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Media Law Prof Blog
HarperCollins Will No Longer Use Regan Books Imprint
HarperCollins, owned by NewsCorp, which fired Judith Regan after the O. J. Simpson "If I Did It" debacle, has decided to cease the use of the Regan Books imprint. It…
ImmigrationProf Blog
The New Republic on the Swift Raids
From the New Republic:Over the last few years, anti-immigration sentiment in this country has stiffened--not unlike Lou Dobbs's hair. Even the president's conservative supporters moan that the author of the…
ImmigrationProf Blog
Johnson’s Believe It or Not!
Sometime in August, the Fox Network will air “30 Days” a reality show that will focus on what happens when a member of the Minuteman Civil Defense Corp spends 30…
Sentencing Law and Policy
Should we blame the media or the politicians?
Main October 25, 2005Should we blame the media or the politicians?As detailed in this post, the latest FBI statistics suggest that all major categories of violent crime in the United…
Real Lawyers Have Blogs
Bloggers as journalists: making new rules
Bob Ambrogi and J. Craig Williams have a great weekly podcast going. This week in their Coast to Coast podcast Bob posts they get into vibrant discussion about bloggers and…
Media Law Prof Blog
German Man Wins Five Thousand Euros From Paper For Invasion of Privacy
A German man has won a five thousand Euro judgment against a Munich paper that published photographs of him in connection with a 2002 Wuerzburg gay pride parade. The court…
Media Law Prof Blog
Russia Bars ABC Journalists From Country
CNN reports that Russia has decided to ban ABC's journalists from the country after the network broadcast an interview with Shamil Basayev, the Chechin terrorist leader whom the Russian government…
Real Lawyers Have Blogs
Survey : Blogs work for PR, influence public and media
A new study conducted by Euro RSCG Magnet and Columbia University shows that more than 51 percent of journalists use blogs regularly, and 28 percent rely on them to help…
LawSites
News from the future: The future of news
In the year 2014, The New York Times has gone offline. The Fourth Estate's fortunes have waned. What happened to the news? And what is EPIC? Find out here.
Sentencing Law and Policy
The Peterson case and media coverage of the death penalty
Main December 15, 2004The Peterson case and media coverage of the death penaltyAs I suggested here, one silver lining to the spectacle that is the Peterson case may be that…