Local gov'ts opposed to NC 'open gov't unit'
Associated Press
By Gary D. Robertson
RALEIGH, N.C. — City and county lobbyists argued Wednesday that a proposal to create a new state office to handle open government disputes and a change in how legal fees are awarded could delay further the release of documents.
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Governor's affair scoop delivers biggest Web day ever for The State
6/25/09
Editor and Publisher
By Joe Strupp
NEW YORK The State scored its highest Web traffic day ever on Wednesday after getting the first interview with Gov. Mark Sanford about his bizarre trip to Argentina. The paper then drew more site visits when it revealed e-mails between the governor and his mistress.
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USC project to make historic S.C. newspapers available via Web
6/25/09
The National Endowment for the Humanities has awarded the University of South Carolina libraries a $350,000 grant to make many late 19th- and early 20th-century South Carolina newspapers accessible via the Web.
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Bluffton council meeting plans violation of open meeting laws
6/25/09
The Island Packet
By Renee Dudley
In apparent violation of state open meeting laws, Bluffton Town Council will host a dinner Friday for three town manager candidates that will be closed to the public.
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SCPA attorney says State Ports Authority hire violated FOIA
6/25/09
The Post and Courier
By Allyson Bird
As Jim Newsome waited just outside the door, the State Ports Authority board on Tuesday announced its unanimous approval to hire the shipping line executive as the fifth man to head the agency.
The SPA would not reveal the other two candidates, despite a Freedom of Information Act request from The Post and Courier.
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Holder: Justice can support shield law, with limits
6/18/09
Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press
By Jonathan Jones
Attorney General Eric Holder told senators Wednesday that the Department of Justice would support a media shield law as long as it did not hamper government's efforts to protect national security and to discover the identities of people who leak classified information.
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N.C. publisher to oversee Spartanburg advertising
06/10/09
The Herald-Journal
Kevin Drake, publisher of the Times-News in Hendersonville, N.C., has been promoted to the newly created position of regional director of sales for the Carolinas Group, where he will oversee advertising sales for three New York Times Regional Media Group publications and their Web sites.
Drake will direct the advertising staffs of the Herald-Journal, the Times-News and the Dispatch in Lexington, N.C. The Hendersonville staff will report to Carolinas Group Publisher Roger Quinn.
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Va. papers challenge WSJ’s notice publishing
6/5/09
By Bill Atkinson, VPA Editor
Virginia Press Association
Two media companies have filed court motions to disqualify The Wall Street Journal from publishing Virginia-based legal notices in its regional editions.
Media General Inc., which publishes the Richmond Times-Dispatch, is asking circuit courts in the city of Richmond, Chesterfield County and Henrico County to vacate orders allowing the New York-based national business newspaper to print those localities’ legal notices.
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Court: Office of Administration not subject to FOIA
5/29/09
RCFP
By Jonathan Jones
A federal appeals court in Washington, D.C. said Tuesday that records of missing e-mail from the Bush White House do not have to be turned over because the office that created them is not subject to the Freedom of Information Act.
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Longtime Greenville News sports editor dies
05/25/09
The Greenville News
By Ron Barnett
Dan Foster, who for more than half a century informed and entertained readers of The Greenville News and Greenville Piedmont as a sports editor and writer, died Friday after a life and career that not only made him a local icon but earned him the respect of some of the greatest sports figures of the 20th century.
He was 80.
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