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Tuesday, November 29, 2005

Robert Boyles dies

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[Boyles worked in the BJ composing room] Robert E. Boyles Robert E. Boyles, 78, passed away Nov. 26, 2005, at Akron General Hospita...
Saturday, November 26, 2005

Where did the Buffalo News Go?

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You won’t read about it in the Buffalo News, but here’s an online piece by Bruce Jackson. You can find his complete story by clicking on the...
Friday, November 25, 2005

Old and wacky photos from 1977

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And our pick is the one of Lew The se photos were published in the Jan-Feb 1977 i ssue of Tower Topics with a headline that re...
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Tuesday, November 22, 2005

Comforting announcement from Tony?

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This graph was in a November 15 MSNBC news story on the possible sale or KRI: Tony Ridder, Knight Ridder's CEO, sent a memo to the compa...
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Saturday, November 19, 2005

Anybody want to buy a paper?

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By Floyd Norris International Herald Tribune There is a venerable Wall Street joke featuring an investor who, having accumulated a large po...
Friday, November 18, 2005

More gloom and doom

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Andrew Breitbart - for many years the West Coast arm of The Drudge Report - has recently been inundated by questions from the media concerni...

KR alumni take stand for excellence

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Knight Ridder Alumni, in Open Letter, Take Stand for 'Excellent Journalism,' Say They Will Name Candidates for Board In an extraord...
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Guild holiday party is Dec 9

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The Guild Holiday Party will be Friday, Dec. 9 at the Printer's Club. Buffet will open at 6:30 and skits will begin at 7 so the nightsi...
Monday, November 14, 2005

Here's KRI press release

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Knight Ridder Announces Exploration of Strategic Alternatives SAN JOSE, Calif., Nov. 14 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Knight Ridder (NYSE: KRI) ...

Knight Ridder May Sell Company; Goldman Will Advise

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Nov. 14 (Bloomberg) -- Knight Ridder Inc., publisher of the Beacon Journal, Philadelphia Inquirer and Miami Herald, will consider a sale of ...
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Sunday, November 13, 2005

UHC pay ANYTHING in 2005 ?

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Has United Health Care paid ANYTHING for Medicare Guild retirees for 2005 medical care? All my health care billings say that UHC will only p...
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Saturday, November 12, 2005

Moving on up in 1977

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Moving to new positions were these six Beacon Journal staffers in the Jan-Feb, 1977 issue of Tower Topics. Charles Montague (top left) and P...
Friday, November 11, 2005

Investor turns up heat on Knight Ridder

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The largest shareholder in Knight Ridder Inc. is turning up the pressure on the newspaper publisher, saying in a regulatory filing Thursday ...
Thursday, November 10, 2005

What do they talk about at lunch?

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What do old retirees talk about at lunch? Well, if it is Beacon Journal retirees it is about the news, of course. Top item was Tony Ridder ...
Wednesday, November 09, 2005

Roy Hobbs ball beats hurricane

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By TOM MOORE Everyone’s familiar with that old postman’s slogan: “Neither, rain, snow and all that stuff……” Well, that applies to the avid b...
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Tuesday, November 08, 2005

Flood of stories on KRI woes

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The stories of Knight Ridder’s woes keep coming. Today they were from the American Journalism Review and the Los Angeles Times . Even B...
Monday, November 07, 2005

Knight Ridder in grave danger?

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In a piece on Grade the News web site, Lou Alexander makes the point that Knight Ridder is in grave jeonpardy and provides some forceful a...

Howard Lengs: Not to be forgotten

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Many blog viewers won’t even remember the late Murray Powers who was probably the best-ever managing editor of the Beacon Journal. Those who...
Friday, November 04, 2005

Double celebration for Cullisons in 1974

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It was a double celebration for Art Cullison at the 25-Year Club banquet for Beacon Journal employees in 1974. The Tower Topics issue for No...
Wednesday, November 02, 2005

Larry Froelich retires in Lexington

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About 40-50 people turned out last Friday afternoon for Larry Froelich's retirement reception in the board room of the Lexington (Ky.) H...
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