Media-Related Belles Moment: Emily’s dad tried to talk her into going to work with Terry Meiners at WHAS Radio, but Em’s got stars in her eyes and going back to Vegas. She said she’d think about it, but not really.
Arena Tour Postscript: We heard from Charlie Molen, who did the infamous interview with WHAS-TV about […]

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Next Up for Mayor: According to LEO, David Tandy and Jim King are the frontrunners to succeed Jerry Abramson as Mayor, should he decide (and we think he will) to step down rather than run for another term. There is no rule that says you have to be on the Metro Council to run for […]

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Worst Misuse of the term “Breaking News” We’ve Heard in a Long Time: The headline on the e-mail blast from Jack Conway’s camp screamed: “Breaking News: Conway Gets Major Backing From Key Unions That Represent Over 100,000 Members.” IN ALL CAPS. Happy for you, Jack, but let’s not get in the habit of releasing news […]

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Quite an interesting day in the V.V. newsroom…
The Real Republican Senate Candidate: While we’re all getting some good laughs out of the Jim Bunning/Mitch McConnell dust-ups, Trey Grayson is getting serious about the race. [Page One]
This Might Just Refer To You, But Not Me: 30 percent of Kentuckians don’t participate in any exercise whatsoever, except […]

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Henry’s Case: We know Jake’s going to have the whole shebang on this scandal, but today the C-J has a story on KREF’s audit of Steve Henry’s 2007 gubernatorial campaign. Yes, they found he violated laws, like accepting illegal contributions and not paying vendors. He’s likely to be fined, or could face prosecution. [Courier]
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Waterfront Wednesday Returns: Looks like the weather will cooperate for the first Waterfront Wednesday of the season. Todd Snider, Extra Golden and Tony Furtado are on the bill. [WFPK]
Union Hotspot: The New York Times focused its attention on our city’s nurses yesterday and their battle to unionize over a 20-year period. Congress is considering “card […]

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You know that a politician is in trouble when he starts picking specific media outlets to avoid. That seems to be the current strategy of U.S. Sen. Jim Bunning, who refused to do an interview with Fox41’s Bennett Haeberle last night.
Bunning is apparently incensed that Fox41 G.M. Bill Lamb did a “Point of View” segment […]

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We were all amused, but not necessarily surprised, that Jim Bunning was less than charming recently when a group of 30 broadcasters from Kentucky made their annual visit to Washington to discuss issues important to them. Bill Lamb, the GM at Fox41, recounted how every other member of the Kentucky delegation in Congress was receptive […]

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It’s Tuesday, so we’re back on TV. Check out our CW Louisville appearance here on the site in a little bit. Everyone should also welcome Jake back from his Western adventure. He’s back to his prolific pace at Page One.
Made An Example: Local jeweler Bruce Gumer got caught scalping Derby tickets two years ago, an […]

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Here’s a follow-up to yesterday’s story about the CW. The station’s CEO, Carol LaFever, was understandably upset when she learned a competitor was telling advertisers that her station might fold in a few weeks and was being evicted from its building.
First, it wasn’t true. And more importantly, it could be bad for business. We certainly […]

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