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July 29, 2005

• CNHI buys Massachusetts-based Eagle-Tribune Publishing Company
• York Daily Record, in Contract Proposal, Wants to Silence Criticism From Workers
• Susquehanna County officials take open-records requirements to heart
• AP's Scolforo wins Charles Rowe Award for state FOI survey
• Journal Register Co. CEO Jelenic sick
• Champion, Cope named co-presidents of Liberty Group Publishing
• Schechter joins Citizens' Voice as managing editor for news
• Tankesley gives up the PNA financials
• Classified Advertising Contest
• Calling all newspaper professionals: Brighten the future of newspapers
• From the Hotline: What are the public notice requirements for estate notices?
• SND Ad Design Quick Course (hosted by PNA)
• Long-awaited postal reform approved by House; Senate to take up bill this fall
• Survey: No consensus among readers over protecting sources
• Consumer Networks Says Online Coupon Service Expanding
• Old MAN Press Celebrates 400 Years of Newspapers
• Study: Majority of U.S. Internet Users Unfamiliar with Podcasting, RSS Feeds
• Online News Consumers Become Own Editors
• Are Pennsylvania readers trusting less these days?

July 22, 2005

• Study: City newsrooms lack diversity; Philadelphia examined
• Judge to review reporters' material in intelligent-design case
• Philadelphia Tribune receives awards at NNPA convention; Philadelphia New Observer also places
• Paxton Herald's Kimmel dies at 82
• Journal Publications names Kluger president and shareholder
• 'Skip' Henry retires from News Gleaner
• Miller named Observer-Reporter advertising director
• Centre Daily Times appoints Leath as new advertising director
• Former Post-Gazette editor hired at Pitt
• Vinelli promoted to sports editor at Bradford Era; Kloss resigned
• New Junk Fax Law Takes Effect
• Notes from the Capitol
• Classified Advertising Contest
• From the Hotline: Can a newspaper accept an employment or housing ad seeking "students"?
• SND Ad Design Quick Course (hosted by PNA)
• Senate panel implored to advance reporter's shield bill
• Feds: Media Shield Bill Bad Public Policy
• Cooper Testifies as Justice Dept. Criticizes Media Shield Bill
• ABC Meeting Produces Key New Procedures
• ABC circulation rule change affects 80 publications; subscriptions from two widely used companies no longer count as paid circulation
• Flint Ink to Merge with Xsys
• AP Board Approves New Licensing Policy, 2.2% Fee Hike
• Judge dismisses Navy SEALs lawsuit against The Associated Press

July 15, 2005

• Ellwood City Ledger Joins Calkins Family
• Depositions of York reporters sought in Dover case
• Tribune-Review Publishing Co. moves printing operations of Valley News Dispatch and Leader-Times
• Pa. Newspapers Needed to Weigh in on Proposed Federal Shield Law Legislation
• Survey on personal finance issues: Help us so that we can train journalists
• Drug Free Pennsylvania offers anti-drug print PSAs for download
• Outstanding Carrier of the Year
• Classified Advertising Contest
• From the Hotline: Can a public agency charge a $20 hourly fee for the time that it takes to respond to my open records request?
• Executive Training Network
• FCC delays reconsideration of media ownership rules.
• ABC Expected to Announce More Auditors on the Way
• Others May Follow LA Times and Keep Names of Sources Off Computers
• Papers Finding New Ways to Woo Advertisers
• First Amendment Center/AJR survey finds support for protection of anonymous sources.

July 8, 2005

• Journalists cite need for secret sources. Informal Patriot-News poll finds residents support idea of confidentiality
• Scranton debuts merged paper
• Judge to release hearing transcript to Beaver County Times
• Judge won’t ‘crack the vault’ of grand jury secrecy
• Pennsylvania Newsmakers: Journalist roundtable on budget 2005
• Survey on personal finance issues: Help us so that we can train journalists
• Dust off your golf clubs! The 16th Annual Foundation Golf Outing is right around the corner.
• Attention Classified Advertising Directors and Managers: The 2005 Classified Advertising Contest is under way!
• Nominate your carriers for 'Outstanding Carrier of the Year' contest
• It's not too late for your paper to join Opportunities '05 Minority Job Fair
• From the Hotline: What do the new fax rules mean for newspapers?
• SND Ad Design Quick Course (hosted by PNA)
• Circulation Master Strategies
• Newsroom Leadership with Ed Miller
• Credibility and Ethics for Photographers
• Executive Training Network
• Bloggers lobby to fight government regulation
• Federal government increasingly classifies documents

