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	<entry><title type="html"><![CDATA[Missing the Point, Some Boxes, Some Punctuation and a Letter]]></title><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.downeast.com/Media-Mutt/July-2008/Missing-the-Point-Some-Boxes-Some-Punctuation-and-a-Lette/"/><id>tag:www.downeast.com,2008-07-07:4874</id><published>2008-07-07T02:58:36-05:00</published><updated>2008-07-07T03:21:10-05:00</updated><author><name>Al Diamon</name></author><summary type="html"><![CDATA[More problems at the Portland Press Herald – and elsewhere in the Maine media]]></summary><category term="Business and Finance" /></entry>
	<entry><title type="html"><![CDATA[Pitching Gets in the Way of Pitching]]></title><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.downeast.com/Media-Mutt/June-2008/Pitching-Gets-in-the-Way-of-Pitching/"/><id>tag:www.downeast.com,2008-06-30:4858</id><published>2008-06-30T02:46:20-05:00</published><updated>2008-07-01T07:39:11-05:00</updated><author><name>Al Diamon</name></author><summary type="html"><![CDATA[A Farmington radio station interrupts a baseball game to advertise the local hospital. Also, other local media messes]]></summary><category term="Business and Finance" /></entry>
	<entry><title type="html"><![CDATA[Bad Timing]]></title><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.downeast.com/Media-Mutt/June-2008/Bad-Timing/"/><id>tag:www.downeast.com,2008-06-27:4854</id><published>2008-06-27T12:16:21-05:00</published><updated>2008-06-27T12:16:21-05:00</updated><author><name>Al Diamon</name></author><summary type="html"><![CDATA[A memo adds insult to injury at the Portland Press Herald]]></summary><category term="Business and Finance" /></entry>
	<entry><title type="html"><![CDATA[Veterans Flee the Portland Press Herald]]></title><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.downeast.com/Media-Mutt/June-2008/Veterans-Flee-the-Portland-Press-Herald/"/><id>tag:www.downeast.com,2008-06-26:4853</id><published>2008-06-26T12:40:06-05:00</published><updated>2008-06-26T12:41:02-05:00</updated><author><name>Al Diamon</name></author><summary type="html"><![CDATA[Reporters and others take voluntary termination deals at the Portland paper]]></summary><category term="Business and Finance" /></entry>
	<entry><title type="html"><![CDATA[Soup Shakes Up Courier]]></title><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.downeast.com/Media-Mutt/June-2008/Soup-Shakes-Up-Courier/"/><id>tag:www.downeast.com,2008-06-26:4852</id><published>2008-06-26T10:42:18-05:00</published><updated>2008-06-26T08:30:02-05:00</updated><author><name>Al Diamon</name></author><summary type="html"><![CDATA[Editors, reporters out at mid-coast weeklies.]]></summary><category term="Business and Finance" /></entry>
	<entry><title type="html"><![CDATA[Goodbye Institutional Memory]]></title><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.downeast.com/Media-Mutt/June-2008/Goodbye-Institutional-Memory/"/><id>tag:www.downeast.com,2008-06-24:4845</id><published>2008-06-24T11:23:18-05:00</published><updated>2008-06-24T11:23:18-05:00</updated><author><name>Al Diamon</name></author><summary type="html"><![CDATA[One quarter of the Portland Press Herald’s reporters may be gone by July 1.]]></summary><category term="Community" /></entry>
	<entry><title type="html"><![CDATA[Pain – or Public Relations – Management?]]></title><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.downeast.com/Media-Mutt/June-2008/Pain-or-Public-Relations-Management/"/><id>tag:www.downeast.com,2008-06-23:4844</id><published>2008-06-23T02:07:35-05:00</published><updated>2008-06-23T02:15:59-05:00</updated><author><name>Al Diamon</name></author><summary type="html"><![CDATA[Odd comments from an injured Sun Journal reporter – and other Maine media developments]]></summary><category term="Community" /></entry>
	<entry><title type="html"><![CDATA[At a Loss for Periods]]></title><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.downeast.com/Media-Mutt/June-2008/At-a-Loss-for-Periods/"/><id>tag:www.downeast.com,2008-06-19:4838</id><published>2008-06-19T01:14:42-05:00</published><updated>2008-06-22T11:37:49-05:00</updated><author><name>Al Diamon</name></author><summary type="html"><![CDATA[The Irregular takes on the English language – and other foibles of the Maine media]]></summary><category term="Community" /></entry>
