Wednesday, July 30, 2014

BJ moving within months?
Is Canadian owner David Black trying to find a new, smaller home for what’s left of the Beacon Journal?
Former BJ political writer Abe Zaidan writes in his Grumpy Abe blog that it’s only a matter of a few months – if Black Press can find someone to buy the once-hallowed building.
The “mausoleum” has all the departments on the third floor. The rest of the structure is vacant, except for a guard on the ground floor. A newsroom that once had more than 200 is down to about 60.
Once the site of a Music Hall, the Times-Press took over the 44 E. Exchange Street property in 1930.  Scripps-Howard  sold it in 1938 to John S. Knight.

To read Abe’s sad, sad story, click on http://grumpyabe.blogspot.com/

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

FYI, the publisher held a meeting with employees explaining the BJ will NOT be moving. They have looked as some places but found the cost too expensive. The plan is when and if a buyer is interested then they will rent from the new owner.