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 January 31, 2008

• Philly Inquirer, Daily News work with Dunkin' Donuts to boost single copy sales
• Judge dismisses libel suit against Erie Times-News
• Morning Call's new boss stops in to chat with 'partners'
• PASSOPENRECORDS.ORG: Blog for open records!
• Patriot-News: House gets open records bill
• From the Legal Hotline: Does Pennsylvania have a law governing the advertising and sale of firewood? Does the law require firewood to be sold in cords or can it be sold by "racks" or "truck loads?"
• America East Newspaper Operations and Technology Conference - March 10-12 - The Hershey Lodge and Convention Center, Hershey, Pa.
• Foundation Update: Looking for multimedia training?
• NIE and the 2008 election
• Networking reception: Create new partnerships, seize new opportunities
• March 10-11: Video: Beyond the Basics - Hershey
• March 12: Clear Sound: Getting Great Sound for Your Online Multimedia - Hershey
• March 27: Online Streetfighter Workshop - Harrisburg
• March 28: PNA On the Road - Butler
• April 10: PSNE Weekly Renewal Workshop
• Reg requires media to wear safety vests
• Two groups of editors pen strong complaints about new AP fees, other practices

January 24, 2008

• Tierney says 10% cuts necessary at Philly dailies
• Contest seeking pet 'superstars' helps Valley Independent NIE program
• Philly papers to raise newsstand prices
• Advance Internet selects Caspio Bridge database platform for news sites newspapers
• PhillyBurbs.com, two other Calkins sites join Real Cities Network
• PASSOPENRECORDS.ORG: Blog for open records!
• Beaver County Times: Debate continues over open records
• From the Legal Hotline: The county commissioners have sent termination letters informing several county employees their jobs will be eliminated or they will be terminated. Nothing was mentioned at the last public meeting and the commissioners deny having held an executive session. Can they do this?
• Publisher Webb retires from Berks-Mont, Hernandez named successor
• Daily Local News welcomes Notter as new publisher
• Government Affairs Conference - Jan. 30-31 - The Hilton Harrisburg & Towers, Harrisburg
• America East Newspaper Operations and Technology Conference - March 10-12 - The Hershey Lodge and Convention Center, Hershey, Pa
• PNA Foundation launches 'Pay It Forward' campaign
• Networking reception: Create new partnerships, seize new opportunities
• March 27: Online Streetfighter Workshop
• April 10: PSNE Weekly Renewal Workshop
• Appeals court applies 'single publication rule' to Internet
• 2007 sets a new record for online readership
• Building Web traffic through 'search engine optimization'

January 17, 2008

• Philadelphia Tribune e-edition to debut next month
• Some Beaver County Times employees laid off
• It's not too late to tap into the power of the 'Pay It Forward' challenge
• Centre Daily Times: Time for real reform
• Mercury: Newly seated boards may want to learn open-meetings law
• From the Legal Hotline:
• A local church wants to advertise a New Year’s Eve fundraising event and advertise beer and mixed drinks for sale. The church does not have a liquor license. Can an organization that doesn’t have a liquor license sell alcohol?
• A bar wants to advertise “$2.00 beers and $1.50 well drinks” for its daily happy hour. Can we print drink prices in our newspaper?
• Bucks County Herald promotes four on its staff
• 2 editors promoted at Reading Eagle
• PAGE Cooperative names Walters to marketing & membership development manager
• 'Press' parking sticker: Your opinion counts!
• Government Affairs Conference - Jan. 30-31 - The Hilton Harrisburg & Towers, Harrisburg
• America East Newspaper Operations and Technology Conference - March 10-12 -The Hershey Lodge and Convention Center, Hershey, Pa.
• Networking reception: Create new partnerships, seize new opportunities
• Newspaper Excellence in Cyberspace Awards - Deadline to enter: Jan. 18
• Foundation Update: NIE and the 2008 election
• March 27: Online Streetfighter Workshop
• April 10: PSNE Weekly Renewal Workshop
• Sunshine Week launches free ads in its elections-oriented 'Sunshine Campaign'

