by Associated Press Published: January 10,2013
Tags: ad, advertisiement, advertising, bench, copyright, court, decision, dismiss, infringement, judge, judicial, judiciary, justice, media, newspaper, novel, novelist, writer, writing
OXFORD — The estate of William Faulkner has settled a copyright lawsuit against Northrop Grumman Corp. and The Washington Post Co. for using a Faulkner quote in a newspaper ad by the defense contractor. U.S. District Judge Henry T. Wingate in Jackson dismissed the lawsuit Dec. 12. Terms of the settlement are sealed. The Faulkner [...] [...]
by MBJ Staff Published: January 10,2013
Tags: boat, boater, boating, dealer, dealership, fish, magazine, media, outdoors, publication, ranking, recreation, retail, retailer, retailing, ski, swim, water
BAY ST. LOUIS — Breath’s Boats & Motors has made Boating Industry magazine’s eighth-annual Top 100 Dealers program, which recognizes the best-of-the-best from the thousands of marine dealers in North America. “Our editorial staff was extremely impressed with the dealership’s knowledge of its local market,” said Jonathan Sweet, Boating Industry magazine’s editor-in-chief. “For example, Breath’s [...] [...]
by MBJ Staff Published: January 9,2013
Tags: build, builder, building, college, construction, contractor, culture, facility, Heritage, higher education, historic, history, journalism, mass communication, media, newsppaper, public university, radio, renovate, renovation, restoration, restore, structure
HATTIESBURG — Work to restore one of the original structures on the University of Southern Mississippi’s Hattiesburg campus to its former glory is in the final stages. College Hall, built in 1912, will re-open during the spring 2013 semester and serve as home to its new occupant, the School of Mass Communication and Journalism. Campus [...] [...]
by MBJ Staff Published: November 30,2012
Tags: computer, hardware, information technology, media, rank, ranking, remote, software, support, technology
JACKSON — Bomgar is again included on the Lead411 Tech 200, a ranking of the 200 fastest-growing technology companies in the United States. In its third year, the list includes tech companies with the highest percent of revenue growth from 2008 to 2011, calculating revenue growth by percentages versus dollar growth. Since its founding in [...] [...]
by Associated Press Published: October 31,2012
Tags: appeal, builder, building, construction, contractor, court, decision, homebuilder, judge, judicial, judiciary, law, legal, media, ruling, station, television
GULFPORT — The state Court of Appeals has declined to take a second look at its May ruling that a Gulf Coast television station did not defame two businessmen. Gerald “Heath” Hudson of Moss Point and his father, Arthur “Gerald” Hudson of Lucedale, sued WLOX-TV in 2006 in Harrison County Circuit Court. A Harrison County [...] [...]
by MBJ Staff Published: October 25,2012
Tags: land, magazine, media, mortgage, property, publication, rank, ranking, real estate, technology, technology company
OXFORD — FNC Inc. has earned recognition as one of the world’s top 100 financial tech companies. The FinTech 100, sponsored by American Banker and Bank Technology News, is an annual ranking of the top technology providers to financial services companies worldwide. FNC CEO Bill Rayburn said receiving the FinTech 100 designation is a point [...] [...]
by MBJ Staff Published: October 5,2012
Tags: brige, design, engineer, engineering, forecaster, government, highway, infrastructure, list, longevity, media, ocean, public sector, ranking, reader, record, road, storm, street, survey, transportation, travel, tropical, Weather
JACKSON — The consulting engineering firm Neel-Schaffer made the Top 50 Road & Highway Design Firms List released by Roads and Bridges. Each year the magazine sends a survey out to its government (departments of transportation) readers, who in turn select the firms they prefer to work with out on the jobsite. The results are [...] [...]
by Associated Press Published: September 13,2012
Tags: achievement, cheat, commission, education, ethics, media, newspaper, open records, probe, public education, school, score, state agency, student, teacher, test
GREENWOOD — The Mississippi Ethics Commission has sided with the Greenwood Commonwealth newspaper and says the state Department of Education should hand over documents from any probe of possible cheating on achievement tests in Leflore County. In a non-binding opinion issued last Friday, the Ethics Commission agreed with the newspaper that such documents are public [...] [...]
TUPELO — Journal Inc. has launched Mud & Magnolias, a Northeast Mississippi lifestyle magazine focusing on food, home and garden, travel, people, outdoors, fashion and pop culture. The bimonthly magazine will guide readers through the aspects of everyday life in the region and state, as well as showcase to the rest of the world the [...] [...]
by MBJ Staff Published: August 21,2012
Tags: Clay Foster, Elvis Presley, George McLean, JACKSON, Jim Dolan, Journal Inc., media, Mississippi, Mississippi Business Journal, Tupelo
One of the oldest companies in Mississippi, the Northeast Mississippi media company Journal Inc., is unique in that it has had no layoffs during the recession. The Journal, which publishes the Northeast Mississippi Daily Journal in Tupelo and 20 weekly newspapers (including the Mississippi Business Journal), is unique in that it is owned by the [...] [...]
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