Daily Press to Outsource Editing, DesignSince last spring, the Chicago Tribune has been sending edited, formatted and headlined nonlocal stories to smaller Tribune Co. newspapers, which could then drop them onto their pages. This new plan, set to begin Tuesday, involves editing, formatting and producing whole pages for the Daily Press, including, in some cases, editing and inserting local content. The Daily Press' front section will be locally focused.• VPA News • VPA Forum |
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BLOGSKnow the available online inventory before you make the saleIt's important to know what inventory is available before you make your pitch; otherwise, you may be unable to fulfill the order. That's a headache that's easy to avoid.NEWS Jones, Kopp, Smith Among Hall InducteesEd Jones, editor of The Free Lance-Star; Dan Smith, former editor of the Blue Ridge Business Journal; and the late Bea Kopp are the 2010 print inductees into the Virginia Communications Hall of Fame.UPDATES The National Enquirer Earns Some RespectThe call came into The National Enquirer’s Los Angeles tip line — the kind advertised in the supermarket tabloid with the promise “We’ll Pay Big for Your Celebrity Gossip” — in late September 2007. The message was that a woman named Rielle Hunter had been hinting at an affair with…Post Ideas in Our Forums
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