Schreiber v. Multimedia of Ohio, Inc.

This cause came on to be heard upon an appeal from the Court of Common Pleas of Hamilton County.

Defendants-appellants Multimedia of Ohio, Inc., Dave Robinson and Richard Venn (collectively, “defendants”) have taken the instant appeal from an order of the court below compelling their disclosure of “outtake” videotape, 1 reporter notes and scripts compiled in connection with an allegedly defamatory news broadcast. On appeal, defendants contend that compelled disclosure of the outtakes, notes and scripts, which they assert constitute aspects of their editorial processes, infringes upon the First…