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Fired Mancini thanks City fans in newspaper advert

Sat, 18 May 2013 09:42:06 -0400

MANCHESTER, England - Roberto Mancini bade farewell to Manchester City fans by taking out a full-page advert in the local newspaper on Saturday, thanking them for their support during his 3 1/2 years in charge.

Santa Barbara newsroom employees cut Teamster ties

Sat, 18 May 2013 00:28:04 -0400

SANTA BARBARA, California - Newsroom employees at the Santa Barbara News-Press have voted to cut ties with the Teamsters, the union that has represented them through years of legal struggles with management over control of the newspaper.

PSU student Horn wins Flamminio scholarship

Fri, 17 May 2013 21:34:15 -0400

HARRISBURG, Pennsylvania - Penn State University student Brittany Horn was awarded the 2013 Ralph Flamminio Memorial Scholarship at the Pennsylvania Associated Press Managing Editors' annual meeting Friday.

Malmont wins PAPME Paul Vathis photography award

Fri, 17 May 2013 21:08:26 -0400

HARRISBURG, Pennsylvania - Jason Malmont, a photographer at The Sentinel in Carlislse, was named the Paul Vathis Memorial Photography Portfolio Award winner at Friday's annual meeting of the Pennsylvania Associated Press Managing Editors.

NewsRight dismantles, transfers brand to Moreover

Fri, 17 May 2013 17:47:09 -0400

NEW YORK - NewsRight, an organization created to turn unauthorized publishers of newspaper content on the Internet into licensed customers, said it is disbanding and transferring its operations to Moreover Technologies, which monitors how Moreover's clients are portrayed in the media.

Shrewd Ga. businesswoman fought stereotypes

Fri, 17 May 2013 15:22:50 -0400

ATLANTA - As a shrewd businesswoman with keen insight and endless aspirations, Ophelia DeVore worked for much of the 20th century to smash stereotypes and empower black women by teaching them poise, confidence and the courage to get ahead in a world deeply etched by racial discrimination.

Williamson new publisher of The Chronicle

Fri, 17 May 2013 09:52:10 -0400

LAUREL, Mississippi - Kevin Williamson has been named publisher of The Chronicle newspaper in Laurel, Mississippi

Subpoena of AP records revives media shield bill

Thu, 16 May 2013 18:07:34 -0400

WASHINGTON - The controversy over the government's secret subpoena of Associated Press telephone records has revived legislation that protect journalists from having to reveal their sources to federal investigators - and the White House is endorsing the idea.

Harvard's Nieman Foundation announces Class of '14

Thu, 16 May 2013 13:02:37 -0400

CAMBRIDGE, Massachusetts - The Nieman Foundation for Journalism at Harvard University has announced its 24-member class of 2014.

In Bloomberg uproar, ethics flags for new media

Thu, 16 May 2013 10:45:49 -0400

NEW YORK - Launching his namesake company's news division in the 1990s, Michael Bloomberg largely rejected long-held rules of the journalism trade that insist on keeping thick firewalls between reporters and the profit-making workings of their companies.

Rhett Long named publisher of St. George newspaper

Wed, 15 May 2013 18:27:37 -0400

ST. GEORGE, Utah - The Spectrum newspaper in St. George has named Utah native Rhett Long its new publisher.

Pa. newspaper to cut publication to 3 days a week

Wed, 15 May 2013 15:13:03 -0400

HANOVER, Pennsylvania - The daily newspaper in Hanover is cutting back its publication to three days a week.

Development at newspaper site to honor Pulliams

Tue, 14 May 2013 16:13:06 -0400

INDIANAPOLIS - The current headquarters of Indiana's largest newspaper will be turned into a mixed-use apartment project named for its longtime owners.

UK: Another editor at The Sun charged over bribery

Tue, 14 May 2013 13:43:29 -0400

LONDON - Britain's prosecutors say that a politics and government editor with The Sun tabloid has been charged over a conspiracy to pay thousands of pounds (dollars) worth of bribes to a press officer working in the British government's tax department.

Fla. newspaper carrier shoots suspected attacker

Mon, 13 May 2013 16:06:12 -0400

WINTER HAVEN, Florida - A newspaper deliveryman in central Florida shot and wounded a man he says shot at him first.

Newspaper carrier shoots suspected attacker

Mon, 13 May 2013 15:59:32 -0400

WINTER HAVEN, Florida - A man delivering newspapers in central Florida shot and wounded a suspected attacker, Winter Haven police reported.

News-Sun's editor promoted to publisher

Mon, 13 May 2013 15:01:48 -0400

HOBBS, New Mexico - Daniel Russell, editor of the Hobbs Sun-News, has been promoted to be the newspaper's publisher.

Tully named president and CEO of The Denver Post

Mon, 13 May 2013 13:42:13 -0400

DENVER - Mac Tully, president and publisher of the San Jose Mercury News, has been named president and chief executive officer of The Denver Post.

McNulty: Tiger Woods notes lack of young black golfers...

Mon, 13 May 2013 13:18:37 -0400

By RAY MCNULTY - Ever wonder if Tiger Woods notices that, after all he has accomplished and all the worldwide recognition he has received across all these years at the top of his sport, he remains the only black American playing on the PGA Tour?

Newseum reconsiders honor for 2 linked to Hamas

Mon, 13 May 2013 11:42:29 -0400

WASHINGTON - The Newseum in Washington says it is re-evaluating plans to include two people who worked for a network connected to Hamas on its Journalists Memorial honoring journalists who died last year while covering the news.

Review by newspaper turns up more DCS problems

Sun, 12 May 2013 15:01:12 -0400

NASHVILLE, Tennessee - Many of the recently released case files of children who died or nearly died after being under the supervision of the state Department of Children's Services were not filled out until months after a child's death or lacked required information, according to a newspaper's review.

South Bend Tribune series wins top IAPME award

Sat, 11 May 2013 15:05:32 -0400

INDIANAPOLIS - Reporters Virginia Black and Mary Kate Malone of the South Bend Tribune have been honored with the Kent Cooper Award at the Indiana Associated Press Media Editors 2013 awards for their February series about changes in the Indiana Department of Child Services.

Correra alleges wife hacked company email

Sat, 11 May 2013 13:44:40 -0400

SANTA FE, New Mexico - An investment broker who fled to France after investigators began looking into pay-to-play scandal involving state investments is now suing his wife in New Mexico District Court.

Pakistan expels NY Times reporter before elections

Fri, 10 May 2013 18:39:32 -0400

NEW YORK - Pakistan is expelling The New York Times' Islamabad bureau chief on the eve of national elections, accusing him of unspecified "undesirable activities," the newspaper said Friday.

McNulty: Former NFL star, sports broadcaster Ahmad Rashad...

Fri, 10 May 2013 13:20:55 -0400

PORT ST. LUCIE, Fla. - By RAY MCNULTY