Daily Archives: August 15, 2009

Jacklin Now On A Ticket

The Laurel reports that Michele Jacklin — former Courant political columnist and now head of  media relations at Trinity College — will be running for public office in Glastonbury, where she is a longtime resident. She knows a thing or two about state politics, for sure. Michele also supplies many job leads to The Refugee Camp, [...]

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The Watchdog Runs Free

So it would appear that former Hartford Courant consumer watchdog  George Gombossy has struck out on his own and published the column The Courant declined to publish — apparently because it was about a valued advertiser. George explains that this was the first time in his 40-year career that his paper refused to publish a story about [...]

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Clicking And Clucking

Change in any publication almost always comes with an initial loss of readers, and the redesign of Courant.com appears to be no exception. Given that it’s summer, however, when readership drops off a little anyway, the first full month since the web site’s relaunch looks fairly promising. According to stats compiled by Dona Prindle, total [...]

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Following The Scent Of Money

If if wasn’t for the Great Recession, Tribune’s going-private transaction and ESOP would appear to be the root of all evil … and extra loot. As it is, the lawyers for the creditors are now looking at it as suspiciously as the IRS and a group of former employees are. Certainly if the creditors are looking [...]

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