New England Press Association's News Roundup

July 29, 2010

	Lange is retiring, but isn’t leaving news business he loves By Jake Rozin Bulletin Staff At first blush, longtime journalist Mike Lange seems to reject a traditional motivation of many members of his craft: the fast pace, the rapidly recurring deadlines, the frantic work environment. He proudly spurns them all. But look beneath the surface, and you find a more typical profile: A journalist plagued by the issues that drive his fellow reporters and editors to worry about the future of their business. Lange is retiring as executive director of the Maine Press Association (MPA) after two years in the position and 30 years in the business. “I think it’s time to turn the reins over to someone who can take over the MPA,” Lange said in a recent interview. MORE>
	*Other Stories*
	5-day mail delivery opposed, would affect N.E. newspapers As a publisher, Getler's no dummy – but he performs with one on stage	Fear, fees lessen number of births papers publish 1 for All campaign ads available to educate public on 1st Amendment
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	• N.E. Newspaper Operations Ass'n conference Sept. 15-17 *The links below are to news items on other Web sites:* • Herald probe: Mass. gov’t workers sick time bloated • Ex-Globe scribe arrested at Blagojevich trial • Controversial ex-Globe reporter hired by Harvard • Suspect calls public ‘brainless’ in letter to N.H.’s Telegraph • Herald: Ex-Mass. pol in apparent talk-master conflict • Survey: Journalists pessimistic about offline news media • Copyright Alliance tours U.S. to tout copyright value • Q2 revenue for Globe, sister N.E. properties down 2.8% *The link below are to news items on other Web sites:* • ABC OKs looser counts for circulation statements • Journal garage sale helps lessen parent’s Q2 loss • Burlington, Vt., daily’s parent revenue down, profit up *The links below are to news items on other Web sites:* • Conn. gov OKs law to seal off public info about seniors • Toothless Mass. open-meeting law ‘reform’ decried • Herald editorial raps Mass. meeting law “reform” • Herald seeks denied electric rate ‘deal’ files • Union sues Vt. gov’t over fees to see public files • Boston rocker suing Herald for libel must produce files • Fed agency slowed records release for political reasons • Probe widened on Obama officials’ subverting access law • Fed suit opposes Mass. expansion of obscenity law • Senate OKs bill to guard scribes vs. foreign libel suits • ‘Hot news’ court rulings could affect newspapers • Obama administration more aggressive than most on leaks *The links below are to news items on other Web sites:* • Newspaper ad spending forecast to decline through 2012 • Social media ads forecast to rise 14% to $2.5B in 2010 • Use of online coupons increasing • Loeb School seeks First Amendment Award nominees *The links below are to news items on other Web sites:* • 5 scribes at 3 N.E. papers win national feature honors • Maine Sunday Telegram tops in feature section awards • 2 N.E. papers win total of 12 alternative weekly awards	• Sarah Landis • Karen Krebsbach • Carol Grace Fassett Nye • Susan E. Bosman • Sharon White Taylor • H. Roy Madeia • Arnold H. Raphaelson • Vaughn M. Heffren • Michael F. Collins • Lillian E. Maines • Priscilla Hastings Dunn • Marjorie Voss • MAINE • Tim Archambault • Hari Thummalapalli • Pamela Cassidy • Sharon Leeman • Bill Wardwell • William P. Davis • Eryk Salvaggio • MASSACHUSETTS • Joe Sciacca • Kevin R. Convey • Jimmy Orr *The links below are to news items on other Web sites:* • Conn. papers’ parent seeks to attract local blogger nets • Conn. newspaper group locates tag sales online • New Facebook page helps news sites with social media • Tumblr page views up six-fold in a year • Facebook now has more than 150 million mobile users • Forrester: 30 million U.S. e-reader owners by 2015 • Vendor offers app for personalized news to iPads *The links below are to news items on other Web sites:* • Mailers group formally calls for postal rate hike rejection • Opinions sought on proposal to kill Saturday mail • New rules softened for periodical mailings *The links below are to news items on other Web sites:* • Westport, Conn., Minuteman switches to broadsheet • FCC backs looser newspaper cross-ownership rules *The link below is to a news item on another Web site:* • Vt. daily among 6 installing alfaQuest Esprit platesetters • Adobe launching software for e-tablet publications *The link below is to a news item on another Web site:* • Newsprint demand down, price forecast to rise • Two new hires bolster NENPA's aggressive ad efforts • NENPA awards and conference set for Oct. 21
	*Columnists*
	Writing At times, even the N.Y. Times misses mark Jim Stasiowski Just Design Choosing the right redesign team Ed Henninger	Ad-libs Little questions can lead to bigger sales John Foust Technology Updating e-equipment key to improving speed, quality, profit Kevin Slimp
	*Commentary*
	Win or lose in court, you cannot erase the news Gene Policinski, Inside the First Amendment
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