How do you know the C-J folks aren’t really hep to technology? No, not because they paper is going to contain even more syndicated junk. This: We also are building two new digital sites that will be constantly updated with news, video, tweets and blogs. One will serve as a valuable resource to help you [...]

[Read more →]

We told you meemaw would be upset about Cyndi Lauper! She dropped the f-bomb on live television and it was awesome. Dawne Gee almost died on the spot. She literally wet herself and all the anchors at other stations had heart palps. (Okay, maybe it wasn’t so awesome for all the little kids who had [...]

[Read more →]

Most people won’t even blink at this short story that appeared in today’s edition of A Kentucky Newspaper: Due to production difficulties, the Courier-Journal will publish a combined one-edition newspaper Monday. So we think a bit more detail is warranted. This comment from Gannett Blog is spot-on, according to everyone we’ve spoken with: Worst technical [...]

[Read more →]

We’re not going to shut up about you giving to the Red Cross for tornado relief efforts. This will take a long time. [Click Here To Give] In case you missed the news, the editorial board at A Kentucky Newspaper is changing. Slightly. Keith River Fields Runyon accepted a Gannettmonster buyout. Also, a lot of [...]

[Read more →]

Greg Fischer is still pushing this aging care industry lobbyist mantra. Where the hell does he find the time to write all this and promote it on Facebook and Twitter? [Click the Clicky] Kentucky musician Ben Sollee was featured on CNN. Check this video out. It’ll autoplay. [CNN] Here’s Greg Fischer discussing the five finalists [...]

[Read more →]

Why groups like the ASPCA and Humane Society take what they can and give nothing in return. [Nathan Winograd] Jim Mims, after a serious public shaming (Greg Fischer, too), had a change of heart on Occupy Louisville. But they forgot to notify the Occupy folks. [WFPL] Hurry and put up that pay wall, Gannett, so [...]

[Read more →]

Why the heck has the library foundation registered to lobby in Frankfort for the upcoming legislative session? This won’t end well. [Page One] The dang Ohio River Bridges Debacle probably isn’t going to happen because no one can make it happen. [C-J/AKN] The Cincinnasti Enquirer is gonna be printed in Columbus and will soon be [...]

[Read more →]

Woops? Billboards advertising this are all over Indianapolis: An excerpt: The Star’s corporate owner, Gannett, and its top executives have been cutting jobs in Indianapolis and reducing news coverage for years. Now, they’ve come up with another idea that puts cost-cutting ahead of what’s good for the newspaper and its community. Gannett wants to outsource [...]

[Read more →]

Greg Fischer appointed the first black auditor in city history. It’s a good move for Louisville on one front. [WFPL] Ruh ro – here come the big dogs calling Greg Fischer out for pulling a campaign finance bait and switch. [C-J/AKN] These folks in Los Angeles are crying about 18 dogs getting euthanized. They need [...]

[Read more →]

Greg Fischer campaigned on transparency and has spent the past year claiming to be the most transparent mayor in the country. Reality? He and his staff are working like mad to hide public documents, to obfuscate, to play pat-a-cake and be all-around difficult butt cramps when it comes to releasing information about their level of [...]

[Read more →]