I know it’s a function of Classified Advertising — not News — but the iTowns “Celebrations” page needs an update lest it be seen as behind the times.
I am speaking specifically of its offer to publicize civil unions — a concept that is defunct in Connecticut and several other states now that same-sex marriage is available. I don’t even know if any same-sex couples could be “civilly united” if they wanted to be.
Anyway, it’s a minor detail, I concede. But the world of words is particularly sensitive to fine points, no?
Every once in a while, when I want a good scare, I read the Pew Center’s “State of the News Media” report on newspapers. It reminds me why I decided to go to cooking school.
Here’s this year’s report.
The immediate future may improve slightly, but the key word, I think, is “insubstantial.”
The broadcast industry is getting a taste of Chris Powell commentary about his favorite subject — Attorney General Richard Blumenthal’s illogical stance on the Courant / Fox61 merger. (I mean the one that isn’t a merger.)
The Broadcast Union’s blog is excerpting Powell’s latest piece on the subject.
Denis Horgan makes an important observation about what happens when a big corporation in Chicago takes control of the newspaper content being delivered in Hartford.
In this case, the oversight diminishes The Courant and the achievement of one of its finest and most beloved writers, Gerry Renner.
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