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July 2004
Discrimination Suit Filed Against Google
Brian Reid, age 54, has filed a discrimination lawsuit against Google. News.com reports that Reid claims he was fired from Google because of "his age and ongoing health issues related to diabetes." News.com also reported that Reid's attorneys stated that Google has a youthful workforce with an average age of only 30 and that the company ignores age discrimination laws to keep it this way. Google says the lawsuit is without merit.
Source: News.com
Posted on July 26, 2004
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USA Today Dumps Ann Coulter
Ann Coulter, a syndicated columnist and author of the bestselling Treason: Liberal Treachery From the Cold War to the War on Terrorism has been dropped from USA Today's coverage of the 2004 Democratic National Convention. Coulter reprinted the article that USA Today canceled on her website. Coulter's article refers to the DNC as the "Spawn of Satan convention" and claims that democrats are are "constantly suing and slandering police as violent, fascist racists."
Source: Editor & Publisher, USA Today, AnnCoulter.com
Posted on July 26, 2004
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Mags and Papers Shorten Content
Many of the new magazines and
newspapers now being published contain less content than before and much of the content they do contain is considerably shorter than in the past. The trend can be seen in magazines targeted at younger audiences and in newspaper publishers recent focus on producing tabloid-style newspapers.
Source: The Write News
Posted on July 23, 2004
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Sony Music/BMG Merger to Cost 2,000 Jobs
The Sony Music and Bertelsmann Music Group (BMG) merger is going to result in around 2,000 layoffs as the two companies integrate operations and try to cut over $300 million in operational costs.
Source: Reuters, MSN Money Central
Posted on July 23, 2004
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Fox's Slogan Challenged
Fox News' slogan, "Fair and Balanced" is being challenged as false advertising by two political action groups, MoveOn.org and Common Cause. FTC Chairman Timothy J. Muris has already made the following statement that makes it appear unlikely the petition will lead to FOX being forced to stop using the controversial slogan. Chairman Muris' statement reads, "I am not aware of any instance in which the Federal Trade Commission has investigated the slogan of a news organization. There is no way to evaluate this petition without evaluating the content of the news at issue. That is a task the First Amendment leaves to the American people, not a government agency."
Sources: ABC News, First Amendment Center
Posted on July 23, 2004
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Team Creative Plans Layoffs
Team Creative, a media production company based in D.C., plans to lay off 219 employees later this month. The Washington Business Journal reported that Team Creative recently lost a contract with Discovery Communications.
Source: Washington Business Journal
Posted on July 18, 2004
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Christian Science Monitor Cuts Jobs
13 editorial positions have been cut from the Christian Science Monitor since the beginning of this year as the Monitor attempts to cut $3.3 million in costs. Editor & Publisher reports that the newspapers owner, the First Church of Christ, Scientist, is facing
financial troubles.
Source: Editor & Publisher
Posted on July 16, 2004
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Newspaper Circulation Scandal Continues
Tribune Company reported that its inflated circulation numbers at
Newsday and Hoy went on for a longer period of time than was
originally thought. The circulation numbers
are also more inflated than previously reported.
Sources: Newsday, Chicago Tribune
Posted on July 16, 2004
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Massive Decline in Literary Reading
The number of people reading literature has plummeted 10 percentage
points from 1982 to 2002, representing a loss of
20 million potential readers. This means fewer than half of American
adults are now reading literature, according to a National Endowment
for the Arts (NEA) survey. And young people are turning away in droves
from literature. The number of young readers
has dropped by 28 percent according to the survey.
Source: The Write News
Posted on July 12, 2004
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New York Post Picks Wrong Candidate
The New York Post incorrectly
reported that presidential candidate
John Kerry's running mate selection was Congressman Dick Gephardt.
The correct answer would have been Senator John Edwards.
Source: BBC
Posted on July 7, 2004
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