Review-Journal dumps investigative unit

There's plenty to investigate in Nevada, but the Las Vegas Review-Journal has decided to dump its investigative unit as layoffs hit the newsroom. According to an AP story in the Las Vegas Sun, five people lost jobs in the R-J newsroom, in addition to five production workers and two administrative staffers.

(found via Romenesko)

Four in the morning

1. Twenty-eight-year old Pulitzer winner uses his prize money to establish a fund for rural reporters. IRJ

2. Las Vegas Review-Journal defends its practice of suing over alleged copyright violations. LV Sun

3. Thank god someone is finally giving corporations a chance to be heard. Forbes will run corporate/marketing/advertising blogs alongside staff blogs to make sure these afflicted get the comfort they so sorely need. AdAge

4. I guess since so many journalists have already left, Sidney Harman won't have to fire that many people at Newsweek. Poynter

What happens in the Review-Journal stays in the Review-Journal

The editor and publisher of the Las Vegas Review-Journal are boosters for Nevada's Republican Senate Sharon Angle. They're also suing for copyright infringement after she posted R-J articles on her website without the paper's permission. To find about the suit, however, you have to read the paper's competition, the Las Vegas Sun. Steve Friess at Politics Daily has the story.