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Publishing Association Launches Insurance Product for Members

Members of the Evangelical Christian Publishers Association (ECPA) will be able to access a new insurance program at the start of the new year. The ECPA has partnered with Ministry Service Group, a division of Market Financial Group, to offer …

9/11 Families Seek Meeting on News Corp. Phone Hacking Reports

Relatives of victims of the Sept. 11 attacks have asked to meet the FBI and the U.S. Justice Department to discuss the agencies’ preliminary inquiry into reports that News Corp. reporters may have tried to hack the phones of 9/11 …

Panel Says No Evidence of Wrongdoing at Dow Jones

The independent committee charged with monitoring editorial integrity at The Wall Street Journal said Saturday it has found no evidence of wrongdoing at the Journal or Dow Jones & Co., which are owned by News Corp. The group also said …

Banks Lose Bid to Limit ‘Hot News’ Republication of Analysts’ Research

A federal appeals court handed a major defeat to Wall Street banks in ruling that a financial news service did not misappropriate their analyst research for its website. Reversing a lower court ruling, the 2nd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals …

Maryland Official Files $21 Million Libel Suit Against Blogger

Baltimore Councilwoman Belinda Conaway is suing a political blogger and his publisher for $21 million for libel and defamation over a column that alleged she did not live in the city. The suit alleges an Examiner.com column by Adam Meister …