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The Hollywood Reporter's best stories of the week

Thu, 20 Jun 2013 02:19:37 -0400

The Hollywood Reporter's list of its 10 best stories of the week:

Va. newspaper removes 'Democrat' from name

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 16:20:15 -0400

WARRENTON, Virginia - The Fauquier Times-Democrat, a newspaper outside of Washington, D.C., that traces its roots back nearly 200 years, announced Wednesday it is changing its name due to the increasingly divisive political landscape.

Grand Forks Herald publisher to retire next year

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 13:26:11 -0400

GRAND FORKS, North Dakota - Mike Jacobs, publisher of the Grand Forks Herald who helped lead the newspaper to a Pulitzer Prize for its coverage of the historic 1997 Red River flood, plans to retire next year.

McNulty: MLB should consider safety helmet for pitchers

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 12:22:19 -0400

VERO BEACH, Fla. - By RAY MCNULTY

Va. newspaper removes 'Democrat' from name

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 11:39:04 -0400

WARRENTON, Virginia - A newspaper in Virginia is removing the word "Democrat" from its name because of the nation's increasingly divisive politics.

Iceland: 'informal talks' about Snowden asylum

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 11:23:08 -0400

STOCKHOLM - A WikiLeaks spokesman who claims to represent Edward Snowden has reached out to government officials in Iceland about the potential of the NSA leaker applying for asylum in the Nordic country, officials there said Wednesday.

Francis named associate publisher of TP, NOLA.com

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 20:37:20 -0400

NEW ORLEANS - David Francis, business manager of NOLA.com ' The Times-Picayune, has been named associate publisher of NOLA.com ' The Times-Picayune and vice president of NOLA Media Group.

Maine governor says he won't talk to 3 newspapers

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 19:13:37 -0400

AUGUSTA, Maine - A spokeswoman for Maine Gov. Paul LePage says the administration will no longer comment for stories published in three of Maine's daily newspapers.

Scott named Reno Gazette-Journal's new exec editor

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 18:40:26 -0400

RENO, Nevada - Kelly Ann Scott, a senior editor at the Reno Gazette-Journal and a 14-year veteran of Gannett Co. Inc., has been named the newspaper's new executive editor, president and publisher John Maher announced Tuesday.

Stuntwoman sues News Corp. over alleged phone hack

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 15:59:18 -0400

LOS ANGELES - A woman who worked as a stunt double for Angelina Jolie sued Rupert Murdoch's News Corp. in Los Angeles on Tuesday, claiming she's a victim of a phone hacking scheme to obtain information about the actress.

Sun foreign correspondent charged in bribery probe

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 12:13:06 -0400

LONDON - Police say The Sun newspaper's chief foreign correspondent has been charged over alleged corrupt payments to public officials. It's the latest in a series of bribery-related charges filed against senior members of the best-selling British tabloid.

5 inductees named to Newspaper Hall of Fame

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 11:57:54 -0400

COLUMBIA, Missouri - An Associated Press journalist and four newspaper industry leaders are the newest Missouri Newspaper Hall of Fame inductees.

Saatchi admits assault on wife Nigella Lawson

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 08:39:32 -0400

LONDON - Prominent British art collector Charles Saatchi has admitted assault and accepted a police caution after published photos showed him grasping the throat of his wife, celebrity chef Nigella Lawson.

Pioneering woman photog Helen Brush Jenkins dies

Mon, 17 Jun 2013 15:57:15 -0400

LOS ANGELES - Helen Brush Jenkins, a pioneering photojournalist who made Life magazine when she snapped a photo of her child moments after giving birth, has died. She was 94.

Ohio could ban reporters from seeing gun records

Sat, 15 Jun 2013 09:47:17 -0400

COLUMBUS, Ohio - Ohio could join dozens of other states in banning public access to handgun license records as the General Assembly considers a measure to force journalists - the only ones other than law enforcement agencies exempted from the ban - to obtain a court order to review the information.

Chicago paper apologizes for Boston bombing joke

Fri, 14 Jun 2013 17:09:13 -0400

CHICAGO - The Chicago Tribune has apologized for an image in the paper this week that jokes about putting on hold the warm feelings it shared with Boston after April's bombings. The cities' NHL teams are vying for the Stanley Cup.

National standards skeptic named to Ind. board

Fri, 14 Jun 2013 15:05:16 -0400

INDIANAPOLIS - One of Republican Gov. Mike Pence's new appointments to the State Board of Education has openly questioned the state's adoption of a national set of reading and math education standards.

TV sports: Networks offering 'unprecedented' coverage of...

Fri, 14 Jun 2013 12:19:21 -0400

By BEN BECKER - The NBC Sports Group is shooting for the flag with what it calls "unprecedented" television coverage dedicated to the 2013 U.S. Open Championship at the Merion Golf Club in Ardmore, Pa.

Washington Examiner ends local coverage

Fri, 14 Jun 2013 09:53:38 -0400

WASHINGTON - The Washington Examiner is ending local coverage.

Government has history of secrecy, spying, leaks

Fri, 14 Jun 2013 03:48:41 -0400

WASHINGTON - It isn't the first time that the federal government has been caught spying on Americans or that classified government information has been leaked to the news media or otherwise widely distributed. The Vietnam War and civil-rights protest movements of the 1960s and 1970s generated plenty of surveillance and secrecy. And leaks.

Filmmaker takes center stage in surveillance story

Fri, 14 Jun 2013 02:59:26 -0400

LOS ANGELES - Laura Poitras' skill and boldness as a documentary filmmaker have gained her Oscar and Emmy nominations, Sundance Film Festival honors and a public TV showcase, even if her work fell short of making a "Super Size Me" splash.

China newspaper: Snowden could be useful to China

Fri, 14 Jun 2013 01:13:05 -0400

BEIJING - A popular Communist Party-backed newspaper is urging China's leadership to get more information from former defense contractor Edward Snowden rather than send him back to the U.S., because his revelations about secret U.S. surveillance programs concern China's national interest.

Gannett to own 4 Phoenix media outlets under deal

Thu, 13 Jun 2013 19:57:47 -0400

PHOENIX - The announcement Thursday that Gannett Co., the publisher of USA Today, is buying TV station owner Belo Corp. for about $1.5 billion means the media company would then own three Phoenix television stations and the state's largest newspaper, The Arizona Republic.

Gannett to buy TV station owner Belo for $1.5B

Thu, 13 Jun 2013 17:09:25 -0400

NEW YORK - Gannett Co., the publisher of USA Today, is buying TV station owner Belo Corp. for about $1.5 billion. If approved, the all-cash deal will make Gannett the fourth-largest broadcast group in the U.S.

Illinois AP board changes name, elects officers

Thu, 13 Jun 2013 16:29:31 -0400

SPRINGFIELD, Illinois - The Illinois Associated Press Editors Association, which consists of AP member newspapers in the state, voted Thursday to change its name to the Illinois Associated Press Media Editors.