January 10, 2008

• Morning Call announces newsroom reorganization
• Recruit at Penn State's ninth annual career fair
• Aren’t those records open yet? What’s happening in the ‘Burg?
• Evening Sun: Open-records bill could soon be on Rendell's desk
• Bucks County Courier Times: DeWeese to push for open records
• Patriot-News: Real reform of open records law is essential
• From the Legal Hotline: The County Commissioners have enacted a policy in which they advertise themselves as “in session Monday-Friday, 8:30a.m.-5:00 p.m. unless in other meetings.” They say this policy is needed because the “Sunshine Act is poorly designed to serve commissioners who share office space and frequently discuss agency business during the day.” The commissioners said this policy will keep them in compliance with the Sunshine Act because they will always be conducting an advertised meeting. Can they do this?
• Carlson to be new general manager at Patriot-News
• Pennsylvania publisher eyes State House seat
• Government Affairs Conference - Jan. 30-31 - The Hilton Harrisburg & Towers, Harrisburg, Pa.
• It's not too late to tap into the power of the 'Pay It Forward' challenge
• America East Newspaper Operations and Technology Conference - March 10-12 - The Hershey Lodge and Convention Center, Hershey, Pa.
• Foundation Update: Invest in your employees
• NNA seeking nominations for top industry performers
• March 27: Online Streetfighter Workshop
• Web site launched for cross-media measurement initiative
• TiVo to feature Web video

January 3, 2008

• Open government act a reality
• PASSOPENRECORDS.ORG: Blog for open records!
• Express-Times: Push for passage of open-records bill
• Patriot-News: Partisanship, rather than change, was the hallmark for this year
• Altoona Mirror: Pennsylvania needs a year of change
• From the Legal Hotline: I’d like to hire a promising journalist who is still a student in high school. She is 18 but has not graduated yet. Do I need to get her parents to co-sign her employment contract?
• Gallagher retiring after 39 years at Reading Eagle
• Zaimes, former Morning Call editor, dies
• Noone is new associate at Benn Law Firm
• 2008 Keystone Press Awards: It's time to send in your entries! - LAST CHANCE TO ENTER! Deadline: Jan. 4
• Government Affairs Conference, Jan. 30-31 - The Hilton Harrisburg & Towers - Harrisburg, Pa.
• Foundation Update: 'Pay It Forward' in 2008
• March 27: Online Streetfighter Workshop
• 2008 objectives for today’s non-wired journalist
• FCC vote doesn't quiet the debate

 December 20, 2007

• Please note: Headlines & Deadlines will not be published on Dec. 27. Regular publication will resume on Jan. 3.
• Journal Register Co. The News weeklies in Lehigh Valley close due to failing ad revenues
• ATX is now Broadview Networks
• PASSOPENRECORDS.ORG: Blog for open records!
• Morning Call: Open records reform makes progress but still needs fixes in the new year
• Sentinel: Open records means open all records
• Erie Times-News: State Legislature adjourns without open-records law
• Altoona Mirror: After hurdles of disclosure most provide contracts
• Patriot-News: There are four good reasons to keep autopsy reports open
• From the Legal Hotline: Stay tuned for new hotline question in the next edition.
• FitzSimons to step down as Tribune Co. chairman and CEO
• Former Inquirer Editor Rosenthal to head Center for Investigative Reporting
• Journal Register Co. appoints Lane new corporate director of online sales
• PNA Government Affairs Conference - Jan. 30-31, 2008 - The Hilton Harrisburg & Towers
• 2008 Keystone Press Awards: It's time to send in your entries! - Deadline: Jan. 4
• Feb. 3-8: Executive Training Network - Harrisburg
• Adults who read newspapers as teens more civically active
• FCC eases regulations on media ownership

