...The National Enquirer, Inc. is a corporation with its principal place of business in Florida. It publishes the National Enquirer, a national weekly newspaper with a total circulation of more than 5 million copies. About 600,000 copies, almost twice the level in the next highest state, are sold in California. Jones, an entertainer and also a California resident, filed a lawsuit in California state court against the National Enquirer and its president, who was a resident of Florida because The National Enquirer published an article about Shirley Jones. The damages for alleged defamation, invasion of privacy, and intentional infliction of emotional distress were filed in a lawsuit by California. Calder v. Jones, 465 U.S. 783, 104 S.Ct. 1482, 79 L.Ed.2d 804, Web 1984 U.S. Lexis 4 (Supreme Court of the United States) What kind of paper is the National Enquirer? The National Enquirer is involved in giving exaggerated stories such as personal life or any scandal of any celebrity or news which create sensation and arise curiosity. It is a tabloid magazine and its main focus is on celebrity news and gossip. It is not considered credible because of its exaggeration. Despite of all this company has a strong base and standing. As per Funding Universe (n.d.), there are 1,331 employees with the Enquirer’s holding company, Enquirer/Star Group. Furthermore it has operating revenues of $275.38 million. A combined weekly circulation of seven million is enjoyed by the $1.25-a-copy National Enquirer...
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...Business Ethics Case Kristin Smith BUS/415 February 27, 2012 Business Ethics Case The National Enquirer is a tabloid newspaper known for its gossip about celebrities, scandals, and other Hollywood drama. The difference between the National Enquirer and newspapers is that the National Enquirer is mostly based on rumors and famous scandals. Newspapers are more responsible journalism that tells the facts. Sold in almost every grocery store, gas station, and local convenience store, the National Enquirer has been around since the 1920s based in Florida. In the earlier days, the National Enquirer was famous for fabricating weird and unbelievable stories to gain sales. Such stories may have included 'My Baby has Three Eyes' or 'I had King Kong's Baby.' Today, the National Enquirer mostly reports on the latest celebrity gossip. Recently, the National Enquirer received bad publicity because of the picture of deceased singer Whitney Houston posted on the front page in her casket. According to the case Calder vs. Jones, the National Enquirer published a story about Shirley Jones that had a devastating impact on her life in California. Due to most of the National Enquirer's circulation existing in California, it was unethical for the National Enquirer to avoid suit in California. Just because the reporter and the editor who wrote and edited the story reside in Florida, the emotional damages were done to her in California. The defamation and invasion of her privacy...
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...7, 2011 1. What kind of paper is the National Enquirer? National Enquirer is a supermarket tabloid founded in 1926; founded William Radolph Hearst. In 1926 the paper was known as New York Enquirer and then purchased in 1952 by Generoso Pope, Jr. Pope purchased the paper and used strategic marketing skills by establishing the paper into supermarkets racks across the country in the 70's. Pope knew the paper to be successful he needed to pay the highest pay to top notch reporters and editors to produce, write, and manage the paper to be the best in its field. This practice may not result in writing what always measures up to the journalistic standards of a magazine such as People, it does allow the Enquirer to cover a broad range of topics, and it enables timely responses to events that often result in news scoops . The success of Pope's strategic marketing skills not everyone found this paper to be tactful and find it offensive; however, the papers success is successful from being an attention grabber, loud and graphic. Provides the top hot news of the media and provides the readers information they may not find anywhere else as forward as they provide the information. 2. Was it ethical for the National Enquirer to try to avoid suit in California? . In the case under discussion, the Petitioners wrote and edited an article, containing slanderous material about the respondent, which was published in National Enquirer, a national magazine having its largest circulation...
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...Business Law Date Instructor Name Business Ethics Case The National Enquirer, Inc. is a corporation with its principal place of business in Florida. It publishes the National Enquirer, a national weekly newspaper with a total circulation of more than 5 million copies. About 600,000 copies, almost twice the level in the next highest state, are sold in California. Jones, an entertainer and also a California resident, filed a lawsuit in California state court against the National Enquirer and its president, who was a resident of Florida because The National Enquirer published an article about Shirley Jones. The damages for alleged defamation, invasion of privacy, and intentional infliction of emotional distress were filed in a lawsuit by California. Calder v. Jones, 465 U.S. 783, 104 S.Ct. 1482, 79 L.Ed.2d 804, Web 1984 U.S. Lexis 4 (Supreme Court of the United States) What kind of paper is the National Enquirer? The National Enquirer is involved in giving exaggerated stories such as personal life or any scandal of any celebrity or news which create sensation and arise curiosity. It is a tabloid magazine and its main focus is on celebrity news and gossip. It is not considered credible because of its exaggeration. Despite of all this company has a strong base and standing. As per Funding Universe (n.d.), there are 1,331 employees with the Enquirer’s holding company, Enquirer/Star Group. Furthermore it has operating revenues of $275.38 million. A combined...
