by MBJ Staff Published: April 30,2013
Tags: award, computer, high technology, information technology, media, newspaper, remote, software, support, workplace
JACKSON — Bomgar has been named one of the top companies to work for in Atlanta by the Atlanta Journal-Constitution. In the small business category of the AJC’s Top 100 Workplaces for 2013, Bomgar was ranked as the No. 4 company to work for in Atlanta. Any Atlanta company with more than 50 employees is [...] [...]
by Associated Press Published: April 24,2013
Tags: bench, decision, judge, judicial, juducuary, justice, media, newspaper, public records, ruling, state agency
BILOXI — Chancery Judge Jennifer Schloegel has ruled she cannot force the Mississippi Department of Resources to provide the Sun Herald records the agency no longer possesses. Schloegel ruled the newspaper would need to add the State Auditor’s Office as a defendant in a public records lawsuit it filed against the DMR. The Sun Herald [...] [...]
JACKSON — Gov. Phil Bryant’s staff suggested that the Department of Public Safety should delay fulfilling requests for gun permit records until a law could be enacted to shield them from public scrutiny, emails obtained by The Associated Press show. The emails, obtained under a public records request, show Bryant staff counsel Jack Wilson on [...] [...]
by Associated Press Published: January 25,2013
Tags: auditor, campaign donation, foundation, investigate, investigation, investigator, law enforcement, media, misappropriation, newspaper, open records, political campaign, political donation, Politics, search, state agency
BILOXI — Investigators have searched the home of Tina Shumate, coastal management and planning director at the Mississippi Department of Marine Resources. David Huggins, who heads the Investigative Audit Division of the State Auditor’s Office, tells The Sun Herald a search warrant was served at Shumate’s home Tuesday. Huggins would not release any details about [...] [...]
by Associated Press Published: January 17,2013
Tags: bench, case, court, financial records, judge, judicial, judiciary, justice, law, lawsuit, legal, media, medium, newspaper, public records, state agency, sue, suing
BILOXI — A Gulf Coast newspaper has sued the Mississippi Department of Marine Resources to get access to some financial records. The Sun Herald reports it filed suit in Harrison County Chancery Court. The Sun Herald is seeking a judge’s order compelling MDMR to produce the records. The newspaper also asked for a hearing on [...] [...]
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 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: May 4,2012
Tags: acquisition, brand, branding, masthead, media, name, NEWS, newspaper, publication, purchase, subscribers, subscriptions
LAUREL — The ReView of Jones County, owned by Gin Creek Publishing, has reached an agreement to purchase the Laurel Leader-Call name, masthead and subscription list. The terms of the transaction are confidential. The Leader-Call is now publishing on Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday. “I’m delighted on behalf of the residents of this great county to [...] [...]
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