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 your first quarter earnings can fall another 33%. Hurry up! [C-J/AKN]

Steve Bittenbender filed to run for the 37th District State Senate seat. That’s the seat Democratic embarrassment Perry Clark currently holds. Will it float? [SoS]

Sorry, John David Dyche, regardless of what Jim King puts out in his front, he does not have a great working relationship with Greg Fischer. In fact, he doesn’t even have a good working relationship with his former staffers, campaign staffers or most of the people who advised him until recently. [C-J/AKN]

This New Albany cop who spewed racist rhetoric now says his comments weren’t racist and is appealing his suspension. [FOX41]

A judge in Frankfort will today decide on the filing deadline in the redistricting mess. [H-L]

Will Louisville win that tastiest town thing in Southern Living? Probably not and all kinds of people will freak out about it because it’s obviously the end of the world. Greg Fischer will even issue a release about it and talk about it on Twitter and Facebook. [WAVE3]

Nashville is working to attract international tourists. Louisville doesn’t even work to attract tourists in its own state. [Business First]

Robert White’s son was arrested again and everyone is losing their mind over it. Apparently, it’s even more important than that tasty town contest. [WHAS11]

This is the wet dream of Steve Beshear and Greg Fischer. The absolute tops for them. You know they’re aching to pull this stunt. [Mother Jones]

Wait, would you rather people be so drug/high that they fall asleep at a restaurant or while driving away from the restaurant, like Greg Fischer’s official parks guy could have done? [WLKY]

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 just 10.5″ by 14 2/3″ in size. [Enquirer]

So now the Oldham Count murders/deaths were in self-defense. This story is getting crazier and crazier. [WLEX18]

Really. Just read the latest stories and tell us how long it takes for your skin to start crawling. [WLKY]

The public is being encouraged to weigh in on the Ohio River Bridges Debacle. Which, loosely translated, means the hundreds of thousands of comments already provided don’t matter and any new comments won’t matter, either. [FOX41]

Eight new properties in Kentucky are under consideration for nomination to the National Register of Historic Places. [Page One]

It’s actually sad for this community that the editorial board is only now waking up to the problems at MSD. That body effectively allowed MSD and Abramson to operate without ever being questioned for years and years like it was no big deal. Now they want to complain. How convenient. At least they’re complaining. [C-J/AKN]

Can you imagine being wrongly convicted and then serving more than 14 years in prison? [WAVE3]

Kentucky got $11.6 million in federal funds to replace two aging railroad bridges… but not for our Ohio River Bridges Debacle. [Business First]

“JCSS”? The least WHAS11 could do is have someone loosely familiar with, you know, Louisville to handle putting “news” on the internets. [WHAS11]

Too many questions surround Crit Luallen’s audit of the Metro Sewer District and we wish our local and state electeds had the guts to continue asking them. [The 'Ville Voice]

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 newspaper production jobs from The Star’s newsroom in Indianapolis to a regional news “hub” in Louisville, Ky. That’s right, Gannett wants to produce a local newspaper from another state.

At first, Gannett’s outsourcing would affect only six to eight jobs. But with Gannett, cost-cutting efforts have a way of consuming everything in their path.

Too little, too late.

The Gannett beast has already consumed the paper and is coughing up spittle on Broadway in Louisville to be shipped around the country as news.

Mainstream local news is dead. You can’t save it.

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 to get their asses to Louisville. [HuffPo]

Jerry Abramson is already hard at work trying to ruin Kentucky even more than he ruined Louisville. [84WHAS]

Greg Fischer has ordered a city-wide review of overtime policies and procedures. This is sure to end in a flustercuck. [WHAS11]

You won’t find us complaining if A Kentucky Newspaper throws up pay walls. [Gannett Blog]

Drunk Metro Parks director Mike Heitz is already back at work. Greg Fischer is allowing every joke of an official he’s got on the payroll to make massive mistakes without any consequence. We can hear the campaign commercials now. [WAVE3]

Yum Brands avoided paying state income taxes despite large profits. And we’re supposed to be surprised. [H-L]

We’re glad to see the local media is paying attention to a proposal in Frankfort that would create a tax-free weekend for educational purchases each year. [FOX41]

There’s a fancy holiday green gift fair on Saturday at Rainbow Blossom in St. Matthews. [Consuming Louisville]

Construction is set to begin on a new 21c Museum Hotel local in Bentonville, Arkansas. [Business First]

