While we’re waiting for word about layoffs at the Courier-Journal, Gannett’s operation in Cincinnati is being hit hard. The 10-person staff at CiN Weekly, the weekly entertainment paper (Velocity equivalent) was let go, as was the Enquirer’s editorial page editor. The weekly is apparently being re-branded as MetroMix, a move already made in other Gannett [...]

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Check out this picture from the Courier-Journal parking lot: Like so many sheep headed over a cliff, those are Velocity distribution boxes all lined up, ready to go. Where they’re headed is anybody’s guess. Our sources there won’t say there’s anything unusual going on, but given other cost-cutting moves underway at the C-J, it makes [...]

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Those of you familiar with the city’s celebrity party circuit may know Joey Wagner, who’s built a small empire of a business marketing, promoting and selling events. Wagner’s J-Dub Entertainment is the force behind dozens of events, including, for example, the annual Bowl for the Roses charity event at Derby time. He says J-Dub is [...]

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It’s almost Friday night, so you should already have your weekend planned. If you were looking for something to do, you may have picked up a Velocity to get a complete list of happenings around town. As we reported a few weeks back, LEO decided to focus its efforts elsewhere, giving up on the Plugged [...]

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Here’s some bummer news for those of you still picking up LEO to check out the listings of every bar and band and event and meeting that there is to do in town. That party’s over, because LEO wants to free up its staffers’ time and can’t really compete with its big-paper rival in the [...]

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