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  • Probation, fines for 9 convicted in Newsday (circulation) scandal (Dinosaur Media DeathWatch™)

    09/03/2008 11:26:25 AM PDT · by abb · 14 replies · 440+ views
    Newsday ^ | August 30, 2008 | ROBERT E. KESSLER, JAMES T. MADORE and EMI ENDO
    The nine people convicted in the Newsday circulation scandal were each sentenced Friday to 5 years' probation and up to $125,000 in fines, escaping potential restitution totaling $5.9 million and up to 20 years in prison. Those sentenced - in what federal prosecutors said was the end of their investigation - included Louis Sito, a former top Newsday executive who ran the newspaper's day-to-day business operations, and Robert Brennan, former vice president of circulation. Sito also served as vice president of Hispanic media at Tribune Co., which owned Newsday and the Spanish language Hoy, also implicated in the scandal. The...