June 30, 2005

• Centre Daily Times ranks among Editor & Publisher '10 That Do It Right'
• Greene County Messenger creates 'GreeneBLOG'
• NAA AND ASNE launch audience development initiative
• Uniontown's Traud leaves; Sunyak is replacement
• James McClure’s new book coincides with 60th anniversary of war’s end
• Douglas W. Costello, 87, served as editor of The REPUBLICAN
• Deadline approaching for 'Newspaper of the Year' contest entries
• Dust off your golf clubs! The 16th Annual Foundation Golf Outing is right around the corner.
• Feature writing workshop slated to become annual program
• Notes from the Capitol: After the budget comes summer recess.
• Survey on personal finance issues: Help us so that we can train journalists
• Attention Circulation Managers/Directors! Nominate your carriers for 'Outstanding Carrier of the Year' contest
• It's not too late for your paper to join Opportunities '05 Minority Job Fair
• From the Hotline: Stay tuned for a new hotline question next week.
• SND Ad Design Quick Course (hosted by PNA)
  Circulation Master Strategies
• Newsroom Leadership with Ed Miller
• Credibility and Ethics for Photographers
• Executive Training Network
• Congress Passes Fax Legislation Maintaining the Established Business Relationship Exemption
• Growing numbers question media's fairness, but overall image remains strong.
• Newspaper readers continue migration to Internet
• First Amendment / Federal Shield Law round-up
• First Amendment 2005 survey touches headline issues
• Newspapers see higher online revenues
• To Edit or Not to Edit?
• Federal appeals court dismisses college newspaper censorship lawsuit
• HIPAA's unintended consequences generate discussion

June 24, 2005

• Gannett acquires stock of Internet advertising technology firm, PointRoll, Inc.
• Citizens' Voice unveils new pull-out classified section
• Congratulations to Main Line Life on a successful first 10 years
• Longtime publisher of Post-Gazette dies at 89
• Philadelphia City Council Honors Legal Intelligencer Publisher Mason
• Reading names John Boor director of information services
• Frank Motter of Motter Printing Press Company dies, age 77
• Dust off your golf clubs! The 16th Annual Foundation Golf Outing is right around the corner.
• CAR workshop made possible with grant from McLean Contributionship; Martens grant provided scholarships
• It's not too late for your paper to join Opportunities '05 Minority Job Fair
• Now accepting entries for 'Newspaper of the Year' contest
• Executive Training Network
• PNA to host SND ad design seminar in Canonsburg, Pa.
• From the Hotline: When do the new "fax consent" rules take effect? Has Congress or the FCC done anything to reinstate the "established business relationship" exception that would permit me to continue to send advertising faxes to my customers?
• Newspapers' New Business Models Explained: A Primer
• Leading Research Firm Urges Newspapers to Combine Print/Online Numbers
• Do Newspapers Have the Right to Print Online Chat Talk?
• Recruitment ad directors face ongoing battle for success

June 17, 2005

• Judge rules that PA newspaper must reveal source's identity.
• PNA newspaper sites finalists in 2005 EPpy Awards
• Department of Education: State Library construction to limit newspaper access.
• Journal Register names Jean Clifton president
• Linda Preston Retires As Assistant Editor
• Message from the PNA president: Connie McNamara moving on from the PNA Foundation
• Dust off your golf clubs! The 16th Annual Foundation Golf Outing is right around the corner.
• Executive Training Network
• PNA teams with PennCORD and First Lady Marjorie Rendell in educating youth on citizenship
• Sales tax on public records. What next?
• Notes from the Capitol
• PNA to host SND ad design seminar in Canonsburg, Pa.
• Calling all newspaper professionals: Brighten the future of newspapers
• From the Hotline: Is a document that lists the names, addresses, and positions of public employees a public record?
• Records survey prompts policy changes, hope for reform.
• Court declines to consider reinstating FCC media ownership rules
• Clarification needed for law on journalistic sources
• Unsacked Standard Mail rule at DDUs applauded by National Newspaper Association
• GPS and the Future of News

June 10, 2005

• Inquirer Will Introduce 'Radio-Style' Programming Online
• Post-Gazette names Smith managing editor; Leonard, Massey promoted
• PNA Foundation uses Heinz grant to offer personal finance training program
• The Free Press Deserves Free Benefits
• Calling all newspaper professionals: Brighten the future of newspapers
• Dust off your golf clubs! The 16th Annual PNA Foundation Golf Outing is here.
• Let your circulation professionals shine
• Beginning Computer-Assisted Reporting
• Executive Training Network
• From the Hotline: Can local elected officials be removed from office for not attending meetings or otherwise failing to perform their duties?
• Spread of 'shadow' ads in newspapers causes some editors grief.
• APME Study: Nationwide, Newspapers Frown on Anonymous Sourcing
• Poll: Minority Groups Favor Ethnic Media
• Gallup: Public Confidence in Papers, TV News Falls to All-Time Low
• ABC Downplays Circulation Scandals
• Bill seeks to end under-the-radar exemptions to FOI Act

