Daily Archives: October 5, 2009

The Competition For Local News

Google “West Hartford news” and what do you get at the top of the search? … not The Courant. Lon Seidman and Anna Sales, co-founders of the LocalOnlineNews.TV site have paid to be first in line. It is, I suspect, a sign of more to come. As The Courant steps back from local coverage and [...]

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Another Local Site Taking Root

This local sports publication has been around for a while, but I didn’t know it is run by former Courant folks including Kevin Hayes, Dave Heuschkel and Reid Walmark. The Laurel has the story.

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Concert Will Benefit Morrin Girls Oct. 17

This from Nick Caito of Fox 61: A benefit concert for the Morrin Education Fund is coming up Saturday, Oct. 17, at The Warehouse- 45 Bartholomew Ave, Hartford. Tickets are $10. Doors open  at 8 p.m., and the show starts at 9. Kids under 21 are welcome, but need to be accompanied by a parent. Alice [...]

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Tribune’s ‘Laughable’ Request

It’s the kind of coverage we suspect the Tribune brass would rather not see: a column by the New York Times’ David Carr on Tribune executives’ proposal in bankruptcy court to hand each other fat bonuses. He quotes James Warren, a former managing editor of The Chicago Tribune, with regard to the argument that bonuses [...]

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