June 01, 2005

Whispers and Warnings For June 1st

This Week:

• Plenty magazine - Didn't pay promised kill fee until WritersWeekly stepped in.
  
• The Baltimore Sun - News groups support this paper's appeal against governor
  
• Solanco Sun Ledger, the Sunday News of Lancaster and the New Era of Lancaster - Pennsylvania appeals court reinstates libel suit against these papers.
  
• The Business Journal - This twice-monthly business paper lost a lawsuit filed against the mayor for banning city employees from speaking to reporters.
  
• BBC - Staffers call off planned strike
  
• The Green Bay News-Chronicle - Is going out of business.
  
• The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel - Names new senior vice president for circulation in wake of lawsuit alleging circulation fraud.
  
• Niche Media / Boston Common, along with three new staffers - Sued by Boston Magazine, which alleges theft of advertiser database by three former employees