June 3, 2005

• Knight Ridder drops fees for some online classified ads
• Times-Tribune debuts June 27
• Judge Dismisses Defamation Suit Against Times-Tribune
• Deep Throat secret encourages protection of anonymous sources
• Source of inspiration
• Here today, here tomorrow? Fortunately, the fine writing of today may not vanish the way yesterday's did
• Trib names Simmons circulation director
• Calling all newspaper professionals: Brighten the future of newspapers
• It's here: 16th Annual PNA Foundation Golf Outing
• Let your circulation professionals shine
• Legal Issues for the Newsroom
• Beginning Computer-Assisted Reporting
• From the Hotline: If I want records from an agency, do I have to make a request under the Right to Know Law, or can I request records informally?
• More than 30 attorneys general team up to urge ruling about reporters' privilege
• Newspaper National Network Reports Daily Newspaper Readership Gains In Top 25 Markets
• Newsroom Diversity: Was It Just a 1990s Ideal?

May 27, 2005

• Harrisburg paper adds compact edition to its daily lineup
• Stellar Press Conference in the ‘Burg
• Survey finds barriers to public records - and ways to overcome.
• 7 female Inquirer writers file suit
• Appeals court reinstates woman's defamation suit against newspapers.
• PAPME survey released
• PNA newspapers win NAA Foundation awards for NIE excellence
• Morning Call's Hunt among state's 'Best 50 Women in Business'
• Gannett Appoints Craig Dubow New President and CEO
• Observer publisher promoted to new post
• Kate Zoll Laepple, former editor, mentor dies at 80
• PNA Foundation announces Circulation Excellence Awards
• From the Hotline: What are the rules regarding bingo advertisements? Who is liable for an ad that violates the law?
• The latest regarding junk faxes
• Study: Journos, Public Hold Divergent Views on Media
• RSS Providers Analyze Newspapers’ Opportunities
• Student journalists sue school district
• Schools required to teach Constitution on Sept. 17

May 20, 2005

• Tribune Co. expands its free classifieds
• Papers spar over whether to report on incident involving Pennsylvania politician
• Elchert to become publisher in Warren, Pa.
• Mayk joins Morning Call; Foux promoted
• Brooks new to Central Penn Business Journal
• Don't miss the Keystone Press Awards on May 21
• PNA Foundation announces Circulation Excellence Awards
• Are you ready to spend a beautiful day on the golf course?
• From the Hotline: How much can an agency charge for copies of public records?
• Public, reporters offer widely different views on media issues
• AP president: Media must build trust with public in FOI fight
• Congress urged to make government more responsive to freedom-of-information requests
• Classified ad pricing may fall to near zero, experts say
• Follow Hyphen Rules to Help Readers

May 13, 2005

• New from the Daily News: Podcasting
• Fortress Investment to Acquire Liberty Group Publishing
• Oral History Project About State Newspapers Gets PNA Foundation Support
• Circulation drop? We can blame ourselves
• Gannett Execs Best-Paid Newspaper Execs in 2004
• Howeler promoted to Times assistant managing editor
• Strickland named Valley Independent advertising director
• New Lines Drawn
• Pennsylvania Press Conference: "Focus on the First Amendment" and "Understanding Access to Public Records"
• What’s going on at the Capitol?
• PNA Foundation announces Circulation Excellence Awards
• Are you ready to spend a beautiful day on the golf course?
• Legal Issues for the Newsroom
• From the Hotline: Stay tuned for a new hotline question next week.
• An ethical journalist? Researchers say it's not as rare as the public may think
• On World Press Freedom Day, reporters remember the dead and campaign for the living
• Analysis of Circ Report: Ads May Be in Jeopardy and 'Other Paid' Still High

May 6,2005

• Intelligencer Journal newspaper in Lancaster wins libel case appeal.
• Valley News Dispatch: Seriousness of crime worth covering
• Trib appeals ruling on jurors' identities
• Newspaper argues in court that Paterno's salary, others are public.
• Editorial: Public has right to Fumo's files
• Calkins Media announces three executive appointments: White, Spurgeon and Kellagher
• Scranton reporter Henn quits amid suit
• Commonwealth Court ruling conflicts with Right to Know Law
• Pennsylvania Press Conference "Turning the Tables: Spotlight on the Media"
• Are you ready to spend a beautiful day on the golf course?
• Last chance to sign up for Advanced Advertising with Randy Graf
• From the Hotline: A municipality has been going into executive session to discuss "contract negotiation" issues. Is this lawful under the Sunshine Act?
• Newspaper circulation drops 1.9 percent in last six months.
• Journalist shield bill heads for hearings; support grows
• Freedom House: Press Liberty Declined Worldwide in 2004
• Survey: Americans respect journalists but are wary of bias
• Sunshine Week logo modified for year-round use