Author Archives: Joel Whitaker

Microsoft’s Outlook Web Application Threatened by Malware

Password stealing malware has been targeting Microsoft’s Outlook Web Application (OWA), MediaPost reports, and Cybereason, a security firm, reports hackers have accessed more than 11,000 usernames and passwords. Hackers placed a backdoor DLL file on the OWA server that allowed...

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7 Key Ways to Make Websites Mobile-Friendly

By Maria Shinkevich, CMO, MGID April 21, 2015. Somewhere deep within the halls of a sprawling Mountain View Googleplex corporate campus, some buttons were pressed and with a single motion, the algorithm changed. Legions of online publishers watched as the...

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Behind the Scenes at SCOTUSblog

There’s nothing quite like SCOTUSblog.  Tom Goldstein, a lawyer who practices before the U.S. Supreme Court, started it on a whim, as a way to promote his firm. But 11 years later, it’s recognized for covering the U.S. Supreme Court...

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Senate Press Gallery Rules SCOTUSblog Isn’t Eligible for a Press Pass

It’s been more than three decades since newsletters won the right to — sometimes — get the passes needed to cover Congress. But the battle between old media, such as newspapers and wire services — and new media, i.e., specialty...

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How to Adjust Corporate Culture

It doesn’t matter whether you work on an assembly line, or in a maze of cubicles producing a newsletter – every organization has a culture defined by its rhythm and harmony, much like music. In the day-to-day grind at work,...

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Broad View of News Media Urged for FOIA Requests

Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press and eight media organizations have filed a brief in D.C. appeals court arguing for a ruling that would take a broad view of who is a “representative of the news media” when it...

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Dan Schwartz, SIPA Director, Dies

We were sorry to learn from SIPA the passing of Dan Schwartz, a member of SIPA’s board, from a years-long battle with brain cancer. We knew Dan as a SIPA Foundation board member when he was senior publisher at Wolters...

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More Secret than the CIA

I received a note from Dun & Bradstreet today.  It said that “on 11/01/2013 your company’s credit file was purchased by a business interested in reviewing your D&B business scores and ratings.  Our records indicate the company that purchased your … Continue reading

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Publishing Mugshots Doesn’t Violate Constitution, U.S. Court in Arizona Rules

On October 18, 2013, the U.S. District Court for the District of Arizona issued a resounding and unequivocal victory for publishers who post mugshots on their websites according to LawMark.com. In Jamali v. Maricopa County, et al., No. 2:13-cv-00613-DGC (9th...

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What Newsletter Publishers Must Do Before Tuesday Under Obamacare

Though many provisions from the Affordable Care Act (ACA) have gone into effect, there remain some important requirements and dates that employers need to be aware of in the coming months and years. DATE: October 1, 2013  RULE: NOTICE ABOUT...

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