA Foundation Golf Outing
• Pennsylvania Press Passes are now available
• ASNE Readership Training Seminar
• PNA on the Road, Scranton
• As FOIA turns 40, media find increased challenges in shining light on government activity
• Study: Community papers showing growth, potential
• Challenge to newspapers: Stop being your own worst enemy
• Mochila adds AP, Hearst, and several others to network
• With 2 more journalists dead in Iraq, total tops World War II

May 25, 2006

• The latest news relating to PNI:
• Phila. investors buy Inquirer, Daily News
• Who are the investors in Philadelphia Media Holdings?
• Analysts say investors got good deal -- but McClatchy seems satisfied
• Newspaper attorney argues no evidence supports DeWeese claim against Herald-Standard
• Justices to eye letter to editor in Lambert case
• Ad critical of candidates lacked proper disclaimer
• From the Hotline: Can Magisterial District Judges hear Right to Know cases?
• McLean III receives Maclure Award for service
• Gaier named advertising director at The Sun News (S.C.)
• PNA Foundation Golf Outing
• Pennsylvania Press Passes are now available
• Shaak promoted to manager, foundation services
• ASNE Readership Training Seminar
• PNA on the Road, Scranton
• Internet search engine Topix inks deal with AP
• Federal Shield Law Bill proposed, but not strong enough?
• NAA applauds the introduction of Free Flow of Information Act of 2006
• Attorney general threatens to go after reporters
• 'Daily Perspective' historical newspapers available via RSS

May 18, 2006

• The latest news relating to McClatchy:
• Bids are collected for 2 Phila. papers
• Does Philly.com hold the key to raising readership and revenue?
• Teamsters refuse pact offered by Canadians
• Knight Ridder vote on McClatchy deal will be June 26
• McClatchy's Pruitt assures shareholders on stock price
• Candidates use Beaver County Times' logo, stories without permission
• Carbon official, who works for Lehighton newspaper, seeks to avoid conflict
• From the Hotline: Isn’t there a law in Pennsylvania that restricts “last minute” political ads?
• See you at Pennsylvania Press Conference!
• LAST CALL: Sign up for the PNA Carrier Golf Outing
• FBI source confirms ABC report on monitoring of reporters' calls
• Classified advertising is being transformed
• Mich. firms claims e-paper printing breakthrough
• Times are tough for news media, but journalism schools are still booming
• New Web site designs make personalizing news pages easier

May 11, 2006

• CNHI looking at Times Leader
• Tribune combines its direct marketers
• Judge: Times Leader suit vs. Wilkes-Barre, police chief OK
• Web site postings get Lancaster reporter fired
• Justices: Releasing jurors' names would lead to harassment
• PNA newspapers win Golden Quill Awards
• Daily Local News, Times Herald win North American Regional INCQC Awards
• From the Hotline: What are the public notice requirements when a Borough is considering a new ordinance?
• David March, founder of Dillsburg Banner, dies
• Journal Register Co. executive Jean B. Clifton resigns
• Former Centre Daily Times publishers offered post at The (Columbia) State
• Whipple named president, CEO of Denver Newspaper Agency
• Pennsylvania Press Conference: A New Era of Journalism
• State initiative: How to vote on Pa.'s new voting machines
• PNA Carrier Golf Outing
• NAA: ABC Fas-Fax analysis
• Study: 7 of 10 journalists surveyed accused of bias in past year
• Judge blocks Libby bid for wide access to data
• Poynter study to determine how readers really look at newspapers

May 4, 2006

• Rendell backed Burkle bid for PNI
• Shippensburg University offers NIE course
• From the Hotline: A carrier who delivers our newspapers was recently cited for failing to wear her seatbelt while delivering. Isn’t there an exception to the seatbelt law for newspaper delivery persons?
• Browne named editor of Downingtown Ledger
• PNA says goodbye to Tracy Metz
• Pennsylvania Press Conference: A New Era of Journalism
• Pennsylvania Press Passes are now available
• Pennsylvania Primary Election Voters Guide
• State initiative: How to vote on Pa.'s new voting machines
• Publishers and editors: share your teen, young adult products
• PNA Carrier Golf Outing
• Postal Service Proposes 25 Percent Postage Increase for Newspapers
• In Leak Cases, New Pressure on Journalists
• Advice for paranoid reporters: How to report stories when the government is out to get you
• Circulation Expected to Fall Steeply Again in Upcoming FAS-FAX
• Poll Finds U.S. Residents Trust Government More Than Media