Newspapers in Ohio

Ignore the ACF, etc. stuff

Ada  Ada Herald (A) (C) (F) (T) (W)
Akron  Akron Beacon Journal (A) (C) (F) (T) (W) (V)
Akron  Akron Legal News (A) (C) (F) (T) (W)
Akron  Akron.com (A) (C) (F) (T) (W)
Alliance  The Review (A) (C) (F) (T) (W)
Antwerp  West Bend News (A) (C) (F) (W)
Archbold  Archbold Buckeye (A) (C) (F) (W)
Ashland  Ashland Times Gazette (A) (C) (F) (T) (W) (V)
Ashtabula  Ashtabula Star Beacon (A) (C) (F) (W)
Athens  Athens Messenger (A) (C) (F) (T) (W) (V)
Athens  Athens News (A) (C) (F) (T) (W) (V)
Aurora  Aurora Advocate (A) (C) (F) (T) (W) (V)
Barberton  Barberton Herald (A) (C) (F) (T) (W) (V)
Batavia  Clermont Sun (A) (C) (F) (T) (W) (V)
Beavercreek  News Current (A) (C) (F) (T) (W)
Bellefontaine  Bellefontaine Examiner (A) (C) (F) (T) (W) (V)
Bellevue  Bellevue Gazette (A) (C) (F) (T) (W)
Bowling Green  Sentinel Tribune (A) (C) (F) (T) (W) (V)
Bryan  Bryan Times (A) (C) (F) (T) (W) (V)
Buckeye Lake  Buckeye Lake Beacon (A) (C) (W)
Bucyrus  Telegraph Forum (A) (C) (F) (T) (W)
Cadiz  Harrison News Herald (A) (C) (F) (W) (V)
Cambridge  Daily Jeffersonian (A) (C) (F) (T) (W) (V)
Canton  Canton Repository (A) (C) (F) (T) (W) (V)
Carey  Progressor Times (A) (C) (F) (W)
Carrollton  Free Press Standard (A) (C) (F) (T) (W) (V)
Celina  Daily Standard (A) (C) (F) (W)
Chagrin Falls  Chagrin Valley Times (A) (C) (F) (W)
Chillicothe  Chillicothe Gazette (A) (C) (F) (T) (W)
Cincinnati  Cincinnati Business Courier (A) (C) (F) (T) (W) (V)
Cincinnati  Cincinnati Call and Post (A) (C) (F) (T) (W) (V)
Cincinnati  Cincinnati City Beat (A) (C) (F) (T) (W)
Cincinnati  Cincinnati Enquirer (A) (C) (F) (T) (W) (V)
Cincinnati  Cincinnati Herald (A) (C) (F) (T) (W)
Circleville  Circleville Herald (A) (C) (F) (T) (W) (V)
Cleveland  Cleveland Scene (A) (C) (F) (T) (W)
Cleveland  Crain's Cleveland Business (A) (C) (F) (T) (W)
Cleveland  Daily Legal News (A) (C) (W)
Cleveland  NE Ohio Media Group (A) (C) (F) (T) (W)
Cleveland  News-Herald (A) (C) (F) (T) (W) (V)
Cleveland  Plain Dealer (A) (C) (F) (T) (W) (V)
Clyde  Clyde Enterprise (A) (C) (F) (T) (W)
Columbus  Business First (A) (C) (F) (T) (W)
Columbus  Columbus Alive (A) (C) (F) (T) (W) (V)
Columbus  Columbus Dispatch (A) (C) (F) (T) (W) (V)
Columbus  Columbus Post (A) (C) (F) (T) (W)
Columbus  Daily Reporter (A) (C) (F) (W)
Columbus  This Week (A) (C) (F) (T) (W)
Cortland  Cortland News (A) (C) (F) (W)
Coshocton  Coshocton Tribune (A) (C) (F) (T) (W)
Dayton  Dayton Business Journal (A) (C) (F) (T) (W)
Dayton  Dayton Daily News (A) (C) (F) (T) (W)
Dayton  Wright-Patterson Skywrighter (A) (C) (F) (W)
Defiance  Crescent-News (A) (C) (F) (T) (W) (V)
Delaware  Delaware Gazette (A) (C) (F) (T) (W) (V)
