You know what wasn’t mentioned in the morning paper? 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 [...]

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You know your local newspaper does things like cover for its elected friends, trash legitimate critics, ignore reality and kill journalistic integrity. 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 [...]

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Yesterday we discovered that Jack Conway has a huge hypocrisy problem on his hands. Seems he’s guilty of doing the same damn thing he and his pals are hitting Todd P’Pool for doing. Woopsiedaisy. [Page One] If Todd P’Pool had the sense to run against Jack Conway instead of trying to run against Barack Obama, [...]

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Sources inside the Courier-Journal tell us the paper was three hours late getting printed. Trouble apparently came from central computers from outsourced work. The problems also impacted the Des Moines Register. Here’s the kicker: the Register mentions the problems on its website and offers an alternative: CLICK TO ENLARGE But the AKN does not: CLICK [...]

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Yesterday the Republican Party of Kentucky hit back at Steve Beshear with a new web ad. It’s based in fact – which is strange for Republicans – but will it float? [Page One] Most people in the United States want a ban on smoking in public places, according to the latest polling data. [Reuters] Republican [...]

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Jerry Abramson didn’t spend $180,000 out of his fancy discretionary fund. Turns out he spent some $214,000. And you know what? Receipts for what the money was spent on are essentially non-existent. So no wonder Matt Erwin at the KDP lost his shiz last week. [C-J/AKN] Activists are calling for stronger enforcement of the Clean [...]

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You thought news of the Gannett-Courier-Journal layoffs was out-of-control here? Check this: Wall Street Journal Democrat and Chronicle Contra Costa Times Journal-Courier WHO TV Denver Post Arizona Republic Mashable Columbia Journalism Review The Wrap Business Insider Fairfield Sun Times More than a little intense.

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Our thoughts are with Sheryl Edelen, one of those, we hear, 36 axed at the Courier-Journal. We really liked her work. So much for neighborhoods coverage. UPDATE: Errr. Holy jeebers. 50 people got the axe. That’s 145 people since 2008.

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Since the Kentucky Humane Society couldn’t dispute facts and numbers, they resorted to personal attacks in our comments section last evening. It’s a despicable thing for an agency that purports to be above board to do. It’s a horrible shame Greg Fischer is ready to hand the controls of Louisville Metro Animal Services over to [...]

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Gannett pulled out of Tulsa and took some 400 jobs with it when incentives ran out. But hauled rear end to collect $105,000 to “keep jobs downtown” in Fort Myers. What was that, again, about corporate welfare? Remember when newspaper workers in Detroit went on strike in 1995? And the Gannett paper bought the local [...]

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