The 2005 Radio-Mercury Awards call for entry begins
The 2005 Radio-Mercury Awards call for entry has begun with automated online entry registration available at www.RadioMercuryAwards.com. Commercials can be uploaded to the site as MP3 files, or submitted through regular mail on a CD, DAT, or cassette. The Radio-Mercury Awards will also mail printed entry forms in early January. With a total of more than 160,000 in cash prizes, including the 100,000 Grand Prize, the annual Radio-Mercury Awards competition draws entries from advertising agencies and Radio stations across the country. The competition awards 12 5,000 cash prizes: nine from the General Category, one each from the Spanish-Language and Station-Produced Categories, and one from the brand new 30-Second Spot Category that debuted this year. All 12 5,000 winners are eligible to compete for the 100,000 Radio-Mercury Award Grand Prize.
Hatfill filed bagfull of subpoenas
An attorney for Steven Hatfill, the Army researcher labeled a "person of interest" by Attorney General John Ashcroft in the anthrax scar immediately following 9/11, is serving papers on a number of news outlets in connection with Hatfill's suit against the AG. According to Editor and Publisher, Hatfill's counsel cannot talk to DOJ staffers, but is allowed to query journalists who covered the case. E&P expects that 12-15 news organizations will be queried in all, and mentions AP, NPR, ABC News, CBS's "60 Minutes" and the Washington Post as part of the initial group being served.
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