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Bolivian press against new electoral
law
Four Bolivian organisations, which represent newspapers,
journalists and editors, have requested the derogation of the recently approved
electoral law as it violates the Constitution and threats freedom of speech, the
Knight
Center for Journalism in the Americas reported yesterday.
The law, signed on June 30 by President Evo Morales, does not allow
candidates to the Supreme Court and the Constitutional Tribunal to give
interviews and limits media from publishing electoral polls. According to EFE, it also prohibits the publication of partial
results and documents that have not been approved by the Electoral Power.
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Bankruptcy investigator: Tribune Co.
buyout a 'fraudulent conveyance'
An examiner appointed by the U.S. Bankruptcy Court has said the
Tribune Co.'s 2007 US$8.2 billion buyout was "marred" by the "dishonesty and
lack of candor" of senior managers at the time, the Chicago Tribune reported today.
In fact, the deal left
it "too shaky to survive," after the company couldn't handle the massive debt
load when the economy began crumbling, a Wall Street Journal article stated. The WSJ cites investigator
Kenneth Klee's sta tement that it is "highly unlikely" the U.S. publisher was
"rendered insolvent and without adequate capital" as a result of the deal, led
by real estate mogul Sam Zell.
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ABC changes U.S. newspaper
circulation rules to include digital reach
U.S. newspapers will completely change they way they report
circulation beginning October 1, following changes to circulation rules made by
the Audit Bureau of Circulations' board, Editor & Publisher reported today.
The changes
include newspapers now being able to count one subscribers multiple times; for
example, a subscriber m ay be counted once for his print subscription, once for
his e-reader subscription, and so on. This also includes online, mobile and
other subscriptions. Another major change is that newspapers may include
"branded editions" (products published under a different name, such as a
commuter daily) in their total average circulation. "The board's aim is to
establish a foundation for the future as more newspapers move to bundled
print/digital subscription offers and hybrid publishing plans," the ABC board
announced in a press release.
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How to increase your chances of
influencing social networks
Based on research
carried out by Gartner, it
has been determined that a whopping 20% of social media users are 'influencers.'
Considering the increasing importance of such media in news dissemination and
increasing website traffic, how can this information be
exploited?
Grouped into 'Salesmen,' 'Connectors' and 'Mavens,' this 20%
is able to influence over 70% of other users' activity. According to Nick
Ingelbrecht, research director at Gartner, "Salesmen and Connectors are the most
effective social network influencers and the most important groups."
A.H. Belo reports smaller 2Q loss
year-over-year
A.H. Belo Corp., the publisher of The Dallas Morning News, The
Providence Journal and many others, Monday announced its second-quarter loss was
smaller year-to-year, but its ad revenue was still in a decline, the Associated Press reported.
The company's net loss in the second quarter totaled $171,000, or 1
cent a share, much less than that of $7.1 million, or 34 cents a share, one year
ago.
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