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Thursday, January 31, 2008

Charlotte Observer to outsource some ad design

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The Charlotte Observer said Wednesday it will cut 25 of 41 jobs in its ad design group as it sends the work abroad, joining other large comp...
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Editor can order reporters to shoot photos

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The Lexington (Ky.) Herald-Leader may now require reporters to take photos, and may create five new salaried reporter jobs without overtime,...

BJ Retirees blog helps kin find each other

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I discovered another value to Harry's blog when Lionel Speranza of Cayuga Lake, NY (they spell and pronounce it differently than we do w...
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JSK piled up doctorates

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Another item from the July, 1969 issue of Tower Topics 2 MORE DEGREES GIVE JSK SIX Editor John S, Knight received two honorary doctor of law...
Wednesday, January 30, 2008

What to do with the BJ: A story from 1969

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A few posts below someone asked what changes we would like to see in the Beacon Journal operations. Here’s a report from volume 2, issue No...
Monday, January 28, 2008

Mac Tully leaves Kansas City Star

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Mac Tully, publisher of the Kansas City Star since 2004, is leaving to take a job with Denver-based MediaNews Group, which owns and runs 57 ...

Helen Louise Cullison as moderator in 1962

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There could not be another Helen Louise Cullison. That had to be retired copy editor Art Cullisojn’s wife in the five-column photo in today...
Sunday, January 27, 2008

Here are Tower Topics issues on hand

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There is enough copy to last forever and I am still trying to get organized so we don't get any repeats of pieces already used. . There...

Happy Birthday to Howard Wood

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Blogger Note: When we try to sort through old employee magazines for a photo or information on a retiree it is often a difficult chore. Wh...

Howard Wood marks 87th birthday

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Thee was a birthday greeting for Howard Wood on page E7 of the premier section of the Beacon Journal on Sunday. Wood worked in the maintena...
Friday, January 25, 2008

A letter from Beth Thomas Hertz

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The following letter by former Beacon Journal staffer Beth Thomas Hertz appeared in Voice of the People on page A8 of Friday’s Beacon Journa...
Thursday, January 24, 2008

How about some info ethics?

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How about a little “info ethics” in addition to “bio ehtics” and all the others.? That was basically the message of Pope Benedict XVI on t...

Sun-Times staffers get pink slips...by phone

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Chicago Sun-Times newsroom staff members were being notified of layoffs by phone Wednesday night, part of parent Sun-Times Media Group's...

Don't shoot the messengers

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Don’t shoot the messengers, says Alan D. Mutter, writer of a blog called Reflections of a Newsosaur. Chris Harte [a former BJ publisher] and...
Wednesday, January 23, 2008

Tierney to Unions: “We Must Cut Costs by 10 Percent”

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Philadelphia Inquirer and Daily News chief Brian Tierney held a meeting this morning with representatives of all the unions at which publish...
Tuesday, January 22, 2008

My back-door pension cut for 2007

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My prescription costs for 2007 under the Aetna Medicare Part D foisted upon us by the Canadian Beacon guy: $1,887.79 My prescription costs f...
Monday, January 21, 2008

Coming Together is falling apart

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It had to happen on Martin Luther King Day. Coming Together is falling apart. See our comment in "Short Takes" on the web site.
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Sunday, January 20, 2008

L.A. Times editor fired

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Los Angeles Times editor James O'Shea has been fired just 14 months after assuming the post, over a budgetary dispute with publisher Da...
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Friday, January 18, 2008

Tire Town Chapter to honor Maxine Revay

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Tire Town Chapter, International Association of Administrative Professionals® (IAAP) will salute member, Maxine Revay, as the 2008 Outstandi...
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Thursday, January 17, 2008

PD takes look at who needs cell phones

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Plain Dealer staffers got a memo from editor Susan Goldberg on Wednesday saying that the PD is spending too much on cell phones for staffers...