Delphos  Daily Herald (A) (C) (F) (T) (W)
East Liverpool  Review (A) (C) (F) (T) (W)
Eaton  Register-Herald (A) (C) (F) (T) (W)
Elyria  Chronicle-Telegram (A) (C) (F) (T) (W) (V)
Englewood  Englewood Independent (A) (C) (F) (T) (W)
Enon  Enon Eagle (A) (C) (F) (W)
Fairborn  Fairborn Daily Herald (A) (C) (F) (W)
Fairfield  Todays Pulse (A) (C) (F) (T) (W)
Findlay  Courier (A) (C) (F) (T) (W) (V)
Fostoria  Review Times (A) (C) (F) (T) (W) (V)
Fremont  News-Messenger (A) (C) (F) (T) (W)
Galion  Galion Inquirer (A) (C) (F) (T) (W)
Gallipolis  Gallipolis Daily Tribune (A) (C) (F) (T) (W) (V)
Georgetown  News Democrat (A) (C) (F) (T) (W)
Granville  Granville Sentinel (A) (C) (F) (T) (W)
Greenville  Daily Advocate (A) (C) (F) (T) (W) (V)
Hamilton  Journal-News (A) (C) (F) (T) (W)
Hamilton  Lindenwald Ledger (A) (C) (F) (T) (W)
Hicksville  News-Tribune (A) (C) (W)
Hillsboro  Times-Gazette (A) (C) (F) (T) (W) (V)
Hubbard  Review Newspapers (A) (C) (F) (W)
Huber Heights  Huber Heights Courier (A) (C) (F) (T) (W)
Ironton  Ironton Tribune (A) (C) (F) (T) (W) (V)
Jackson  Times-Journal (A) (C) (F) (T) (W) (V)
Kenton  Kenton Times (A) (C) (F) (T) (W)
Lakewood  Lakewood Observer (A) (C) (F) (W) (V)
Lancaster  Eagle Gazette (A) (C) (F) (T) (W)
Lebanon  Todays Pulse (A) (C) (F) (T) (W)
Lima  Lima News (A) (C) (F) (T) (W) (V)
Lima  the 419 (A) (C) (F) (T) (W)
Lisbon  Morning Journal (A) (C) (F) (T) (W) (V)
Logan  Logan Daily News (A) (C) (F) (T) (W) (V)
London  Madison Press (A) (C) (F) (T) (W)
Lorain  Morning Journal (A) (C) (F) (T) (W) (V)
Mansfield  News Journal (A) (C) (F) (T) (W)
Marietta  Marietta Times (A) (C) (F) (T) (W)
Marion  Marion Star (A) (C) (F) (T) (W)
Martins Ferry  Times Leader (A) (C) (F) (T) (W)
Marysville  Marysville Journal-Tribune (A) (C) (F) (W)
Mason  Todays Pulse (A) (C) (F) (T) (W)
Massillon  Independent (A) (C) (F) (W) (V)
McConnelsville  Morgan County Herald (A) (C) (F) (T) (W)
Medina  Medina Gazette (A) (C) (F) (T) (W) (V)
Middletown  Middletown Journal (A) (C) (F) (T) (W)
Millbury  Press (A) (C) (F) (T) (W)
Mount Vernon  Mount Vernon News (A) (C) (F) (T) (W) (V)
Napoleon  Northwest Signal (A) (C) (F) (T) (W) (V)
New Carlisle  New Carlisle News (A) (C) (F) (W)
New London  Firelands Farmer (A) (C) (W)
New London  New London Record (A) (C) (W)
New Philadelphia  Times Reporter (A) (C) (F) (W)
Newark  Advocate (A) (C) (F) (T) (W) (V)
Norwalk  Norwalk Reflector (A) (C) (F) (T) (W) (V)
Ottawa  Putnam County Sentinel (A) (C) (F) (T) (W) (V)
Ottawa Hills  Village Voice (A) (C) (F) (T) (W) (V)
Oxford  Oxford Press (A) (C) (F) (T) (W)
Pataskala  Pataskala Standard (A) (C) (F) (T) (W)
Paulding  Paulding County Progress (A) (C) (F) (T) (W) (V)
