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Ag disparagement laws take root

Agriculture disparagement laws are laws enacted at the state level that allow producers of agriculture and aquaculture products to sue individuals and companies that purportedly make statements about the product that directly result in a loss of profit for the producer. The purpose of these laws is to provide economic stability for state economies that primarily are dependent on agriculture production and distribution. (Editor’s note: This is the final part of a four-part series on the defamation lawsuit filed by Beef Products Inc. against ABC News.)

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And now for something completely different: Times-Picayune forges transition path

In May the owners of the award-winning New Orleans Times-Picayune announced they were redefining the way newspapers transitioned into the next life. Rather than die a slow and (to the Newhouse family) costly death, the T-P — which actually still made money as a newspaper — would instead commit print suicide by putting a newspaper in subscribers’ mailboxes just three days a week.