Friday, June 30, 2006

Goodbye Brian Malina, Tom Mooney at the TL

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Malina is leaving for a nonprofit and Mooney for retirement, Matt Golas reports in his newsroom note. The TL is also hiring, he said.
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Thursday, June 29, 2006

It's confirmed: $65m for the TL

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At least that's what Reuters says. Kudos to Renita Fennick for getting the right number days ago. Now, if she could only find out who ow...
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Incremental news (again) in CV libel case

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The TL scooped the CV on its own libel case the other day. A turn-of-the-screw story on the case of Thomas Joseph, who the Voice allegedly m...

How the CV did it

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What hotel? Classier than the Host Inn?

How the TL did it

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Read the Matt Golas newsroom note. Also, here are his words from Marketplace on NPR: Matt Golas is editor of the Wilkes-Barre Times Leader. ...
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Wednesday, June 28, 2006

TL, CV, abandon downtown offices

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The Voice will be working out of Scranton and out of a motel; the TL will be working out of a motel also and printing in Philly. The CV will...

Most of metro W-B ordered evacuated

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THe mandatory evacuation includes everyplace that flooded during Agnes in 1972. Downtown Wilkes-Barre, home to the Voice, the TL, the TL pri...
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Connor bobbin' and weavin' when it comes to his co-owners of the TL

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New managing partner/owner Rich Connor says he can't say who the owners are, but promises they won't interfere in the news operation...
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Oops!

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Nothing like misspelling the name of the new owner's daughter on Page One to get things started right.

Incremental news in CV libel case

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Some more evidence has been added to the case. Probably could have been briefed out.

Web flood coverage so far: crap

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This will change in a few hours, when Web pages are updated to reflect Wednesday's editions. But at the moment there is little coverage ...
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Tuesday, June 27, 2006

Eff you, "strongman boss Tony Ridder"

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Leading off with the Matt Golas newsroom note crowing about the sale, here's today's news: Photos of the staff (many newsroom people...
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Monday, June 26, 2006

Done deal: Former TL publisher Connor buys the paper

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There's all kinds of stories this afternoon. We'll round them up here. As of 3 p.m., the Voice didn't have a story on its Web si...
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Renita buys it: TL sale to the Lynetts isn't going to happen

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Is Renita Fennick just reading tea leaves or does she have the inside dope? Time will tell. Still, the press release-style remarks from TL d...
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CV to spend $1.5m on press upgrade

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Obviously, some people are taking this as a sign that the Lynett bid for the TL is DOA. Time will tell.

TL says Walzer lawsuit is full of it

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It's all boilerplate from the TL in reply to former editor Allison Walzer's lawsuit. One interesting note: The TL has hired a Philly...

A bit of evidence added in Joseph/CV libel case

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Incremental news in the libel case that businessman Thomas Joseph filed against the CV.

Rumor: Someone is hiring for a new newspaper in Scranton??

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I'm calling bullshit on this rumor, which started on a Scranton politics message board. Here is what someone wrote lat week: "Belie...
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Scranton Times turns blind eye to suicide of famous husband of local woman

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Many people read about the suicide (shotgun to the head + anchor tied to an ankle) of Phillip Merrill, publisher of Washingtonian magazine a...

Golas to TL newsroom: You're the best

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Also, other KR people tell Pat McHugh that they think the Times Leader is very well written. There are still other KR people?