Perrysburg  Messenger Journal (A) (C) (F) (W)
Pickerington  Pickerington Times Sun (A) (C) (F) (T) (W) (V)
Piqua  Piqua Daily Call (A) (C) (F) (T) (W)
Pomeroy  Pomeroy Daily Sentinel (A) (C) (F) (W)
Port Clinton  Beacon (A) (C) (F) (W)
Port Clinton  News Herald (A) (C) (F) (T) (W)
Portsmouth  Portsmouth Times (A) (C) (F) (T) (W) (V)
Ravenna  Record Courier (A) (C) (F) (T) (W) (V)
Ripley  Ripley Bee (A) (C) (W)
Rossford  Rossford Record Journal (A) (C) (F) (W)
Saint Marys  St. Marys Evening Leader (A) (C) (F) (T) (W)
Salem  Salem News (A) (C) (F) (T) (W)
Sandusky  Huron Co. Morning Journal (A) (C) (F) (T) (W)
Sandusky  Sandusky Register (A) (C) (F) (T) (W) (V)
Shelby  Daily Globe (A) (C) (W)
Sidney  Sidney Daily News (A) (C) (F) (T) (W)
Springfield  Outlook (A) (C) (W)
Springfield  Springfield News-Sun (A) (C) (F) (T) (W)
Springfield  Springfield Paper (A) (C) (F) (W)
Steubenville  Herald-Star (A) (C) (F) (T) (W) (V)
Stow  Record-Courier (A) (C) (F) (T) (W) (V)
Stow  Stow Sentry (A) (C) (F) (T) (W) (V)
Struthers  Hometown Journal (A) (C) (F) (T) (W) (V)
Stryker  Village Reporter (A) (C) (F) (T) (W)
Sunbury  Sunbury News (A) (C) (F) (W)
Tiffin  Advertiser-Tribune (A) (C) (F) (T) (W) (V)
Tipp City  Tippecanoe Gazette (A) (C) (F) (W)
Tipp City  TippNews Daily (A) (C) (F) (T) (W)
Tipp City  Weekly Record Herald (A) (C) (F) (W)
Toledo  La Prensa (A) (C) (F) (W)
Toledo  Point & Shoreland Journal (A) (C) (F) (W)
Toledo  Toledo Blade (A) (C) (F) (T) (W) (V)
Toledo  Toledo City Paper (A) (C) (F) (T) (W)
Toledo  Toledo Free Press (A) (C) (F) (T) (W) (V)
Troy  Troy Daily News (A) (C) (F) (W)
Upper Sandusky  Daily Chief-Union (A) (C) (F) (T) (W)
Urbana  Urbana Daily Citizen (A) (C) (F) (T) (W)
Van Wert  Times-Bulletin (A) (C) (F) (T) (W)
Van Wert  Van Wert Independent (A) (C) (W)
Vandalia  Vandalia Drummer News (A) (C) (F) (T) (W)
Wapakoneta  Wapakoneta Daily News (A) (C) (F) (W)
Warren  Tribune Chronicle (A) (C) (F) (T) (W) (V)
Washington CH  Record Herald (A) (C) (F) (T) (W) (V)
Waverly  Pike County News Watchman (A) (C) (F) (T) (W) (V)
Wellington  North Forty News (A) (C) (F) (T) (W)
West Union  People's Defender (A) (C) (F) (W)
West Unity  Village Reporter (A) (C) (F) (T) (W)
Westlake  Westlife (A) (C) (F) (T) (W)
Willard  Times-Junction (A) (C) (W)
Willoughby  News-Herald (A) (C) (F) (T) (W)
Wilmington  News-Journal (A) (C) (F) (T) (W) (V)
Wooster  Daily Record (A) (C) (F) (T) (W) (V)
Xenia  Xenia Gazette (A) (C) (F) (T) (W)
Yellow Springs  Yellow Springs News (A) (C) (F) (T) (W) (V)
Youngstown  Business Journal (A) (C) (F) (T) (W) (V)
Youngstown  Metro Monthly (A) (C) (F) (T) (W)
Youngstown  Vindicator Online (A) (C) (F) (T) (W)
Zanesville  Times Recorder (A) (C) (F) (T) (W) 

