The Press Democrat

225px The February 28, 2012 front page of The Press Democrat
Type	Daily newspaper
Format	Broadsheet
Owner	Halifax Media Group
Publisher	Bruce W. Kyse
Editor	Catherine Barnett
Founded	1897 (as the Sonoma Democrat)
Headquarters	427 Mendocino Avenue Santa Rosa, California 95401  United States
Circulation	83,424 Daily 84,014 Sunday[1]
ISSN	0747-220X
Official website	pressdemocrat.com

Coordinates: 38°26′30″N 122°42′54″W / 38.441743°N 122.714944°W / 38.441743; -122.714944 The Press Democrat, with the largest circulation in the California North Bay (San Francisco Bay Area), is a daily newspaper published in Santa Rosa, California.

It was founded in 1897 by Ernest L. Finley who merged his Evening Press and Thomas Thompson's Sonoma Democrat (originally created as a voice for the Democratic Party). Finley also bought the Santa Rosa Republican in 1927 and merged it with the Press Democrat in 1948. It is currently owned by Halifax Media Group after being purchased from the New York Times.^[2] The New York Times Company bought the paper from the Finley family in 1985, as well as the North Bay Business Journal, and the Petaluma Argus-Courier which were also purchased by the Halifax Media Holdings LLC.

The paper received the 2004 George Polk Award for Regional Reporting^[3] given annually by Long Island University to honor contributions to journalistic integrity and investigative reporting.

Annie Wells of the Press Democrat won the 1997 Pulitzer Prize for Spot News Photography for "for her dramatic photograph of a local firefighter rescuing a teenager from raging floodwaters."^[4]

History[link]

Ernest L. Finley, his wife Ruth, daughter Ruth, and son-in-law Evert Person owned and published the "PD" between 1897 and 1985. Evert and Ruth Finley Person sold the paper to The New York Times Company in 1985.

References[link]

External links[link]

• Official website

File:The Press newspaper cover.png The 17 March 2008 front page of The Press
Type	Daily newspaper
Format	Broadsheet
Owner	Fairfax Media
Editor	Andrew Holden
Founded	25 May 1861
Headquarters	14 Logistics Drive, Harewood Christchurch 8051 New Zealand
Circulation	80,500~
Official website	www.press.co.nz

The Press is a daily broadsheet newspaper published in Christchurch, New Zealand. It is owned by Fairfax Media.^[1]

History[link]

Former Press Building in Cashel Street, in use by the newspaper until 1908

The Press was first published on 25 May 1861 from a small cottage in Montreal Street, making it the oldest surviving newspaper in the South Island of New Zealand. The first edition was a six page tabloid and was sold for sixpence. The paper continued as a weekly with the driving force behind the paper being James Edward Fitzgerald. On 13 June 1863, the first part of Samuel Butler's Erewhon appeared in the Press Newspaper in an article signed Cellarius and headed "Darwin among the Machines."^[2]

In 1905, The Press purchased a block of the Cathedral Square site for £4,000. The Board then purchased the right of way (Press Lane) and what was going to be the original Theatre Royal site from the Theatre Royal Syndicate for £5000. The Gothic part of the Press building was occupied by the company until 22 February 2011, was built starting in 1907 and the Press staff shifted into it in February 1909 from their Cashel Street premises.

In the 1930s, The Press began to seek solutions to the slow delivery times of the newspaper to the West Coast. Roads at the time were difficult, and the New Zealand Railways Department was unwilling to re-schedule any of its ordinary passenger trains to operate at the early morning times desired by The Press as patronage would have been uneconomic, and freight trains did not provide a desirable measure of swiftness. Accordingly, The Press was willing to subsidise the construction and operation of two small Leyland diesel railbuses to carry the newspapers by rail at a desirable time. These little railbuses began service on 3 August 1936 and left Christchurch at 2:20am, travelling down the Midland Line to reach Greymouth at 6:40am and then continue along the Ross Branch as far as Hokitika, arriving just before 8:00 am. This provided substantially quicker delivery of the newspaper than was previously possible. However, these railbuses were intended to only be a temporary measure and they were replaced by the much larger Vulcan railcars as soon as they arrived in New Zealand in the early 1940s.

Today[link]

Joe Bennett (left), Andrew Holden (editor of The Press) and Rod Oram

The newspaper is the largest circulating daily in the South Island and publishes Monday to Saturday. The community newspapers — The Christchurch Mail, Northern Outlook and Central Canterbury News are also published by The Press and are free.

