Media Minutes for July 11, 2008
Producer: Stevie Converse and Candace Clement
Length: 5:00

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Forget about collecting trading cards for sports figures. The hot items this year are Media Heroes trading cards. And the news for newspapers has been brutal, as a sagging economy and plummeting advertising sales take their toll on news staff and content.

Related StoriesMedia Hero Cards Teach Media Reform History

• Reclaim the Media

Newspapers Suffer Under More Cuts and Layoffs

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  L.A. Times to Cut 250 Jobs, Including 150 News Jobs
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  Milwaukee Journal Sentinel Laying Off 10% of Workers
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  Tampa Tribune Employees Told Newsroom Will Lose 21 More Jobs by Year’s End
• Media General to Cut Nearly 11% of Work Force
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  Plain Dealer Cuts 32 Pages Per Week, Drops Four Sections

Civil Liberties Groups Sue DOJ over Cell Phone Tracking

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  Civil Liberties Groups Sue U.S. over Mobile Phone Tracking
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  Civil Liberties Groups Sue for Info on Cell Phone Lojacking

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