No Lack of opinions on Andy’s return to NBC power

Former NBC executive Andy Lack has been named chairman of NBC News and MSNBC.

Now entertainment reporters are trying to read the tea leaves for what this means for Brian Williams, suspended for lying about his exploits while covering the news.

Pat Fili-Krushel will step down as NBCUniversal News Group Chairman, a casualty of her mishandling of the Brian Williams saga.

Politico’s Dylan Byers writes that Lack, a “close friend and adviser to Williams,” might orchestrate a comeback for the embattled anchor.

New York Daily News TV editor Don Kaplan disagrees.

Lack has talked to former “Today” co-host Katie Couric about returning to the network.

While at NBC, Lack presided over the News division’s rise to number one, led by “Today,” “Nightly News,” “Dateline” and “Meet the Press.”

Deadly weather

All this snow, ice and cold is more than an inconvenience. It also is deadly.

An 85-year-old near Traverse City, Michigan was killed when he was struck by a car while crossing the road to get his mail in whiteout conditions.

Also in Michigan, a Kalkaska County man was using a snow blower in his driveway when a car slid off the road and fatally struck him.

An 18-vehicle pileup in whiteout conditions on I-80 in western Pennsylvania killed two and injured two dozen others.

One of the trucks was carrying hazardous material, but no leaks were found.

First newspaper in America lasted 4 days

You think newspapers today have it tough?

Publick Occurrences Both Forreign and Domestick, the first multi-page newspaper in America, was published Sept. 25, 1690 and was closed down four days later.

It was printed by American Richard Pierce of Boston and edited by Benjamin Harris, who had previously published a newspaper in London.

The paper contained four six by ten inch pages and filled only three of them.
The paper was shut down by the British colonial authorities because the government didn’t like what was in it.  

And authorities warned that no one could print without a license issued by the government.

America’s Founding Fathers made a free press the First Amendment to the Constitution to make sure that didn’t happen again.

Daniel Von Bargen

Inept ‘Mr. Kruger’ dies

Daniel von Bargen, 64, who played George Costanza's inept boss Mr. Kruger on "Seinfeld," died March 1.

The Cincinnati native tried to kill himself in 2012 because he was facing toes amputations over his diabetes.

Louisiana GOP blame Obama for Katrina

29% of Louisiana Republicans said President Barack Obama was to blame for the federal government's poor response to Hurricane Katrina, according to a new Public Policy Polling survey released Wednesday.

Katrina struck three years before Obama took office when President George W. Bush sat in the Oval Office.

Apparently the Louisiana GOPers forgot that Bush was heavily criticized for his administration’s response to Katrina, which caused 1,833 fatalities, $81 billion in property damage and ranks among the five deadliest hurricanes in United States history.

GOP history revisionists also might as well blame President Obama for the Great Depression (1928), World War II and global warming. Oh, that’s right, the Republicans deny that global warming exists.

OMG, HSCYB!

Happy birthday, Harry!

Today – Tuesday, March 3 – is Harry Liggett’s birthday. He would have been 84 if he hadn’t passed away Jan. 24, 2014, one of the saddest days in my life.

Harry Liggett (left), John Olesky

The no-nonsense, high-quality legend came to Akron and the BJ from Dennison in 1965.  He retired in 1995 and founded this blog, which I inherited after Harry’s death after an apprenticeship of several years with Harry making sure I kept my contributions up to his lofty standards.

He ran the BJ Alums blog the way he did his job at the BJ: Ferocious, determined, gruff but a damned good journalist. 