Today, the newspaper is a well-respected member of the four main daily newspapers, circulating over 80,000 papers per day through the South Island.

The Press won the Best New Zealand Newspaper award and also picked up Best Daily Newspaper with a circulation over 25,000 at the 2006 Qantas Media Awards, and won the same award again in 2007. It is the first time since 1991 that any New Zealand newspaper has achieved this feat. It also won several other awards including best-in-field awards for its "Zest" and "Drive" sections.

In 2011, The Press won Best Design at the Canon Media Awards,^[3] and Best Breaking News Coverage for thepress.co.nz for the coverage on the 22 February Earthquake in Christchurch. The Press also claimed Newspaper of the Year at the PANPA awards ^[4] for the 25,000 - 90,000 circulation category.

Motto[link]

The motto on the masthead — "Nihil utile quod non honestum" translates to "Nothing is useful that is not honest." Like The Age in Australia, the newspaper's masthead features the Royal Arms.

See also[link]

• Press Building

References[link]

External links[link]

• The Press
• The Press - newspaper cover

This is about the political professional. For the actress, see Marlee Matlin.

Mary Matalin
Matalin in 2009
Born	Mary Joe Matalin (1953-08-19) August 19, 1953 (age 58) Calumet City, Illinois, United States
Residence	New Orleans, Louisiana
Nationality	American
Education	Western Illinois University
Occupation	Political consultant
Spouse	James Carville

Mary Joe Matalin (born August 19, 1953) is an American political consultant, well known for her work with the Republican Party. She was an assistant to President George W. Bush and counselor to Vice President Dick Cheney until 2003. Matalin has been chief editor of Threshold Editions, a conservative publishing imprint at Simon & Schuster, since March 2005. She is married to Democratic political consultant James Carville. She appears in the award-winning documentary film Boogie Man: The Lee Atwater Story and also played herself, opposite her husband, James Carville, John Slattery, and Mary McCormack in the short lived, HBO series K Street.

Early life[link]

Matalin grew up in the Chicago suburb of Calumet City, Illinois, the daughter of Eileen (née Emerson), who ran beauty salons, and Steven Matalin, a steel mill worker.^[1][2] Her paternal grandparents were Croatian immigrants and her mother was of Irish descent.^[3][4] Matalin attended Thornton Fractional North High School and attended Western Illinois University for college and Hofstra University School of Law, where she was enrolled for one year before dropping out.

Career[link]

Matalin's first campaign was Illinois Lieutenant Governor Dave O'Neal's bid for the U.S. Senate in 1980, a race O'Neal lost to Alan Dixon.^{[citation needed]} After O'Neal's loss, Matalin began her career with the Republican National Committee, where she would remain for nearly two decades as a key Republican strategist. Leaving briefly to attend Hofstra University School of Law, Matalin dropped out after just one year, and in 1984 returned to the RNC. She rose quickly, as an aide to Richard Bond and Chief of Staff to RNC co-Chairperson Betty Heitman in 1985. A year later, Matalin gained national attention when she joined George H. W. Bush's 1988 presidential campaign, working as both Deputy Political Director and Midwest Regional Political Director in the primaries. After the election, Matalin was appointed Chief of Staff to then RNC Chairman Lee Atwater. In that capacity, she would in effect run the RNC for nearly a year, as Atwater—his health declining due to an inoperable brain tumor—spent 170 days in the hospital between his diagnosis in early March 1990 and eventual death on March 29, 1991.^[5]

In 1992, Matalin served as the deputy campaign manager for political operations on Bush's reelection campaign. Notably, she served in this role while dating her future husband, James Carville, who was chief strategist for the Clinton campaign.^[6]

Matalin was a host of CNN's Crossfire political debate show, and in 1993, she co-hosted Equal Time, which aired on the CNBC business television channel.^{[citation needed]} Matalin was also the host of her own talk radio show in the 1990s, "The Mary Matalin Show", which was carried on the CBS Radio Network.^[7] She is currently on the nationally syndicated radio program Both Sides Now w/ Huffington & Matalin, hosted by Mark Green and aired weekends on 120 stations.

