From: Mark Berton <mark@incommunitymagazines.com>
To: egillen476 <egillen476@aol.com>Sent: Fri, Jan 20, 2012 7:44 am
Subject: Lebo Copyright Policy
Hi Elaine, We’re working on the spring issue of IN Mt. Lebanon magazine and I was reading about the copyright issue with the district website that you posted. I’d like to offer you a page or two in the spring issue if you would like address this topic since you have Mike Madison’s opinion and have written about it thoughtfully. This is an important issue for anyone in the media and one that, you would think, would negate the necessity of having a district communications coordinator whose sole purpose is to disseminate district information to the public, since the public is not allowed to rebroadcast those disseminations. Let me know your thoughts and I’ll be happy to budget the space to you. Thanks,
Mark Berton
Western Regional Editor
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On February 21, I received this from Mark:
"I know it's been a while, but we're working on the Spring IN Mt. Lebanon.
Here's the page layout. Let me know if anything's changed since we last
spoke or if we need to make any changes."
IN Mt. Lebanon decided to call my article, "Censored Lebo."
Here's the page layout. Let me know if anything's changed since we last
spoke or if we need to make any changes."
IN Mt. Lebanon decided to call my article, "Censored Lebo."
There were some minor punctuation errors and a spacing issue to my two page article, but it was fine otherwise. And if they wanted to call it censorship, then so be it.
Well, I have been "censored" again. This morning, I got this delightful email:
Hello Elaine
I am Managing Editor for In Mt. Lebanon Magazine. In the final stages of review of the magazine, we decided to pull the feature that you submitted to us from the Spring edition. We are trying our best to keep a neutral position in the community regarding the municipality and my decision to pull this editorial was based purely on this stance.
I greatly appreciate you taking time to submit the editorial and hope you understand our position. If you know of any person or organization who lives or works in the Mt Lebanon Community, whom you think we should be writing about, would you let me know?
Thanks in advance for your understanding.
With kind regards,
Marybeth Jeffries
Managing Editor
In Community Magazines
603 E McMurray Road
McMurray PA 15317
In Mt. Lebanon magazine was my last hope for unbiased journalism in Mt. Lebanon. I guess it is all about the mighty dollar.
