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Friday, June 26, 2009

T-T reporter Stacy Brown and Michael Jackson go way back

Scranton Times-Tribune Stacy Brown has been turning up all over the place today because of his knowledge of (and book about) Michael Jackson...

R.I.P. Michael Jackson

Corbett and Jackson out in California. Nov. 14, 2002. From the AP.

Friday, November 07, 2008

More on the Times-Tribune v. Times Leader obit flap

• Erin Nissley of The Times-Tribune reports in detail on the newspaper's lawsuit , with remarks from lawyers on both sides as well as La...

Thursday, November 06, 2008

Breaking: Times-Tribune sues Times Leader, accuses it of plagarizing dozens of obits

Exciting! " I've never seen such a vast and blatant example of plagiarism in my 40 years of journalism," Times-Tribune Managin...

Tragic: Liar Frank Andrews Shimkus loses re-election bid

Liar – and potential perjurer – Frank Andrews Shimkus failed to get re-elected to the Pennsylvania House of Representatives, meaning the for...

Thursday, October 30, 2008

"Fearless: The Richard A. Sprague Story" coming to bookstores soon!

(Note: This will be the most carefully-written blog post in American history.) While it isn't labeled as such, what appears to be the of...

Frank Andrews Shimkus still scrapping towards election day

Good old Frank Andrews Shimkus, who has been a hell of a time with concussions and car crashes and judges calling him out for lying, debated...

Another collegiate press politics story: Elderly W-B man answers door in his underwear

A reporter from George Washington University's student paper accompanied some College Republicans on a trip to Wilkes-Barre. One volunte...

Columbia student writes about Scranton's anti-Obama Democrats

The substantial number of anti-Obama Democrats in Scranton has gotten a free pass from the press, especially concerning people like Tony Rod...

Monday, October 27, 2008

"The project isn't as ambitious as it sounds"

All of you who thought you'd never see the Times Leader try to break into the Scranton market: These are strange days indeed. After scra...

Edward J. Lynett Jr. wins PNA lifetime acheivement award

Click above for The Times-Tribune's report. Kudos.

Ed Lewis wants to be called The Ambassador

"I’m not condoning the use of street names; my job as a crime reporter brings me in regular contact with multiple law enforcement agenc...

Connor of the TL: I heart McCain, but I still let the paper endorse Obama

Romenesko picked up Connor's Sunday piece, where he extols the virtues of Maverick John McCain. "I could have overruled but didn’t ...

Wednesday, October 22, 2008

Mark Kandel, husband of WNEP's Marisa Burke, sentenced for providing booze to minors

Mark Kandel, former Scranton School Board member and NEIU bigshot -- and husband of WNEP's Marisa Burke -- was sentenced to 90 days home...

Josh Brodesky moving up at the Arizona Daily Star

Josh Brodesky, formerly of The Times-Tribune of Scranton, has been named the new real estate reporter at the Arizona Daily Star in Tuscon. B...

Rich Connor part of group to buy Blethen Maine Newspapers?!?

A blog in Washington state is reporting that a blog in Maine is reporting that the Portland Press Herald is reporting that Times Leader Edit...

Saturday, October 18, 2008

Longtime WNEP staffer Tim Karlson dies

Karlson worked in a number of departments at WNEP going back to 1983. Condolences. • Read the TL story • Read the CV story • Read the Times-...

More on the 'kill him' controversy at Scranton's Palin rally

• The Times-Tribune reports more about what reporter Dave Singleton heard and where he heard it • “ TL story draws national interest ,” the...

Thursday, October 16, 2008

Times Leader: No one to corroborate Times-Tribune report of "kill him" at Palin rally

Fight! The Times-Tribune of Scranton reported that someone yelled "kill him" at the Sarah Palin rally in Scranton on Tuesday. The...

Wednesday, July 09, 2008

Connor of the TL on Starbucks and managing

Have you noticed how those Starbucks coffee shops! They're everywhere!

Corbett walks around his old 'hood in Wilkes-Barre, mourns his zen garden

Those of you who miss Corbett's Times Leader ruminations about his South River Street neighborhood -- who can forget the Japanese pine t...

Maybe having the reporter's picture with each story isn't the best idea

Cumberland County isn't exactly Berwick, but any story where a naked dude walks into a Sheetz and eats a Slim Jim is a good one.

Tuesday, July 08, 2008

Murdoch not selling Ottaway (and the Pocono Record) after all

Everyone worried about Times-Shamrock buying the Pocono Record can relax. Rupert is keeping the Record and the other Ottaway papers after al...

Farewell, nepatvnewser, we hardly knew ye

Turns out it was a class project. Click the screen shot at left to read the farewell note from Toby, the proprietor.

Ed Christine lands in Binghamton

In the old news department, Ed Christine is working as news editor at the Press & Sun-Bulletin in beautiful Binghamton, N.Y. Be sure to ...

