Posted on 05/06/2004 10:36:00 PM PDT by Jim Robinson
Edited on 05/06/2004 10:41:34 PM PDT by Jim Robinson. [history]
Received another letter from Gannett Publications, publisher of USAToday, and several other newspapers. Due to contractual arrangements they have with third-party content providers, they have denied our request to allow posting of excerpts. They will only allow the posting of titles and links.
Please do not post full text or even excerpts from the following Gannett Web sites:
GANNETT NEWSPAPERS ON THE WEB:
Alabama
The Montgomery Advertiser
Arizona
The Arizona Republic, Phoenix
Tucson Citizen
Arkansas
The Baxter Bulletin
California
The Desert Sun, Palm Springs
The Salinas Californian
Tulare Advance-Register
Visalia Times-Delta
Colorado
Fort Collins Coloradoan
Connecticut
Norwich Bulletin
Delaware
The News Journal, Wilmington
Florida
FLORIDA TODAY, Brevard County
The News-Press, Fort Myers
Pensacola News Journal
Georgia
The Times, Gainesville
Guam
Pacific Daily News, Hagatna
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Illinois
Rockford Register Star
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Journal and Courier, Lafayette
Chronicle-Tribune, Marion
The Star Press, Muncie
Palladium-Item, Richmond
Iowa
The Des Moines Register
Iowa City Press-Citizen
Kentucky
The Courier-Journal, Louisville
Louisiana
The Town Talk, Alexandria
The Daily Advertiser, Lafayette
The News-Star, Monroe
Daily World, Opelousas
The Times, Shreveport
Maryland
The Daily Times, Salisbury
Michigan
Battle Creek Enquirer
The Detroit News
and Free Press
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Times Herald, Port Huron
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Great Falls Tribune
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Home News Tribune, East Brunswick
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New York
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The Ithaca Journal
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Rochester Democrat and Chronicle
Observer-Dispatch, Utica
The Journal News, Westchester County
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Newspaper Network of Central Ohio
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Chillicothe Gazette
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Coshocton Tribune
The News-Messenger, Fremont
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Public Opinion, Chambersburg
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Tennessee
The Leaf-Chronicle, Clarksville
Williamson County Review Appeal, Franklin
The Jackson Sun
The Daily News Journal, Murfreesboro
The Tennessean, Nashville
Utah
The Spectrum, St. George
Vermont
The Burlington Free Press
Virginia
The Daily News Leader, Staunton
Washington
The Bellingham Herald
The Olympian, Olympia
West Virginia
The Herald-Dispatch, Huntington
Wisconsin
The Post-Crescent, Appleton
The Reporter, Fond du Lac
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USA TODAY
USA TODAY
USA WEEKEND
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Alamogordo Daily News
Carlsbad Current-Argus
The Deming Headlight
El Paso Times
The Daily Times, Farmington
Las Cruces Sun-News
Silver City Sun-News
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Bolton Evening News
Daily Echo, Bournemouth
Dorset Echo
Swindon Evening Advertiser
The Argus, Brighton
Basildon/Southend Evening Echo
Colchester Evening Gazette
Evening Press, York
Lancashire Evening Telegraph
The Northern Echo
Oxford Mail
South Wales Argus
Southern Daily Echo
Bradford Telegraph & Argus
Worcester Evening News
The Herald, Scotland
Evening Times, Glasgow
Sunday Herald, Scotland
The Kiplinger Letter and certain industry periodicals like Iron Age, the journal of the steel industry, have had no-quote policies for years. You want to see what they said, you pay up in full, up front -- and extra for reprints and research. And you couldn't quote them at all, anywhere, for any reason whatsoever. Furthermore, you couldn't subscribe to Iron Age unless you sent your subscription inquiry on company letterhead -- and they'd check you out before they replied or let you buy a subscription.
Welcome to life in the world of the restricted-circulation press.
What remains to be seen is whether Gannett can enforce such a policy selectively, based on the perceived politics of the quoting party. Their indulgence toward DU and commongoals.com may constitute laches and release FR from Gannett's attorneys' stipulations. Quod licet Jovi non licet bovi is a principle repugnant to American law.
I'm sure Jim's had advice on this aspect of Gannett's move.
Leaders once understood that the people needed to be informed, and since most of them were out earning a living, doing jobs that make reporters lives so much safer and easier, AP was allowed to 'form' and given tax breaks - special authority with little accountability - access to information - not for vanity's sake - for personal power, fame or wealth - but for the good of the nation.
Perhaps the less we see of Gannett (they dominate Florida political "news" - mostly DNC opinion and skewed polls - we bypassed out of necessity to get the real news to our neighbors using the net - and WE did), the better for our nation.
Here's to justice for Gannett, and AP, and co....and mainstream FR.
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