Sunday, April 30, 2006

CV: Kingston Mayor Haggerty accuses TL of playing politics with FOI lawsuit

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TL editor Matt Golas agrees to be interviewed by CV reporter James Conmy, which is a nice professional courtesy. (Scranton Times editor Larr...
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TL has a big Sunday story about its potential sale

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A mixed bag from writers Renita Fennick and Dave Iseman. The Times Leader, congentially unable to report on itself, suddenly starts writing ...
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Friday, April 28, 2006

Kurt and Stacy Knapek head south

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TL editor Matt Golas broke bread with Dave Iseman and the Knapeks last night. Sports editor Kurt Knapek and designer Stacy Knapek are headin...
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TL sues Kingston for police info

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One of the cool things about not really having a boss (like the people at the TL) is that you can sue everyone like crazy. What are they goi...

TL: A day late, here's our story about the MediaNews deal

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This ain't a weekly here, folks. Renita Fennick namechecks Ron Burkle in her story about how the supermarket magnate and FOB is still in...
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Thursday, April 27, 2006

Jane Jacobs gets a mention in the Scranton Times after all

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Reporter Dave Falchek notes that Jacobs once worked on the Scranton Republican, which later became part of the Scranton Tribune, which later...
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Newspaper Guild: We'll still love the CV even if we buy the TL

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"To leave hard-working newspaper people feeling like cattle in an auction is reprehensible," Matt Golas, editor of the Times Leade...

Sphincters tighten in W-B as the best 'KR orphans' go off the market.

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Oh, shit. The Times Leader's hope of being the player to be named later in a giant newspaper deal involving the heavies in St. Paul and ...
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Wednesday, April 26, 2006

Did you know: writer and urban theorist Jane Jacobs once was a reporter for the Scranton Tribune?

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You learn something every day. Jane Jacobs, famous for her book "The Death and Life of Great American Cities," was born and raised...
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CV: Newspaper Guild, please don't buy the scab TL

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The story, which is by reporter Nichole Dobo and quotes reporter Heidi Ruckno, is about the CV union's unhappiness with essentially fund...

TL's Golas: We are tough when it comes to right-to-know stuff

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A 90s TL open-records case involving the Hazleton Area School District has popped up in a brawl the Inky is having with a Philly suburb. Mat...
Tuesday, April 25, 2006

Stephen Daily named new Scranton Times business editor

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Longtime Scranton Times business writer Stephen Daily is the paper's new business editor, according to a story in the Sunday newspaper. ...
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Sunday, April 23, 2006

Scranton Times shield law debacle gets a little statewide attention

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Philadelphia First Amendment attorney Michael Berry writes in The Patriot-News of Harrisburg about two threats to Pennsylvania's shield ...

Kudos for CV staffers for winning some state awards

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Michael Hockenbury, Leonarda Bilbow, Steve Bennett and Jonathan Bombulie all hit it big on something called the "Keystone Pro Chapter o...
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Friday, April 21, 2006

Froggy 101/98 KRZ payola investigation spreads

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The New York AG was already investigating the two Entercom-owned stations in NEPA. Now the feds are getting involved too.
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TL sues Hanover schools over secret settlement

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The parents of a special-ed student got $69,000, and the TL wants to know the inside details. "It seems outrageous to us that the distr...

Frank Andrews Shimkus: His master's degree is from an unaccredited school

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There's no personal animus with this guy. Really. But the greasy way he lied about his name, worked as news director while talking about...
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Thursday, April 20, 2006

TL to Pulitzer committee: Drop dead!

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The TL was shocked -- shocked! -- to read that the Pulitzer bigshots in New York City bemoan the lack of vigorous investigative journalism a...
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The TL's Rory Sweeney: A bad man

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So says the granddaughter of the angry grandma in the classic Larksville Basketball Hoop Spat. Her grandma is just THE BEST, and would never...
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Dean Singleton close to buying Calif. KR orphans

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The downside for the TL: McClatchy's willingness to sell KR orphans in small groups means that the Lynetts of Scranton have a better sho...
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