Daily Archives: May 12, 2009

Bonuses, Yes; Severance, No.

Boy, this really sucks for folks who didn’t take their pre-bankruptcy severance payments in a lump sum. It’s the kind of ruling that really, really makes a person hate Corporate America.

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Local News Lite

Local news sites are popping up like daisies. This one is in North Haven. It’s an experiment in “hyperlocal” news, its creator, Chris Kirby says. Kirby’s site once again affirms what the rank-and-file at The Courant have known since before the invention of market research: Local folks want local news. (I blanche at the term “hyperlocal,” by the [...]

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Bonuses Approved

The bankruptcy judge has approved the bonuses for top (but not the very top) Tribune managers. Next up, severance for the masses.

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Learning To Adjust

New Interim (Maybe Permanent) Editor Naedine Hazell is continuing her drive to bring all Courant reporters into the Internet Age. She’s lining them up for training in Assembler, the proprietary content management tool used to produce Courant.com. This is a smart and efficient move, particularly if the organization is going to evolve into a web-first [...]

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