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...Business Ethics Case Shirley Jones is resident entertainer of California that has filed suit against National Enquirer, Inc., along with its president. Jones filed her complaint in the California courts with intent to sue for multiple damages of defamation, privacy, and emotional distress against the national newspaper. In this paper I will attempt to answer the question from the reading of section 3.5. The National Enquirer is a weekly tabloid that was founded in 1926 by William Radolph Hearst. In 1952 the paper was purchased by Generoso Pope, Jr. who then used strategic marketing skills by establishing the paper into supermarket shelves across the country in the 1970's. Pope's strategic marketing skills led to the papers success by being an attention grabber. The question at hand is if National Enquirer should try to avoid suit in California, but is really an ethical decision that needs to be considered by National Enquirer. The Defendant National Enquirer, Inc., is located in Florida and plaintiff Shirley Jones in California, two different states; however suit can be determined by the courts; are there "minimum contacts" with the foreign state by jurisdiction (Quisi in rem) a plaintiff who obtains a judgment against a defendant in one state will try to collect the judgment by attaching property of the defendant that is located in another state (Cheeseman, 2010). Generally, the requirement of minimum contacts means that the defendant has to have taken actions that were...
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...the National Enquirer for writing false evidence that would affect your personal life and emotional health? That is a tough question. Celebrities are used to the gossip that goes on around them and most of them have learned how to deal with these kind of false rumors. The issue becomes when a lot of the private life of the celebrity is written on newspapers like the National Enquirer, which give light to all of the celebrities’ personal issues that go on from time to time. This is when big issues occur because it can have a major impact on a celebrities’ life if this information is harmful. The National Enquirer is a newspaper, which focuses mainly on gossip and entertainment. (www.nationalenquirer.com, 2011) It is a newspaper, which talks about the lives of all the Hollywood stars and sometimes even adds some false information to make the newspaper sound a bit more interesting. Its main targeted audience are people, usually women, who are interested in finding out what is going on in the famous celebrity lives. This issue occurred with an entertainer whose life was exposed on an article that the National Enquirer wrote. The entertainer was not pleases and decided to place a lawsuit against the organization and its president. Was it ethical for the National Enquirer to try to avoid a suit in California? This can be viewed and answered in many ways depending on your thoughts on this ethical issue. I believe that it was not a bad idea that The National Enquirer did...
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...Case 3.5 The National Enquirer is a celebrity news and gossip tabloid magazine. The magazine is comprised of news; information, entertainment, and making people feel good about themselves. The magazine caters to what the readers want to hear and read by making the stories interesting. The National Enquirer was founded in 1926 by William Griffin and was purchased in 1952 by Generoso Pope Jr. In 1988, the Enquirer was purchased by GP Group Acquisition Limited Partnership that became known as the Enquirer/Star Group, Incorporated. The National Enquirer can be usually located in checkout lines in grocery stores or small convenience stores where they gain the most publicity to the customers. This provides the magazines to be read while waiting in line and to also draw in readers to buy the magazine so they can read the stories in full. Ethics are rules of conduct recognized in respect to a particular class of human actions or a particular group or culture (Dictionary, 2011). It was ethical that the National Enquirer would want to avoid suit in California under the diversity of citizenship. The magazine goes after stories with determination and what they believe are morally correct. Every person has different morals and ethics with how he or she covers stories and what is included in these stories. If material is found unethical and should not be shared in the public eye, the magazine will dispose of the information so it is not found by anyone else either (The Yale Journal...
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...3.5 Business Ethics The National Enquirer, Inc., is a Florida corporation with its principal place of business in Florida. It publishes the National Enquirer, a national weekly newspaper with a total circulation of more than 5 million copies. About 600,000 copies, almost twice the level in the next highest state, are sold in California. The National Enquirer published an article about Shirley Jones, an entertainer. Jones, a California resident, filed a lawsuit in California state court against the National Enquirer and its president, who was a resident of Florida. The California lawsuit sought damages for alleged defamation, invasion of privacy, and intentional infliction of emotional distress. 1. What kind of paper is the National Enquirer? The National Enquirer aka the Enquirer is an American tabloid/magazine founded in 1926 by William Randall Hearst. The magazine pays people top dollar for tips and stories on celebrities and famous figures. Most of their stories are gossip-filled and eye-catching to the consumer. 2. Was it ethical for the National Enquirer to try to avoid suit in California? I believe it was ethical for the National Enquirer to try to avoid the lawsuit in California. They are a company based out of Florida and that is a big inconvenience for them. Obviously the Enquirer would try to avoid the suit in a different state hoping that she would drop the suit if she had to bring it to Florida. They are a magazine that runs based on the stories they produce...