Thursday, June 12, 2008

Dave Janoski of the CV subpoenaed by Louis DeNaples

Richard Sprague associates are "in a hunt for the source of what they say were illegal leaks from a grand jury," The Morning Call ...

Former WBRE reporter Molly Henneberg wins Broadcast & Cable award

Fox News reporter Molly Henneberg, formerly of WBRE, was named one of 12 "next wave of leaders" winners by Broadcast & Cable. ...

Big changes at the Weekender

Not really. But editor Mike Lello updates readers on the latest changes at Luzerne County's biggest entertainment weekly published by Ri...

Andy Palumbo has a blog

WNEP's Andy Palumbo has a blog. Enjoy.

Cap Cities-era TL vet gets online media job

We've never heard of PV Media Group, but prnewswire says James McDonald -- who "has run two of the nation’s largest weekly newspape...

Forbes columnist writes about Times-Tribune libel case

A flack for the National Association of Manufacturers writes at forbes.com about The Times-Tribune and the libel case involving John Murphy,...

Times-Tribune makes Gawker with story about Kanjo scuffle

Borys Krawczeniuk and The Times-Tribune of Scranton get a shout-out on Gawker this afternoon with the paper's story about Kanjo (alleged...

Thursday, May 29, 2008

Former NEPA kid Lauren Weisberger has a new book coming out

Lauren Weisberger, 31, lived in the Abingtons for a few years when she was a kid but is often identified in print as a Scranton native. Her ...

WBRE'S Kristi Capel: America's hottest weather anchor

So says the T&A site bustedcoverage.com. Let the misogynistic comments begin!

Tuesday, May 27, 2008

Revisiting the Chiquita story in Cincinnati

Former Cincinnati Enquirer reporter Cameron McWhirter has an interesting piece in the latest CJR about shield laws and the infamous Chiquit...

Stories we missed: Frank Andrews Shimkus gets married

If you want to melt your brain, read the Electric City account (click above) of the wedding of the two former WYOU newspeople united in taxp...

Thursday, May 22, 2008

Stories we missed: Dave Iseman gets a promotion in the Ozarks

We're just happy to have a new mug. But Dave Iseman impressed his bosses at the News-Leader of Springfield, Mo. enough that they picked ...

Stories we missed: Times Shamrock buys Virgin Islands paper (!)

Somehow, this seems like a scheme an entirely legitimate business move to hold annual Times-Shamrock meetings in the Caribbean or get Lynet...

Matt Kemeny, formerly of The Times-Tribune, at top position on obscurestore.com

Matthew Kemeny, now at The Patriot-News of Harrisburg, enjoys the top position on Jim Romenesko's obscurestore.com today with the story ...

Wednesday, May 21, 2008

BREAKING: Chris Kelly has a concealed-carry permit

We'd been in a bit of a funk after seeing Green Ridge's own Joe Biden do so badly in the Pennsylvania primary. Or maybe we were wait...

Thursday, April 10, 2008

Frank Andrews Shimkus sets the date

Frank Shimkus, the ex-TV newsman formerly known as Frank Andrews, had his engagement announcement run in the Times-Tribune on Sunday. He wil...

Former T-T reporter Josh Brodesky wins SPJ award

Former Scranton Times-Tribune reporter Josh Brodesky, now of the Arizona Daily Star in Tucson, was the co-winner of the Arizona SPJ's Su...

Times-Tribune alumni hit the Obscure Store daily double

At the end of the day Wednesday, two Scranton Times-Tribune alumni had the two top stories on Jim Romenesko's Obscure Store site. Matthe...

The Times-Tribune goes inside the Scranton mayor's Clinton fundaiser

We know we're behind the curve on this, but Times-Tribune reporter Stacy Brown wrote an interesting first-person take on the high roller...

Tuesday, April 08, 2008

Richard Connor of the TL: My friends don't know me very well

That's the obvious conclusion after Connor – who wrote about the spate of anti-Semitic vandalism in Wilkes-Barre – writes that people he...

Shakeup at WBRE?

A tipster reports that s/he heard that Agent Andy Mehalshick is moving off the anchor desk. "Since it's better than 50-50 that Lynd...

Tuesday, April 01, 2008

Borys has a blog

Scranton Times-Tribune political writer Borys Krawczeniuk has been blogging about presidential politics for the last couple weeks, which is ...

Kim Martucci gets an on-air proposal!

Former WBRE weather lady was proposed to recently on the air (!) down at WUSA in Washington. Wow. And wow. • Read Martucci's crazy blog

Arsonist tries to torch new WNEP bureau

Someone tried to burn down the building housing WNEP's new Pocono bureau. Read the Pocono Record story for all the details and a picture...

DeNaples lawyer meets with the Inky

How about this for unusual: Richard Sprague, the attorney for Louis DeNaples, had a lengthy sit-down with the Philadelphia Inquirer's ed...

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