December 13, 2007

• Film gets inside story on Daily Collegian
• PASSOPENRECORDS.ORG: Blog for open records!
• Philadelphia Inquirer: Open-records changes advance in Harrisburg
• Patriot-News: Pa. House passes open records bill in final vote
• Herald-Standard: Open records reform remains unfinished
• From the Legal Hotline: Stay tuned for new hotline question next week.
• Times-Tribune names Sonderman editor for local news
• PNA Government Affairs Conference - Jan. 30-31, 2008 - The Hilton Harrisburg & Towers
• 2008 Keystone Press Awards: It's time to send in your entries! - Deadline: Jan. 4
• Feb. 3-8: Executive Training Network - Harrisburg - Deadline: Dec. 15
• Newspapers hope for online growth in '08
• 'Editors' World' portal aims to bring gobalization news to 'main street' papers

December 6, 2007

• PASSOPENRECORDS.ORG: What’s going on now?
• Oh we’re having fun now: open records on hold and here comes another 'shoppers' bill!
• Erie Times-News: Resuscitated records bills nice surprise
• Mercury: Paterno’s salary defines open-records debate
• Daily Review: Pa. open records bill better, but House fix needed
• From the Legal Hotline: Do bus companies have to include their license number in ads?
• Philadelphia Inquirer owner names Gregory new circulation chief amid gains
• Former Erie newspaper Publisher Dible to lead economic development organization
• McClatchy names Nguyen to controller
• Foundation Update: Let's hear your 2 cents
• Warning on potential scam ad
• Sports journalists unite!
• 2008 Keystone Press Awards: It's time to send in your entries! - Deadline: Jan. 4
• Dec. 7: The No Fear Guide to Embracing Multimedia Techniques - Harrisburg
• Dec. 7: Judges and Journalists Workshop - Plymouth Meeting
• Dec. 13: Noontime Update - Practical Value of Newspapers - via audio conference
• Feb. 3-8: Executive Training Network - Harrisburg - Deadline: Dec. 15
• FCC clears Tribune Co. sale
• AP to reorganize work and highlight multimedia

 November 29, 2007

• It's official: Pocono Record on the selling block
• Reading Eagle deploys VoicePort's CircPort OnDemand™
• New look for phillyBurbs.com homepage
• Hummelstown Sun under new ownership
• Reading Eagle gets documents about National Guard recruiters altering papers
• PASSOPENRECORDS.ORG: Blog for open records!
• Express-Times: JoePa's salary not really the issue
• Patriot-News: Open records bill heads for Senate vote
• Pittsburgh Tribune-Review: Pa. Senate OKs change to open records bill
• Pocono Record: Open records law wins near-unanimous support in Senate
• From the Legal Hotline: Does HIPAA or FERPA prevent a school district from releasing the number of students affected by a staph outbreak? The school district has refused to provide the information citing HIPAA and FERPA.
• Longtime Souderton Independent Managing Editor McClennen passes away
• Philadelphia Inquirer Editor Larrick dies at 59
• Notes from the Capitol
• Foundation Update: From tech to advertising
• 2008 Keystone Press Awards: It's time to send in your entries! - Deadline: Jan. 4
• Dec. 7: The No Fear Guide to Embracing Multimedia Techniques - Harrisburg
• Dec. 7: Judges and Journalists Workshop - Plymouth Meeting
• Dec. 13: Noontime Update - Practical Value of Newspapers - via audio conference
• Feb. 3-8: Executive Training Network - Harrisburg - Deadline: Dec. 15
• Rising periodicals rates have hit community newspapers hard, expert says
• MediaNews uses Topix for online newspaper comments
• News Web sites seek more search control

November 15, 2007

• Note: Headlines & Deadlines will not be published on Nov. 22 due to the holiday. Regular publication will resume on Nov. 29.
• New Era, Intelligencer Journal planning expanded Saturday edition
• Philadelphia Inquirer, Daily News report high circulation numbers
• PASSOPENRECORDS.ORG: Blog for open records!
• Mercury: Newspapers urge legislators to reject amended HB 443
• Sentinel: Legislators need to clean up their open records mess
• Altoona Mirror: Demand openness in state
• From the Legal Hotline: An advertiser wants to “must be fluent in English” in an employment ad. Is that acceptable?
• Grossman named publisher for Daily Item, Danville News
• Commonwealth Foundation honors Scaife's contributions
• Express-Times Editor Nauroth goes to 'the big house'
• Former Tribune-Democrat Publisher Voccio starting new paper
• Notes from the Capitol: Hey, what's going on here?
• Foundation Update: It's all about sports
• 2008 Keystone Press Awards – it's time to send in your entries! - Deadline: Jan. 4
• LAST CHANCE: Enter the America East Print Quality Contest - Deadline: Nov. 16
• Words of wisdom for weekly papers
• Nov. 28: Sports - Harrisburg
• Dec. 7: The No Fear Guide to Embracing Multimedia Techniques - Harrisburg
• Dec. 7: Judges and Journalists Workshop - Plymouth Meeting
• 11 newspaper companies partner with real estate giant
• ABC votes to make sweeping changes to newspaper circulation
• Dave Morgan to guide global ad strategy at AOL
• Tribune future hinges on FCC