	<entry><title type="html"><![CDATA[Blethen Files Suit Against Guild]]></title><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.downeast.com/Media-Mutt/June-2008/Blethen-Files-Suit-Against-Guild/"/><id>tag:www.downeast.com,2008-06-18:4835</id><published>2008-06-18T03:00:09-05:00</published><updated>2008-06-18T03:00:09-05:00</updated><author><name>Al Diamon</name></author><summary type="html"><![CDATA[Blethen Maine Newspapers claim language in the union contract is thwarting efforts to sell the Portland Press Herald, Maine Sunday Telegram, Kennebec Journal and Morning Sentinel.]]></summary><category term="Community" /></entry>
	<entry><title type="html"><![CDATA[It Takes a Village...]]></title><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.downeast.com/Media-Mutt/June-2008/It-Takes-a-Village/"/><id>tag:www.downeast.com,2008-06-17:4815</id><published>2008-06-17T12:08:39-05:00</published><updated>2008-06-17T12:13:04-05:00</updated><author><name>Al Diamon</name></author><summary type="html"><![CDATA[...to buy a major chain of Maine weeklies. Village Net Media (aka Village Soup) buys Courier Publications]]></summary><category term="Business and Finance" /></entry>
	<entry><title type="html"><![CDATA[Repeat Offender]]></title><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.downeast.com/Media-Mutt/June-2008/Repeat-Offender/"/><id>tag:www.downeast.com,2008-06-13:4809</id><published>2008-06-13T11:29:07-05:00</published><updated>2008-06-13T02:42:32-05:00</updated><author><name>Al Diamon</name></author><summary type="html"><![CDATA[The Blethen Maine Newspapers don’t get the conflict-of-interest thing. And other news of the Maine media]]></summary><category term="Business and Finance" /></entry>
	<entry><title type="html"><![CDATA[The Best, Brightest – and Likeliest to Leave]]></title><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.downeast.com/Media-Mutt/June-2008/The-Best-Brightest-and-Likeliest-to-Leave/"/><id>tag:www.downeast.com,2008-06-10:4796</id><published>2008-06-10T09:59:40-05:00</published><updated>2008-06-10T09:59:40-05:00</updated><author><name>Al Diamon</name></author><summary type="html"><![CDATA[The Portland Press Herald may be trying to get rid of its most expensive – and most experienced – employees. And other news of the Maine media]]></summary><category term="Business and Finance" /></entry>
	<entry><title type="html"><![CDATA[Blethen Sale On Hold?]]></title><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.downeast.com/Media-Mutt/June-2008/Blethen-Sale-On-Hold/"/><id>tag:www.downeast.com,2008-06-06:4791</id><published>2008-06-06T12:54:13-05:00</published><updated>2008-06-06T01:00:05-05:00</updated><author><name>Al Diamon</name></author><summary type="html"><![CDATA[An unconfirmed report says bids for the company’s three Maine newspapers came in too low.]]></summary><category term="Business and Finance" /></entry>
	<entry><title type="html"><![CDATA[Not a Party Animal]]></title><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.downeast.com/Media-Mutt/June-2008/Not-a-Party-Animal/"/><id>tag:www.downeast.com,2008-06-06:4789</id><published>2008-06-06T07:49:45-05:00</published><updated>2008-06-06T08:23:26-05:00</updated><author><name>Al Diamon</name></author><summary type="html"><![CDATA[The Lewiston Sun Journal forgot some essential information about political candidates– and other news of the Maine media]]></summary><category term="Arts and Entertainment" /></entry>
	<entry><title type="html"><![CDATA[The Ax Looms]]></title><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.downeast.com/Media-Mutt/June-2008/The-Ax-Looms/"/><id>tag:www.downeast.com,2008-06-02:4774</id><published>2008-06-02T12:00:00-05:00</published><updated>2008-06-02T12:00:00-05:00</updated><summary type="html"><![CDATA[Another — and bigger — round of layoffs at the Portland Press Herald.]]></summary><category term="Business and Finance" /></entry>
	<entry><title type="html"><![CDATA[Semi-ethical]]></title><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.downeast.com/Media-Mutt/May-2008/Semi-ethical/"/><id>tag:www.downeast.com,2008-05-30:4770</id><published>2008-05-30T10:48:29-05:00</published><updated>2008-05-31T10:58:40-05:00</updated><author><name>Al Diamon</name></author><summary type="html"><![CDATA[The Blethen Maine Newspapers do the right thing – sometimes. And other news of the Maine media]]></summary><category term="Business and Finance" /></entry>