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...Case 1: Eastwood v. Superior Court (National Enquirer, Inc., Real Party in Interest), 149 Cal. App. 3d 409 (Cal. App. 2d Dist. 1983) Issue Actor/Director Clint Eastwood claimed that the National Enquirer magazine created a false article stating that he was involved romantically with singer Tanya Tucker while in a relationship with actress Sondra Locke. The magazine used a photo of him on their magazine cover, which was prominently featured in advertisements. Eastwood alleged that this was a deliberate effort to take advantage of his celebrity status and notoriety in order to promote and increase sales. The Enquirer asserted that they were protected under the First Amendment of the U.S. Constitution, which protects freedom of speech and the press, as well as California Civil Code § 3344(d), which allows a person’s name, photograph or likeness to be used without their permission in connection with a news or public affairs article. In the original trial, the “court sustained the newspaper’s demurrer to that the petitioner had failed to state a cause of action.” Eastwood then petitioned the Court of Appeal to hear his case, which led to the decision outlined below. IP Right at Issue Right of Publicity. Eastwood claimed that the National Enquirer created a false article and used his image and name without his consent for the purpose of increasing sales of their magazine. Rule of Law The Court of Appeal ruled against the Enquirer, stating that the false article “constitutes...
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...1. Who were the defendants and what contacts did each have with California? The defendants are the National Enquirer Inc. and its president. The extent to their contact in California from the case study is that they distributed the newspaper in California among other states. This would make them eligible for the long arm statute. The National Inquirer Inc. “transacted other business in the state that allegedly caused injury to another person. (Cheseman, p. 44, 2010). 2. Were the defendants subject to suit in California? Why or Why not? Yes the National Enquirer is subject to suit in California as they have substantive contacts in California and do distribute their newspapers in that state. However the president of the National Enquirer may not be subject of suit if he doesn’t have substantive contacts in California this case study doesn’t have much information stating if this person wrote the article themselves. From what little information I have based off of the case study I would say that it is possible for the president to be held liable for suit depending on what exactly his role in the newspaper is. 3. Was it ethical for the defendants to try to avoid suit in California? No it wasn’t ethical if their story truly had caused damages to Shirley Jones or her career. Our judicial system is here to protect citizens and to give a fair trial. If the defendants are trying to get out of a suit then they are ultimately trying to get out of giving someone a fair...
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...Kelly Burack English 101 Professor: Mr. Flood 26 March 2013 Spin Zone – Fact or Fiction The media, both print and broadcast, do not always report fairly. Often instead of reporting the news, the media has a way of creating the news. Of course television and print are all profitable based on ratings and sales. Sometimes if need be, they can misconstrue certain topics to ensure they hold their standing or even project to a certain audience. Although all media purports to give a fair and balanced portrayal of national events, it becomes obvious that Fox News and Patriot Radio stations can lean right, and NBC, CBS, et al can lean left. For example, when it comes to broadcast media and politics, Fox News reports heavily from a right wing stand point to entice their audience. As the saying goes, there are always two sides to every story. However, Fox News always seems to report from a one-sided point of view or even bend the truth. For instance, Lisa Daftari proclaimed on Fox News, “Detroit, Michigan is a large ex-pat community of Muslim-Americans and sleeper cells have been detected. You can Google this, you can find out all this information. So if you’re trying to set yourself apart the Qatari petro-dollars are backing this, you’re still developing in this area where the sleeper cells have been detected.” This information was later found to be untruthful and caused a lot of controversy for this station. MSNBC, a liberal television news station, also has been known to report...
