Seattle Film Fest opens Art-House cinema

The northwest certainly seems to be a booming place for film fests; here in Vancouver the film fest is an annual favourite, and it seems Seattle is having similar success. Like our VIFF theatre on Seymour,...

A Newsroom Fight Spills Into the Streets of a Once-Peaceful Town

SANTA BARBARA, Calif. — A nasty fight between the news staff and the owner of a local paper here has created some new casualties: readers.

Paper Owner Sues Journalist...Huh?

"A lawsuit filed by publishers of the Santa Barbara News-Press claiming that an American Journalism Review writer defamed the newspaper's owners in a recent article has drawn harsh criticism from newspaper industry leaders, who said such an approach is counter to journalistic...

ACLU Stepping in on Wendy 'McCaw Obey the Law' Dispute

CHICAGO The ACLU Thursday answered the "cease and desist" letter sent to a local businessman by lawyers for Santa Barbara (Calif.) News-Press owner and Publisher Wendy McCaw with a letter of its own -- demanding...

Wendy "McCaw, Obey The Law”

UPDATE: anti-SLAPP...... "Rule 3-200 of the California State Bar Association's Rules of Professional Conduct provides: 'A member shall not seek, accept, or continue employment if the member knows or should know that the objective of such employment is: [¶] (A) To bring an...

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