Today Harry is with his beloved wife Helen and looking down adoringly on his granddaughters, Erin and Anna, who ranked above anything else with Harry.

Harry’s sons are Tom in Akron and Bob in Copley.

Harry and the late Pat Engelhart, State Desk editor while Harry and I were his assistant editors, taught me more about how to be a good newspaper editor than I had learned in my previous 16 years in the profession. And I was 38 when I came to the BJ, and had worked at the Charleston (West Virginia) Daily Mail, the Dayton (Ohio) Daily and the St. Petersburg (Florida) Times, so pretty fair newspapers, so it wasn't like I was a novice.

Reporters who tried to fake their way through a story learned to regret it. Harry would check the facts himself, then call the reporter over. Woe be the reporter who had NOT checked the facts as well as Harry did.

Pat Englehart, who died in Florida in 1995, was the whirlwind commander; Harry came along and reorganized the debris. Frances B. Murphey, in her bib overalls, completed the legendary trio. Harry joined them, and owner John S. Knight, in That Newspaper in the Sky.

It was the best of times. I ran to work because it was so much fun.

Harry was a fierce Newpaper Guild president. When he slammed the door as he stormed out of a negotiations session with management, the sound was heard all the way to Miami. Harry got his concession for his co-workers.

Harry and Helen are buried in Akron's Holy Cross Cemetery.  Together forever, as they were in life.

RIP, Harry. 

Tell Pat to quit blowing DeNobil cigar smoke in St. Peter’s face and don’t catch the Heavenly waste basket on fire with it.

I know St. Pete doesn’t like it when Fran keeps telling Heaven’s occupants to “go to Hell.” It's just not appropriate any more, particularly when she says it to Petey.

Newspapers’ $$$ loss: 
$1 billion a year

American newspapers have lost $1 billion a year in income.

Their reponse: Jettison 17,000 employees.

To read the Harvard Political Review's harrowing tale of newspapers’ freefall, which is NOT good for democracy because there are far fewer people to keep the political foxes from the taxpayers' henhouse, click on

http://harvardpolitics.com/covers/future-print-newspapers-struggle-survive-age-technology/

Judge Judy Sheindlin

Another 
$150 million 
for Judge Judy

CBS Television Distribution has extended “Judge Judy” Sheindlin’s contract through 2020.

Daytime television’s most popular personality gets $47 million a year -- far more than anyone else on TV.

Not bad for a 72-year-old.

“Judge Judy,” in its 19th season, averages more than 10 million viewers an episode, tops in daytime television for the past five years.

Thrity thrilled after Alabama literary festival

Former BJ reporter and successful novelist Thrity Umrigar’s journey to Alabama was a rousing success.

Amy Greene (left), Thrity Umrigar

Posted Thrity:

“So sad that my time in Hoover, Alabama at Southern Voices is coming to an end. I'm leaving tomorrow with many new friends, and many new books to read.”

Thrity Umrigar was one of the speakers at the Southern Voices literary festival in Birmingham, Alabama at Hoover Library.

Others participating were Wally Lamb (“We Are Water”), Karen Abbott (“Liar, Temptress, Soldier, Spy”), Amy Greene (“Bloodroot”), James Scott (“The Kept”), Jon Sealy (“The Whiskey Baron”), Meg Wolitzer (her work was made into two movies, “This Is My Life” and “Surrender, Dorothy,” which starred Diane Keaton) and Chelsea Cain (Archie Sheridan/Gretchen Lowell thrillers).

Thrity has been teaching creative writing at Case Western Reserve University in Cleveland since 2002. Her 6^th novel and 7^th book is “The Story Hour.”

Her previous novels are “Bombay Time” (2002), “The Space Between Us” (2007), “If Today be Sweet” (2008), “The Weight of Heaven” (2010) and “The World We Found” (2012). Her memoir is “First Darling of the Morning”  (2008).

Thrity left India at the age of 21 to attend Ohio State University.

Thrity began her reporting career with the Lorain Journal. Two years later, in 1987, she came to the BJ.