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Al Neuharth dies at 89; newspaper mogul created USA Today
Al Neuharth, the newspaper mogul who in 1982 made a $1-billion gamble called USA Today that earned derision for its emphasis on brevity, flashy graphics and upbeat stories but endured to become the nation's largest-circulation newspaper, died Friday in...
Tags: Media Industry, Chicago Tribune, Detroit Free Press, Cocoa Beach, Freedom of the Press
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Roger Ebert dies at 70; Pulitzer Prize-winning film critic
Roger Ebert, the Pulitzer Prize-winning movie critic whose gladiatorial "thumbs-up, thumbs-down" assessments turned film reviewing into a television sport and whose passion for independent film helped introduce a new generation of filmmakers to...
Tags: Entertainment Events, Chicago Tribune, Cannes Film Festival, The Walt Disney Co., University of Chicago
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'Illegal immigrant': what words to use becomes a debate itself
As lawmakers in Washington debate the possibility of legalization for 11 million immigrants, a more basic question has emerged in the nation's newsrooms and beyond: what to call those immigrants. Most news organizations have long used the term...
Tags: Mark Sanford, Criminals, Newspaper and Magazine, Migration, Illegal Immigrants
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L.A. Times weighs policy on 'illegal immigrant' in wake of AP ban
Editors at the Los Angeles Times are considering changes in policy regarding the use of the term "illegal immigrant" in Times reports. The move comes as the Associated Press announced this week that it had banned the term. Most news organizations have...
Tags: Mark Sanford, Immigration, Lotteries, Lifestyle and Leisure, The Associated Press
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'Illegal' is now illegal at the Associated Press
In lecturing to journalism students over the years, I have pointed out that newspaper style guides have adapted to changes in politics and society. For example, the 1976 version of the New York Times Manual of Style and Usage warned reporters not to...
Tags: Same-Sex Marriage, Francis I, Behavioral Conditions, Mental Illness, Immigration
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Kathy Thomson named chief operating officer of Tribune publishing
Tribune Co. has promoted Kathy Thomson, president and chief operating officer of the Los Angeles Times, to the newly created position of chief operating officer of Tribune’s publishing division. In her new role, Thomson will oversee efforts to...
Tags: Advertising, Chicago Tribune, Television Stations, Companies and Corporations, Corporate Officers
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Donald Richie dies at 88; interpreted Japan for the West
Donald Richie, an American expatriate in Japan who became that country's preeminent Western interpreter, explaining its culture — from cinema to Zen to tattoos — in books and essays that illuminated the author's psyche as much as that of his...
Tags: Francis Ford Coppola, Orson Welles, Toshiro Mifune, Authors, Lima (Peru)
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Dr. Oz insomnia remedy results in third-degree burns, viewer says
For those who need further evidence that you can’t believe everything you see on TV, along comes the tale of a New Jersey man who says he sustained third-degree burns on his feet after following an insomnia remedy touted by Dr. Mehmet Oz on his...
Tags: Harpo Productions, Inc., Diabetes, Insomnia, Vaccines, Swine Flu
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Tribune Co. hires investment bankers to explore sale of newspaper unit
Tribune Co. has hired investment bankers to advise the media company on the sale of its newspaper publishing unit, according to a source familiar with the matter. The company has retained JPMorgan Chase & Co. to oversee a potential sale of the...
Tags: Media Industry, Chicago Tribune, Companies and Corporations, JPMorgan Chase & Co., Banking
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A quiz: You know his books, but do you know Arthur Frommer?
Here’s a little secret you may not know about Arthur Frommer, who will speak from 11 a.m. to noon Saturday at the two-day Los Angeles Times Travel Show at the Los Angeles Convention Center: He went with me to Europe for my first trip in 1975. OK,...
Tags: Crime, Law and Justice, Travel, Hotels and Accommodations, Trips and Vacations, National Lampoon Incorporated
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PASSINGS: Michael Parrish, Bobby Sharp
This article has been corrected. See note below for details.Michael Parrish Former editor of the Los Angeles Times magazine Michael Parrish, 67, who oversaw the reinvention of the Sunday magazine in the Los Angeles Times in the mid-1980s, died Friday of liver failure while under hospice care in the Los Angeles...Tags: Ray Charles, Joe Cocker, Sammy Davis Jr., Music, Freedom of the Press
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