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sent copy such as you find here. These are weekly press notes, complied for
working journalists. I thought I'd share them with you now that I'm getting
them on a regular basis.
Please note the first two court items are of local interest.
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Kevin Smith
COURTS
City to pay fine, newspaper expenses to settle lawsuit
The city of Lebanon, Ohio, will have to pay The Cincinnati Enquirer $6,000
in expenses and penalties to settle a lawsuit the newspaper filed last
January over an illegal executive session. The court order, issued Friday in
Warren County Common Pleas Court, awarded The Enquirer $5,500 in attorney
fees and a $500 fine. "The holding of executive sessions by the Lebanon City
Council was a clear violation of the Lebanon city charter," wrote Judge P.
Daniel Fedders. The suit involved an executive session on Jan. 12 between
council members and then-City Manager Richard Hayward.
Source: The Cincinnati Enquirer
http://enquirer.com/editions/1999/11/06/loc_lebanon_to_pay_fine.html
School board to pay open meeting fine
The Dayton Board of Education has tentatively agreed to pay $6,000 as part
of a settlement of a lawsuit brought by the Dayton Daily News to ensure the
board keeps its meetings open. "Secret meetings undermine the trust that the
public needs to have in its government," said Daily News Editor Jeff Bruce.
The lawsuit stems from an executive session held in May of this year. The
$6,000 would cover the paper's legal fees. The board must approve the
settlement.
Source: The Dayton Daily News
<http://www.activedayton.com/partners/ddn>
Sailor to be sentenced in murder of publisher
A former Navy sailor will be sentenced on Nov. 23 for the murder of Juan
Pifarre, publisher of the San Francisco Spanish-language newspaper, Los
Horizontes. Steven Nary, 22, was found guilty of second-degree murder while
using a weapon in the 1996 fatal beating of Pifarre, 54. During his trial,
Nary used a "gay panic" defense that was ultimately rejected by the jury.
Nary faces a sentence of 16 years to life in prison.
Source: Editor and Publisher Interactive
http://www.mediainfo.com/ephome/news/newshtm/stories/110999n3.htm
TELEVISION
Bill would allow satellite TV to offer local channels
Satellite television viewers would be able to watch local TV news, weather
and sports broadcasts, just as cable owners do, under legislation headed for
a vote in Congress. Negotiators from the House and Senate hammered out an
agreement Monday to allow satellite television to offer local channels.
Under existing law, companies are barred from doing this. Satellite
companies will be able to start providing local stations as soon as the bill
becomes law.
Source: The Associated Press via The Washington Post
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/aponline/19991109/aponline014001_000.ht
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Hockey league investigates alleged abuse of cameramen
The National Hockey League is investigating reports that Detroit Red Wings
coach Scotty Bowman, captain Steve Yzerman and forward Martin Lapointe
abused two cameramen during a game in Tampa Bay, Fla. Bowman allegedly
shoved a cameraman into a stage manager and yelled obscenities, Yzerman
tried to grab a camera during the third period of the Red Wings loss Sunday,
and Lapointe threatened and spit at a cameraman, according to Detroit
newspaper accounts. The cameramen said Dan Grossi of NHL Security advised
them to file complaints with the league. "I've been doing this job since
1992," said Sunshine Network cameraman Julian Petrocky, who said Yzerman and
Lapointe harassed him. "I've never seen anything like that. Never." The NHL
refused to comment beyond confirming that the league is investigating.
Source: The Associated Press via The Washington Post
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/aponline/19991108/aponline170014_000.ht
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Networks divided between New Year's news and entertainment
The three networks are taking different approaches to covering the change
from 1999 to the year 2000. For ABC, it's mainly a news approach, centered
in Times Square, hosted by Peter Jennings and beginning at 5 a.m. EST on
Dec. 31. ABC has already spent more than $20 million on a documentary
series, "The Century," complete with a coffee table book co-written by
Jennings. The network is dispatching reporters all over the world - Diane
Sawyer to New Zealand, Barbara Walters to Paris, Charles Gibson to London.
For CBS, it will be a party, hosted by its entertainment division with a
David Letterman special, a Quincy Jones musical gala and a Steven Spielberg
film on the century's highlights. NBC has kept its plans mostly under wraps,
scheduling only a two-hour special at 9 p.m. on Dec. 31.
Source: The Associated Press via The Washington Post
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/aponline/19991108/aponline132432_000.ht
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ETHICS
Las Vegas video photographer says he was a scapegoat
A Las Vegas video photographer who was fired for staging a news van being
shaken after an Oct. 16 earthquake says management is making him a
scapegoat. Colby Knight, 26, admits he shot the simulated footage that ended
up being aired by NBC and MSNBC, but contends he warned station managers not
to run it. Knight was in the station when the quake rocked Las Vegas. When
he and overnight producer Derek Brown ran outside, Brown noticed the
KVBC-Channel 3 rocking violently but the quake was over before the pair got
a camera. Brown re-enacted the event by shaking the van and ordered Knight
to tape it. When top managers arrived later, Knight informed them there was
a problem with the video. Knight and Brown were fired Nov. 1 by news
director Mike George.
Source: The Las Vegas Review-Journal
http://www.lvrj.com/lvrj_home/1999/Nov-08-Mon-1999/news/12305981.html
MEDIA MARKETPLACE
Knight Ridder to spin off Internet unit in 2000
Knight Ridder launched KnightRidder.com on Monday with plans to shape it
into a stand-alone Internet company by the first quarter of 2000. The unit
will make up all of Knight Ridder's Internet operations, including
RealCities.com in 29 U.S. markets and 400 employees from its new media
operations. "KnightRidder.com will reorganize, manage and control all of
Knight Ridder's efforts, including the Web sites now operated by our
newspapers, as well as the activities now run by Knight Ridder New Media in
San Jose," said Tony Ridder, chairman and CEO.
Sources: CBS MarketWatch and PRNewswire via CBS MarketWatch
http://cbs.marketwatch.com/archive/19991108/news/current/kri.htx?source=blq/
yhoo&dist=yhoo
http://www.marketwatch.newsalert.com/bin/story?StoryId=Coczy0bWbu0znmtmX&FQ=
c%25kri%20&Title=Headlines%20for%3A%20kri%0A
DEATHS
Perry Morgan
Perry Morgan, 72, retired publisher of The Virginian-Pilot and The
Ledger-Star who once headed news operations at parent Landmark
Communications, died Sunday after a long battle with lung cancer. Morgan
worked for The Associated Press and several newspapers before becoming
editor of The Charlotte News in North Carolina and the Akron Beacon Journal
in Ohio. He came to Norfolk and the Virginian Pilot in 1973 and retired in
1985.
Source: The Associated Press via The Washington Post
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/aponline/19991108/aponline231849_000.ht
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