DECEMBER MID MONTH UPDATE 2006 ARTICLES

National Newspaper Association Applauds Passage Of Landmark Postal Reform Legislation And Urges Presidential Approval

The National Newspaper Association today urged President Bush to sign into law the Postal Accountability and Enhancement Act, the first major legislative reform of the United States Postal Service since 1970.

NNA President Jerry Tidwell, publisher of the Hood County (TX) News, said passage of the legislation on the final day of the 109 th Congress, before dawn on December 9, capped more than a decade of work by community newspaper publishers and other major mailers.

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Acrobat Unveils New Tools With 8 Professional

Can I actually be that old? Can Adobe Acrobat really be up to version 8? Let's see, Adobe releases a new version of Acrobat every 18 months. That would be 8 times 1.5 years. Where did those twelve years go? It seems like only yesterday I reviewed version 7.

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People and Papers

• Carrie Dillard is new Editor of The Union County Advocate

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Local Newspaper Food Sections Drive Purchase
NNN Releases New Study of Food Media Usage Patterns and Attitudes

A new study released today by the Newspaper National Network LP reveals that 53% of women who read the food section of their newspaper identify it as their single most useful source for food information. The study was conducted for NNN by Gallup & Robinson using a national web panel.

Eighty-five (85%) of respondents said that ads are of more practical value when found in newspaper food sections, versus 15% in women’s magazines.

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Impact Journalism: Boosting Enterprise Coverage of Children and Families

Apply now to attend CJC's conference, "Impact Journalism: Boosting Enterprise Coverage of Children and Families," March 5-6, 2007, at the University of Maryland, outside of Washington, D.C.

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