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Florida: PRESS NOTES (2#) -

Sentinel & Orlando Weekly -

# Sun-Sentinel Parent Co: Sam Zell, the new owner, wants to consolidate the Tribune's Washington DC Bureau. This is standard operating procedure for a syndicate - there is nothing unusual or untoward about it. And it's more economical. [chi-trib]

# Orlando Weekly Stops Adult Ads: *In a plea bargain disclosed in court Wednesday, the Orlando Weekly agreed to stop publishing "Adult Services" ads, and Florida authorities dropped criminal charges of "aiding and abetting prostitution" against the alternative paper and three of its sales staff... advertising for escorts, massage parlors and other so-called "adult" services that [a local law enforcement agency] claimed were fronts for prostitution.*

+ Those ads are reputed to be a very lucrative source of revenue for some publications. But what is the real issue here for readers?

If you wanted to publish the writings of, let's say just for example, William Faulkner and intended to use such ads to finance that material, readers might be able to appreciate this rationalization being used to justify your course of conduct. But what if you are not using the revenue in order to publish Faulkner?

Discuss among yourselves.

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