	<entry><title type="html"><![CDATA[Sound the Irony Alarm]]></title><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.downeast.com/Media-Mutt/May-2008/Sound-the-Irony-Alarm/"/><id>tag:www.downeast.com,2008-05-27:4748</id><published>2008-05-27T11:00:58-05:00</published><updated>2008-05-27T11:00:58-05:00</updated><author><name>Al Diamon</name></author><summary type="html"><![CDATA[And other news from Maine media]]></summary><category term="Business and Finance" /></entry>
	<entry><title type="html"><![CDATA[What Does That Mean?]]></title><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.downeast.com/Media-Mutt/May-2008/What-Does-That-Mean/"/><id>tag:www.downeast.com,2008-05-23:4736</id><published>2008-05-23T10:47:24-05:00</published><updated>2008-05-23T10:47:24-05:00</updated><author><name>Al Diamon</name></author><summary type="html"><![CDATA[Union and management at the Blethen Maine Newspapers battle over a contract clause that could threaten a sale]]></summary><category term="Business and Finance" /></entry>
	<entry><title type="html"><![CDATA[ A War of Words Over 'War of Words']]></title><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.downeast.com/Media-Mutt/May-2008/A-War-of-Words-Over-War-of-Words/"/><id>tag:www.downeast.com,2008-05-22:4731</id><published>2008-05-22T11:00:29-05:00</published><updated>2008-05-22T11:01:32-05:00</updated><author><name>Al Diamon</name></author><summary type="html"><![CDATA[WGME-TV’s report on a dispute in Maine’s U.S. Senate race creates a controversy of its own]]></summary><category term="Business and Finance" /></entry>
	<entry><title type="html"><![CDATA[Old waste recycled – or not]]></title><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.downeast.com/Media-Mutt/May-2008/Old-waste-recycled-or-not/"/><id>tag:www.downeast.com,2008-05-19:4723</id><published>2008-05-19T02:00:13-05:00</published><updated>2008-05-19T02:00:13-05:00</updated><author><name>Al Diamon</name></author><summary type="html"><![CDATA[Also, old news re-reported – and other items from the Maine media]]></summary><category term="Business and Finance" /></entry>
	<entry><title type="html"><![CDATA[Ratified]]></title><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.downeast.com/Media-Mutt/May-2008/Ratified/"/><id>tag:www.downeast.com,2008-05-13:4716</id><published>2008-05-13T03:26:50-05:00</published><updated>2008-05-13T03:26:50-05:00</updated><author><name>Al Diamon</name></author><summary type="html"><![CDATA[After a long struggle, Morning Sentinel workers approve a new contract.]]></summary><category term="Business and Finance" /></entry>
	<entry><title type="html"><![CDATA[<I>Updated:</I> <BR>A Tentative Deal at the Morning Sentinel]]></title><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.downeast.com/Media-Mutt/May-2008/A-Tentative-Deal-at-the-Morning-Sentinel/"/><id>tag:www.downeast.com,2008-05-08:4707</id><published>2008-05-08T01:52:37-05:00</published><updated>2008-05-08T03:24:13-05:00</updated><author><name>Al Diamon</name></author><summary type="html"><![CDATA[Labor and management negotiators agree a new contract – but it’s a short one]]></summary><category term="Restaurants and Bars" /></entry>
	<entry><title type="html"><![CDATA[Press Mess]]></title><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.downeast.com/Media-Mutt/May-2008/Press-Mess/"/><id>tag:www.downeast.com,2008-05-08:4704</id><published>2008-05-08T01:06:29-05:00</published><updated>2008-05-08T11:27:48-05:00</updated><author><name>Al Diamon</name></author><summary type="html"><![CDATA[Foibles and folly from the Maine media]]></summary><category term="Community" /></entry>
	<entry><title type="html"><![CDATA[Talking Ugly]]></title><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.downeast.com/Media-Mutt/May-2008/Talking-Ugly/"/><id>tag:www.downeast.com,2008-05-05:4696</id><published>2008-05-05T10:42:19-05:00</published><updated>2008-05-05T10:42:19-05:00</updated><author><name>Al Diamon</name></author><summary type="html"><![CDATA[The host of the radio show “Talking Maine” allegedly uses profanity and an ethnic slur on the air]]></summary><category term="Arts and Entertainment" /></entry>
	<entry><title type="html"><![CDATA[The Air Turns Blue]]></title><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.downeast.com/Media-Mutt/May-2008/The-Air-Turns-Blue/"/><id>tag:www.downeast.com,2008-05-03:4692</id><published>2008-05-03T07:26:17-05:00</published><updated>2008-05-03T07:26:17-05:00</updated><author><name>Al Diamon</name></author><summary type="html"><![CDATA[Blueberry, that is, as in Blueberry Broadcasting, Maine’s newest media giant.]]></summary><category term="Arts and Entertainment" /></entry>
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