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Tuesday, January 02, 2007

Newspaper shares down 20 per cent

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The shares of publicly held publishing stocks in the last two years lost nearly $13.5 billion in value, or 20.5% of their market capitalizat...
Monday, January 01, 2007

Deaths hit 3,000: How father learns

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The U.S. military death toll in Iraq reached 3,000 on Sunday, with the reported deaths of two more Americans. It came on the day after the e...
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Sunday, December 31, 2006

Giffels takes leave to write memoir

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Beacon Journal columnist David Giffels announced today that he is taking a leave of absence to write his memoir. The book is being publlish...
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Saturday, December 30, 2006

Blog visits increased dramatically in 2006

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Visits to the BJ Retirees blog increased dramatically in 2006 with the sale of Kinght Ridder which was approved in June, the subsequent sale...

A Christmas bedtime story

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You won’t want to miss a nice story by Nick Coleman of the Minneapolis Star-Tribune about the sale of the newspaper. Some quotes from the s...
Thursday, December 28, 2006

Black closes King County Journal

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The King County (WA) Journal, purchased by Black Papers Ltd. in November, will put out its last issue on Jan. 21, the newspaper's new o...

Harte gets new role in Minneapolis

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Former Beacon Journal publisher Chris Harte, who becomes the new chairman of the Minneapolis Star-Tribune, says he's driven by public s...

Ford's daughter as a photo intern

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In all of the coverage of President Ford’s death, one of the nice stories is about his daughter Susan as a photography intern at the Topeka ...
Wednesday, December 27, 2006

McClatchy sells Star-Tribune

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The McClatchy Co. capped a year of dramatic changes in the newspaper industry Tuesday by announcing the surprise sale of the Star Tribune, i...
Saturday, December 23, 2006

David Bonar dies at 81

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[Bonar was the former husband of Nancy Yockey Bonar, a former BJ staff member] David Troyer Bonar, 81, born in Akron, Ohio, October 13, 1925...
Friday, December 22, 2006

BJ shrine in John Olesky's den

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John Olesky got three lights and a brick from the old Beacon Journal tower in the Layoff Raffle for those who lost jobs at the Beacon Journa...

Knight Ridder is No. 1, not No. 3, Potts says

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Mark Potts who writes a blog he calls "Recovering Journalist" is taking issue with the choice of Editor & Publisher Joe Strup...
Thursday, December 21, 2006

Questions, Comments on health coverage

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From Dave White: How is it possible that the Beacon Journal can just ignore the retirement letters that were given to retirees guaranteeing ...

32 journalists die in Iraq in 2006

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With murder the leading cause, at least 32 journalists have been killed in Iraq in 2006, the highest one-year toll ever in a single country,...

Demise of Knight Ridder is No. 3

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Editor and Pubisher senior editor Joe Strupp's ranked the demise of Knight Ridder as No. 3 on his Top 10 Newspaper Industry Stories of 2...
Wednesday, December 20, 2006

Holiday letter from the Hertz family

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This letter came in a card from the Hertz family: (click to enlarge the photo) Merry Christmas, Happy Hanukkah and Happy 2007! Hope all is...

Reporter gives up politics for food

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Lisa Abraham will replace Jane Snow. In her first Food section front column, Abraham says covering government prepared her for new role. Bu...
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Craig Wilson back in hospital

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Craig Wilson is back in Barberton Citizens Hospital for his fifth time in 2006. Must be some kind of record. [Report from Craig's wi...

Contract violation?

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What the Guild contract states Guild contract covering July 23, 1993 to July 22, 1996. Article 25 Insurance and Pension Provisions: Se...
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Tuesday, December 19, 2006

Sharyn Surface dies at 68

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It was in December two years ago that we told of the plight of Sharon Surface who was gravely ill in a West Virgnia nursing home. We got an ...
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