Riverport businesses are paying for their own police station in an attempt to combat area crime. [WLKY]

Kevin Cogan is once again trying to build a 17-story building in Cherokee Triangle. Here’s a look at 2008 versus 2011. [Broken Sidewalk]

Isn’t it convenient that Greg Fischer’s taxpayer-funded staffers are pushing this city-wide overtime review story like crazy now that we’ve gotten word out about his campaign finance bait-n-switch? [WHAS11]

Ruh ro! Looks like the copy editors at A Kentucky Newspaper screwed up the Greenville paper by including the word “fuck” – which is awesome. Looks like they’re as adept at screwing up other papers as they are the AKN. [Jim Romenesko]

Some hoodlum has stolen the Scales of Justice from Metro Gubmint! [Click the Clicky]

Oh, get a grip, people. Maker’s Mark IS cheap. That’s a good terrific thing. Maybe the best you can buy for the money. $25 is cheap for magical bourbon like that. Don’t play. And Maker’s 46 is worth every penny of it’s $40-ish price tag. [H-L]

That fireworks ban was so stupid that Metro Council is going to consider lifting it. After it only passed, what, two weeks ago? [WFPL]

Oh, look, here’s a six-page glowing review of Robert White from the paper. Never could have expected that. You’d think an actual news outlet get a few interviews with some officers who actually work in the community to find out what the deal really is with LMPD. They’re glad the man is leaving. [C-J/AKN]

Heard of this RAMP thing? Rockin’ Appalachian Mom Project? There’s a benefit being held on December 10 at The Green Building and Claudia Coffey is involved. It’s a good thing! [CLICK HERE]

It’s so foreign to see actual progress in a Kentucky city. Nope, it’s not Louisville. It’s happening in Lexington and nobody is being corrupt and nasty about it, either. [H-L & More H-L]

Louisvillians are discussing what they want in a new chief for the Louisville Metro Police Department. [FOX41]

Metro United Way has raised $24.5 million for its annual fundraising campaign. [Business First]

The sister of Sexytime Herman Cain’s alleged mistress is talking to Louisville teevee stations. This is definitely worthy of a pee alert. [WAVE3]

We’re trying really hard not to laugh about the lady who drove her car into Longhorn Steakhouse in J-town. Yes, we realize it could have been much worse. [WHAS11]

First-quarter furloughs. And the fact that this is the fifth round since 2009.

Ruh ro:

This will be the fourth consecutive time they’ve fallen in the first quarter, suggesting the company is now locked in a cycle of early-year furloughs as it struggles to deal with continued revenue declines.

The move was disclosed by the chief executives of the U.S. Community Publishing newspaper division and the recently created Gannett Publishing Services, which handles printing and distribution. “The furloughs will impact most USCP and GPS employees. However there is a minimum salary level set for implementation,” Bob Dickey and Evan Ray said in a memo to employees.

The two divisions are believed to employ more than 20,000 of GCI’s more than 30,000 global workers.

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But the latest round is certain to renew anger over multimillion-dollar bonuses to Dickey and other top executives in recent years, awards that have eaten into the furlough savings and drawn sharp criticism in the national press.

Dickey, for example, got paid $3.4 million last year, including a $600,000 cash bonus. His total compensation jumped from $1.9 million in 2009.

Just another move – like the latest with Facebook – to make it seem like they’re not hemorrhaging cash.

So this latest stunt of pushing advertising as journalism won’t surprise you:

How Amex found the news coverage it wanted

Gannett newspapers in 15 U.S. markets this month will publish short profiles of up to 150 small retailers, in a holiday shopping series sponsored exclusively by American Express.

But the stories published online so far are vague about the credit card company’s involvement — showing the nation’s biggest newspaper publisher is once more testing the limits of Journalism 101 Ethics.

At papers in Asbury Park, N.J.; Brevard, Fla.; Louisville, Ky., and Phoenix, readers are told only that the stories are “presented” by American Express.

Yet, they aren’t told the retailers are all supposed to be those accepting American Express cards, according to an internal GCI document provided to me by a reader.

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But the document, a guide for photographers working on the series, is much more explicit.

“In a deal with American Express,” it says, “Gannett Co. Inc., is producing a sales campaign around Small Business Saturday called Shopping Main Street. The two-week campaign starts Nov. 23, a couple of days before Black Friday and will feature local small businesses that are American Express merchants in 15 Gannett markets.”

