[TYPO3] tt_news puts out author as a paragrapf tag. how can I get a "clean" output?

[Tomas Mrozek]

> I would like both author an date to be on the same line, but the
> paragraph tag makes it hard to achieve this.
> 
> Can I somehow avoid that the author is warped in a paragraph tag?

Try to put this in your template setup:

plugin.tt_news {
  displayList.author_stdWrap.wrap = <div class="your_class">|</div>
  displaySingle.author_stdWrap.wrap = <div class="your_class">|</div>
}

For accurate info, use Typoscript Object Browser:
Template -> Typoscript Object Browser

Tomas Mrozek