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...The National Enquirer Maria L Ordonez University of Phoenix Business Law BUS/415 Grant Aguirre March 30, 2011 The National Enquirer The National Enquirer is a very well known tabloid newspaper that is distributed on a weekly basis to almost every supermarket throughout the United States. The information contained in this weekly tabloid newspaper is usually about famous people and at times reveals shadowy secrets of the famous people mentioned in the newspaper. The newspaper is published by American Media Incorporated and usually sells for about $3 to $4 dollars and has been known to pay sources for tips regarding the lives of Hollywood starts and other famous people. The National Enquirer ethically tried to avoid the lawsuit on the grounds that it would violate their first amendment rights particularly the right to free speech. They felt that it was only fair for them to have the lawsuit filed in the state of Florida hoping that Shirley Jones would not pursue the suit if it was moved to the state of Florida("Court of Appeal of California," 1984). The initial claim was dismissed by the courts because it lacked personal jurisdiction over the defendants. The main issue was if the sale of the tabloid newspaper would provide enough minimum contacts to allow the assertion of personal jurisdiction over the editor of the article. The California court did allow personal jurisdiction over the defendant and Shirley Jones filed a lawsuit in the state of California claiming...
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...1. What kind of paper is the National Enquirer? The National Enquirer is an American supermarket tabloid, which can be traced back to 1926. The paper was founded by William Griffin when he was given a loan by William Randolph Hearst to create the New York Evening Enquirer (Funding Universe, 2010). This paper was sold in New York City and as a partial repayment of Griffin’s loan, Hearst wanted to experiment new ideas in the Enquirer. Because of the unsuccessful articles published and antimilitary publications in World War II, sales never peaked. William Griffin later sold the tabloid magazine to Generoso Pope, Jr. Pope slowly decreased the amount of articles written about the war and added new columns that included worldwide events. In the early 1950s, the Enquirer started focusing on tales of murder, crimes, and confessions. Later, the paper added a gossip column, which assisted in raising sales of the magazine and by 1953, the Enquirer was considered a tabloid magazine (Funding Universe, 2010). The new gossip columns included stories about Elvis and other celebrities, in which they would write about scandals and betrayals. In 1957, the magazine was renamed the National Enquirer and by mid-1960s, the tabloid was available in retail chain stores across the United States. Before Pope died in 1988, the magazine was circulating throughout the United States and generating enormous profits, thus when Pope passed, many publishing companies bid for the opportunity to own the tabloid...
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...The National Enquirer was founded in 1926 as The New York Evening Enquirer, by William Griffin. The paper started as a tabloid in New York where it was distributed every Sunday. In 1952, the paper’s circulation fell and was purchased by Generoso Pope Jr., who later moved the paper headquarters to Florida. Pope changed the name of the paper to The National Enquirer in 1957, and also broadened the paper’s appeal to include stories of scandal. After Pope’s death in 1988, the surviving owners sold the paper for a reported $412 million. In 1977, Shirley Jones married a comedian by the name of Marty Ingels, the couple resided in the State of California. After several years of troubled marriage, the couple reconciled and remained married. They sued The National Enquirer over a false headline that read “Husband’s bizarre behavior driving Shirley Jones to drink” in an October 9, 1979 issue. After a long eight years of debate that ended up in the U.S. Supreme Court, they received an apology and settlement from the paper. The National Enquirer argued during trial that they were not responsible for the circulation of the article in California. They further argued that neither a reporter nor an editor have direct economic stake in sales of a distant state. The California Court of Appeal affirmed the decision that the petitioners had intentional conduct in Florida to cause injury to the plaintiff in California. The paper named The National Enquirer is not a reliable source...
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...Business Ethics Chapter 3 Problem 3.5 The National Enquirer, Inc., is a Florida corporation with its principal place of business in Florida. It publishes the National Enquirer, a national weekly newspaper with a total circulation of more than 5 million copies. About 600,000 copies, almost twice the level in the next highest state, are sold in California. The National Enquirer published an article about Shirley Jones, an entertainer. Jones, a California resident, filed a lawsuit in California state court against the National Enquirer and its president, who was a resident of Florida. The California lawsuit sought damages for alleged defamation, invasion of privacy, and intentional infliction of emotional distress. Calder v. Jones, 465 U.S. 783, 104 S.Ct. 1482, 79 L.Ed.2d 804, Web 1984 U.S. Lexis 4 (Supreme Court of the United States). 1. What kind of paper is the National Enquirer? The National Enquirer is a weekly newspaper sold throughout the nation with its headquarters in Florida (Cheeseman, 2010). The National Enquirer is a widely known newspaper about tabloids that focuses on scandalous events that involved celebrities and/or politicians. There are times when the National Enquirer has been questioned about how the writer and/or newspaper have received their information about the event. The National Enquirer has also faced multiple lawsuits as a result of the events in question. 2. Was it ethical for the National Enquirer to try to avoid suit in California? This...
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