Matalin, a colleague of Karl Rove, worked for Vice President Dick Cheney in the White House. She attended meetings of the White House Iraq Group (WHIG), an internal White House task force convened in August 2002 (seven months before the 2003 Invasion of Iraq).^{[citation needed]} WHIG was the group that presented to the US public of the threat of Saddam Hussein's violations of international law in his refusal to cooperate with United Nations weapons inspectors.

Matalin resigned her responsibilities as of December 31, 2002.^[8]

Matalin also appeared alongside her husband James Carville in HBO's 2003 television show K Street where she and her husband played versions of themselves as they lobbied real and fictional politicians. The show was directed by Academy Award winner Steven Soderbergh and featured a cast of fictional and real characters working in the political sphere.

In March 2005, Matalin was hired as chief editor of a new conservative publishing imprint, Threshold Editions, for CBS-owned Simon & Schuster.^[9][10] On August 1, 2008, this division released The Obama Nation, written by Jerome Corsi who co-authored Unfit for Command: Swift Boat Veterans Speak Out Against John Kerry.^[11]

In April 2006, she was appointed Treasurer of Virginia Republican Senator George Allen's re-election committee.^{[citation needed]} She worked on the presidential campaign of Fred Thompson until January 2008, when Thompson dropped out of the race.^{[citation needed]}

In 2008, Matalin joined the Board of Directors at The George Washington University's Cheney Cardiovascular Institute.^[12]

Matalin appears in the 2008 award-winning documentary on Lee Atwater, Boogie Man: The Lee Atwater Story. Speaking about Lee, she says, "They had to kill the messenger because they couldn’t kill the message. They had to turn him into the Boogie Man. Satan incarnate.”^{[citation needed]}

On April 26, 2009, Matalin returned to CNN as a political contributor, joining her husband, James Carville on a special "First 100 Days" edition of State of the Union with John King.^[13][14]

Personal life[link]

In October, 1993, she married James Carville, a political strategist for candidates of the Democratic Party. Matalin had been married twice previously and had also maintained a long domestic partnership with Washington attorney Michael Carvin, but Carville had not been married before.^{[citation needed]} They were married in New Orleans. Matalin and Carville have two daughters, Matalin Mary "Matty" Carville and Emerson Normand "Emma" Carville.^{[citation needed]} Both Matalin and Carville have gone on record saying that they do not talk politics at home.^[15] The best example of contention between the two, aside from appearances on talk shows, is the 1993 movie The War Room. In the 1992 political campaign, Matalin and Carville were staffing opposing campaigns. Matalin wrote the best-selling book All's Fair: Love, War and Running for President with Carville and co-author Peter Knobler. In April 2004, she published the book Letters to My Daughters.^[16] In 2008, Carville and Matalin — at the urging of Scott Cowen, president of Tulane University, where Carville now teaches — moved their family to New Orleans.^[17] On April 26, 2009, the Times-Picayune carried a joint op-ed "Point of View" by Mary Matalin and James Carville on their reasons for settling in New Orleans.^[18] Matalin and Carville are profiled in the Politics chapter of the book The Compatibility Matrix.^[19]

See also[link]

• CIA leak grand jury investigation
• James Carville

References[link]

External links[link]

• Mary Matalin discussing Lee Atwater in the film Boogie Man: The Lee Atwater Story

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A press secretary or press officer is a senior advisor who provides advice on how to deal with the news media and, using news management techniques, helps their employer to maintain a positive public image and avoid negative media coverage.

They often, but not always, act as the organization's senior spokesperson. Many governments also have press secretaries. A deputy press secretary is typically a mid-level political staffer who assists the press secretary and communications director with aspects of public outreach. They often write the press releases and media advisories for review by the press secretary and communications director. There are usually assistant press secretaries and press officers that support the press secretary.

See also[link]

• Spokesperson
• Press service
• Office of the Press Secretary (Philippines)
• White House Press Secretary
• Press Office (Royal Household)
• Chief Cabinet Secretary
• Spin Doctor

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Stephen Fincher
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Tennessee's 8th district
Incumbent
Assumed office January 3, 2011
Preceded by	John S. Tanner
Personal details
Born	(1973-02-07) February 7, 1973 (age 39)[1] Memphis, Tennessee, USA[1]
Political party	Republican
Spouse(s)	Lynn Fincher
Children	Three children
Residence	Frog Jump, Crockett County, Tennessee
Profession	Farmer, Gospel Singer, and businessman
Religion	United Methodist

