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May 12, 2004
Bradlee: I offered to resign
After the resignation last month of top editors at USA Today with the disclosure of the fabrication of stories by a top reporter, some asked why Ben Bradless, a legend at The Washington Post, did not resign?
Bradlee, quoted in an article in Editor and Publisher says he offered to resign after the fabrications of Janet Cooke were revealed, but his resignation was rejected. Tip: Romenesko.
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$1 billion and growing
New study by Borrell Associates says U.S. newspapers and television stations now generate $1 billion in advertising. In the executive report, Borrell says TV stations are discovering two areas of classified advertising that newspapers have enjoyed in both print and on the Web: job and automobile listings. Tip from Steve Yelvington writing for Poynter E-Media Tidbits.
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Books -- May 12
Current: Hope to die: a Matthew Scudder novel by Lawrence Block
Finished: Death by Hollywood: a novel by Steven Bochco.
Empire Falls by Richard Russo. Set aside at page 86. I was disappointed after earlier enjoying Straight Man.
Small Town by Lawrence Block
The Last Goodbye: a novel by Reed Arvin
Crispin: the cross of lead by Avi.
Audio
Current: Winston Churchill by John Keegan
Finished: Elizabeth and Mary (cousins, rivals, queens) by Jane Dunn
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