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Among journalism ethics transgressions, this isn’t the end of the world. Still, it violates a long-standing rule designed to protect a media outlet’s credibility: Reporters don’t favor businesses in order to please advertisers.

Click here to read the entire thing.

It’s the same thing that’s been appearing in American Express advertisements in business and trade magazines for months. And now your paper will be passing that advertising off as news.

If Todd P’Pool had the sense to run against Jack Conway instead of trying to run against Barack Obama, he’d win. Unfortunately, Todd is apparently a child who can only listen to bad advisers. He’ll lose. And lose hard. Because that debate last night was the lamest one of the year. [Page One]

Remember when Paul Patton said this about Ron McCloud? “We don’t know that that’s illegal, but it is inappropriate for a secretary of our cabinet to do that.” ??? Yeah. He was forced to resign. Steve Beshear is spending countless hours saying the opposite and apologizing for his taxpayer-funded staffers who have done the same thing. Don’t hold your breath waiting for them to resign. [Flashback]

What the heck is this? Why is this “park” necessary and why are Metro Councilcritters using $7,000 in taxpayer funds to help pay for something the city won’t even own? [C-J/AKN]

TARC received a $5.1 million grant to help purchase 15 clean diesel buses. Meanwhile, you can’t get anywhere with the system and when you can? It takes 25 hours. [Press Release]

Sherman Minton bridge repair work will begin soon, as the contract is set to be awarded today. What shenanigans do you predict will go down? [FOX41]

Pro-tip to the folks begging us to “put in a shift” raising money for Louisville Public Media: Put your money where your mouth is and spend a few hours volunteering at Dare to Care and Metro Animal Services and then we’ll consider it. Otherwise, enjoy living in your fluffy utopia where you get to ignore the negative aspects of your community. We love WFPL and its sister stations but aren’t fond of armchair activists. [Priorities]

You can stop freaking out and emailing us 24/7. The Jefferson County Public Schools audit is still going on. [WAVE3]

Better take a jacket and an umbrella if you’re going to this film thing at 21c tonight. [Consuming Louisville]

Gannett profit and revenue declined again in the third quarter. Because, you know, everybody is buying newspapers. No wonder Joe Gerth is so huffy. [Business First]

Looks like Gilles Meloche has found a new home in Oldham County. I mean, look what’s going down in La Grange. [WHAS11]

The problems also impacted the Des Moines Register.

Here’s the kicker: the Register mentions the problems on its website and offers an alternative:

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But the AKN does not:

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Even though it gets a low mention on the front page of the printed product:

Those locally who received their papers on time only got the early edition (for which special advertising is sold) – even those in Indiana.

Woops?

Most people in the United States want a ban on smoking in public places, according to the latest polling data. [Reuters]

Republican Party of Kentucky Chairman Steve Robertson questioned Jack Conway for the 76th day in a row yesterday: “The roller coaster ride that Jack Conway has taken us all on is nearing an end,” said Robertson. “His refusal to answer simple questions regarding whether he engaged in a serious conflict of interest speaks volumes to voters.” [Press Release]

Louisville native and Iraq veteran Troy Yocum is walking across the country to raise money for military families in need. Check this out. [Broken Sidewalk]

The Gannett beast’s profits have fallen 22% as circulation and newsprint advertising are dying out. [Poynter]

This Friday at 9:00 A.M. Eastern, Congressman John Yarmuth will host his second annual “Build Your Skills: A Job Hunter’s Guide to Success” workshop. If you’re interested in going, be sure to RSVP via Yarmuth’s official website. [Yarmuth's Site]

Louisville isn’t one of the top ten cities in the United States with the fastest green jobs growth. Maybe we can change that. We’re “Possibility City,” after all. [HuffPo]

July’s Car-Free Happy Hour will take place this Thursday at The Egg Roll Machine/Cafe Mimosa at 5:30 P.M. [Consuming Louisville]

No, this Judy Green mess is not over with the Metro Council. The entire city is literally going to melt from the heat and from Judy’s ethical lapses. [FOX41]

For real. Just check this mess of folks getting sworn in to decide Judy Green’s fate. [WAVE3]

We won’t know what’s going down with Judy until the first or second week of August. [Phillip Bailey]

U.S. Attorney Kerry Harvey says a nursing home’s worthless care lead to deaths and injuries. [H-L]

The Kentucky Arts Council awarded $95,000 to Actors Theatre of Louisville. This is why our city can have nice things. [WHAS11]