November 8, 2007

• King Publishing sold to Sample News Group
• Zell comment raises speculation about Morning Call
• Express-Times teams with local TV station on weekday business report
• Morning Call launches $9 million press project
• Pocono Record announces new entertainment guide
• Express-Times: Prosecution loses bid for accused's letter
• PASSOPENRECORDS.ORG: Blog for open records!
• Sentinel: Lawmakers say open-records bill better, but flawed
• Herald-Standard: State lawmakers working on changes to open records rules
• From the Legal Hotline: Our newspaper’s Web site allows readers to post comments on message boards. Occasionally, these comments are negative, offensive or even potentially defamatory. Does the newspaper face liability for defamatory content posted online by third parties? Does the newspaper have a legal duty to police its Web site’s message boards?
• Davies is new voice of editorial board at Inquirer
• Former Springfield Press editor dies at 71
• PNA On the Road - Lehigh Valley - Nov. 12, 9 a.m.-3 p.m. - Best Western Lehigh Valley, Bethlehem
• Foundation Update: Bringing judges and media together
• It's that time: America East Print Quality Contest
• Nov. 14-15: APME/NewsTrain - Hackensack, N.J.
• Nov. 28: Sports - Harrisburg
• Dec. 7: The No Fear Guide to Embracing Multimedia Techniques - Harrisburg
• Dec. 7: Judges and Journalists Workshop - Plymouth Meeting
• First FAS-FAX numbers: Many top papers take big hits
• 5 newspaper giants in talks about online ad network
• AP urges news industry to embrace online
• Newspaper circulation dips by 2.6%

November 1, 2007

• Philadelphia Inquirer to launch electronic edition in January
• Pittsburgh Post-Gazette launches Monster co-branded careers site
• Former Sen. Rick Santorum to write column for Philadelphia Inquirer
• Ogden Directories receives 2 awards
• Abitibi-Consolidated and Bowater complete merger to form AbitibiBowater; Mickool to become Pa. sales manager
• Gannett, Tribune join in Metromix
• PASSOPENRECORDS.ORG: Blog for open records!
• Express-Times: Open-records bill deserves death
• Pittsburgh Tribune-Review: Bill would limit open access to state records
• Mercury: Open-records reform on road to becoming latest legislative failure
• Herald-Standard: Senate wise to delay open records
• From the Legal Hotline: A self storage business wants to sell property in its possession as a result of unpaid storage fees. Are there any special advertising rules that need to be followed?
• Times Leader names Baldino digital media VP
• Message from your chairman: Annual Convention a success!
• REMINDER: Data verification forms due to PNA
• It's that time: America East Print Quality Contest
• Notice: Advertising for escort services leads to arrest of newspaper employees
• Resources for the Pa. judicial elections
• What to consider when voting on judges
• What to consider when voting on judges up for retention
• Press release on the importance of voters making individual decisions on retention judges and not lumping them together in a "vote no" campaign.
• October issue of Insight now available
• Nov. 12: PNA on the Road - Lehigh Valley
• Nov. 14-15: APME/NewsTrain - Hackensack, N.J.
• Nov. 28: Sports - Harrisburg
• Dec. 7: The No Fear Guide to Embracing Multimedia Techniques - Harrisburg
• Nokia, Reuters create tool journalists can use in the field
• The nine lives of newspapers
• Media General exec, analyst agree Google ad programs are good deal