Stephen Lee Fincher (born February 7, 1973) is the U.S. Representative for Tennessee's 8th congressional district. He is a member of the Republican Party. The seat was vacated by retiring Democratic incumbent John S. Tanner. Fincher defeated Democratic Tennessee state senator Roy Herron in the 2010 mid-term Congressional general election.^[2]

Early life and farming career[link]

Stephen Lee Fincher was born in 1973 in Memphis.^[3] When he was 9 years old, he joined the The Fincher Family singing ministry, a gospel group led by his grandmother that travels to county fairs throughout the 8th district. They perform at more than 100 events each year.^[4]

A seventh generation farmer, Fincher is a managing partner in Fincher Farms, a family business that grows cotton, corn, soybeans, and wheat on more than 2,500 acres in western Tennessee. The company has received $8.9 million in farm subsidies over the past decade, mostly from the cotton program, according to U.S. Department of Agriculture data.^[5][6][7] Fincher received a $13,650 grant to help buy grain hauling and storage equipment from the state Department of Agriculture in 2009 as part of the Tennessee Agricultural Enhancement Program.^[8]

U.S. House of Representatives[link]

Elections[link]

2010

Fincher jumped into the race for the 8th District after 11-term Democratic incumbent John S. Tanner announced his retirement. He won the August primary largely as a result of high voter turnout in rural areas of the district.^[9]

In the general election, Fincher faced Democratic State Senator Roy Herron, Tea Party candidate Donn Janes, who earlier dropped out of the Republican primary, and Independent Mark J. Rawles. Fincher declined to participate in a series of public debates.^[10][11][12] Fincher was criticized by Herron and local media for his decision to not disclose his income tax returns, calling the criticism a "witch hunt."^[13][14] Fincher stated: "There is no reason for me to disclose my tax returns. These attacks are because Herron is losing and he can't handle it. He is avoiding the issues."^[15]

He received endorsements from former Governor Winfield Dunn, Citizens United, Eagle Forum, Family Research Council, Concerned Women for America, and State Senator Dolores Gresham.^[16] Fincher had over $420,000 cash on hand. Herron had over $1.1 million cash on hand.^[17]

The 8th had historically been represented by "Yellow Dog" Democrats. Most state and local elected officials are Democrats, and congressional elections usually saw Democrats skate to reelection. However, it has become increasingly friendly to Republicans at the national level since the turn of the 21st century. In the 2008 presidential election, Republican U.S. Senator John McCain carried the district with 56% of the vote.^[18]

On November 2, 2010, Fincher defeated Herron, receiving 98,484 votes to Herron's 64,701. Upon his swearing-in on January 3, 2011; Fincher became the first Republican to represent what is now the 8th District since 1898.^{[citation needed]}

2012

Fincher will seek re-election in 2012.^[19]

Tenure[link]

Fincher is a fiscal and social conservative, who at the same time benefits from government farm subsidies. He is strongly pro-life and pro-gun, and opposes same-sex marriage. On the issues section of his Website, he lists his top priority as restoring "limited government." He does not consider himself a traditional politician; his slogan in 2010 was "My roots are in Tennessee, not in politics."^[20]

FEC investigation

On October 20, the Federal Election Commission announced that it was conducting an investigation into a $250,000 loan the Gates Banking and Trust Company, where Fincher's father is a board member,^[21] made to Fincher that he did not disclose on his FEC filings.^[22] Initially, Fincher's FEC filing indicated that the loan to the campaign committee came from the candidate’s personal funds with no reference to a bank loan. On December 6, 2010, the campaign amended the filing.^[23] On July 21, 2011, the FEC ruled unanimously Fincher had violated federal election law by listing the loan as a personal donation rather than from Gates Banking and Trust Company. To date, no penalty has been invoked for the violation.

In September 2011, Fincher was named one of the "Most Corrupt Members of Congress" for 2011 by Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington, specifically citing the Gates Banking loan.^[24]

Committee assignments[link]

• Committee on Financial Services
  • Subcommittee on Financial Institutions and Consumer Credit
  • Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations

• Republican Study Committee
• Tea Party Caucus

Personal life[link]

Fincher and his wife, Lynn, have three children. They live in Frog Jump, an unincorporated community just outside Halls. He is a lifetime member of Archer's Chapel United Methodist Church^[25]

Stephen has raised money for the Methodist Church, Dixie Youth Baseball, NOAH, and Relay for Life. He is a lifetime member of the NRA.

References[link]

External links[link]

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