Peter W. Cox's book, "Journalism Matters," was brought out by Tilbury House in February. Cox, who acted as publisher of the small alternative paper he co-founded, did much of the work for which the editor, the late John Cole, gets credit, writes Sam Pfeifle in The Portland Phoenix. Pfeifle describes Cox as a proud man who "was fiercely independent, and would not bend his integrity, but he was open and honest, and always accountable to his readers."
There's been talk lately that the Philadelphia Daily News plans to launch a free arts and entertainment daily geared toward the young, tentatively titled Sizzle. But some Daily News staffers doubt the new tabloid will ever make it to the streets, Mike Newall reports in Philadelphia City Paper. Cost-cutting by the Daily News's owner, Knight Ridder, has left so many desks empty that the paper's newsroom "resembles an Ikea showroom," Newall reports.
Many of the nation's top-ranked medical centers employ some of the same advertising techniques doctors often criticize drug companies for -- concealing risks and playing on fear, vanity and other emotions to attract patients, a study found. The study of newspaper ads by 17 top-rated university medical centers highlights the conflict between serving public health and making money, the researchers said.
In Philadelphia City Paper's March 24 edition, publisher Paul Curci accuses television networks of sacrificing ethics for the sake of the bottom line and decries broadcast media outlets' practice of airing prepackaged video news releases. Daily Kos, a popular politics and culture blog, featured the opinion piece and offered this observation: "Going so far as to demanding his readers question even the very paper that he puts out, Curci examines the fake news segments put out by the government, why they're unacceptable, and why the GAO, ruling that these fake news snippets are legal, [is] unacceptable."
An article by Shawn Levy in today's issue of The Oregonian calls the Longbaugh Film Festival -- sponsored by Willamette Week -- "the city's most ambitious festival of independent film from all over the world" and "doggedly glitter- and hype-free." The festival's creative director, Willamette Week film critic David Walker, will premiere his own feature film titled "Damaged Goods." The article doesn't mention if the film will reflect Walker's "characteristically pugnacious attitude."
Aina Hunter won second prize in the "Feature, News Feature or Issue Package" category of the Education Writers Association's 2004 awards. Her entry, "Speak No Evil: Don't Ask, Don't Tell," published in two parts on Sept. 22 and 29, tells the story of Edgar Friedrichs, who was convicted on four felony counts of child sexual abuse and indicted for the murder of one of his students.
In their "2004 Gay Press Report," ad agency Prime Access and media placement firm Rivendell Media said that advertising in gay publications soared more than 28 percent last year, hitting $207 million. More than 150 of the Fortune 500 companies bought into gay media last year, the report continued, an all-time high.
Carey Watson, who recently retied as senior vice president, marketing, at Burdine’s-Macy’s, delivered a strong message about retail advertising to executives during a panel session at NAA's Newspapers ’05 conference in Dallas this morning. Watson, now a consultant to Federated, explained why newspapers are losing retail advertising dollars and what they can do to stanch the bleeding.
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