Monthly Archives: April 2009

He’s Still Interested… But In What?

Baltimore businessman Ted Venetoulis says he’s still interested in buying the Baltimore Sun, despite its recent gutting.  The big question: What, exactly, would he be buying?

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Job Opportunity In North Carolina

This just arrived from Les Gura, former Courant city editor: Don’t know if you think anyone is interested in traveling for permanent work, but I am aware that the Carolina Weekly chain in the Charlotte area (about 90 minutes from me) needs an editor for two community weeklies. These are down and dirty classic smalltown, [...]

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Self-Renewing Prophecy

Ever try to let your subscription to the Hartford Courant lapse? A friend of mine did. He was getting the Thursday, Friday, Sunday package and got tired of picking his paper out of a puddle on the street, so he decided just to let his trial subscription expire. Oddly, the paper continued to be delivered [...]

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Potential Sun Buyer Put Off By Purge

This guy in Baltimore should not worry. I’m sure there are dozens — nay, hundreds — of journalists who would beef up the Sun in less time than it takes to say “We’re staffing back up.” It was quite a bloodbath.

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