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BloggingStocks (Free subscription) | 20/11/2009
Filed under: Newspapers , New York Times'A' (NYT) , Gannett Co (GCI) , Media World We've put three quarters behind us in 2009, and the most recent one was merely another miserable step downward for the beleaguered newspaper industry. Total ad revenue plummeted in the third quarter to $6.4 billion for the print jockeys, a decline of 28%. This info from the Newspaper Association of America drives home...
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Hunting Archery Duck Deer (Free subscription) | 20/11/2009
CBS News Thanksgiving, deer hunting expected to congest roadsSheboygan PressBy MIKE HOEFT • Gannett Wisconsin Media • November 19, 2009 Motorists hitting the road to hunt deer and holiday bargains could make for heavy traffic in …Holiday travel in Michigan cheaper this yearCompareCarrentals.com1.2 Million Michiganians To Travel During Thanksgiving, Says AAAPR Newswire (press release)Holiday...
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Blue Jersey: Covering NJ like a rug (Free subscription) | 20/11/2009
On Tuesday morning, Monmouth University released a poll for Gannett newspapers on media consumption habits in New Jersey. Selected toplines follow, with analysis below the fold. Where do you get most of your information about politics and public affairs in New Jersey - from newspapers, television, radio, the Internet, or somewhere else? Newspapers: 28% Television: 41% Radio: 6% Internet: 19% Percent...
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GuruFocus Updates (Free subscription) | 19/11/2009
By Mike Covello. John Rogers, president and founder of Ariel Capital Management, discussed his views on the stock market on CNBC this morning. Read more » »
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Crooks and Liars (Free subscription) | 19/11/2009
Violence is contagious. This Kentucky weirdo should be checked out very carefully. A Kentucky woman has threatened a Michigan newspaper with a bloodbath similar to the massacre at Ft. Hood if they don't lay off criticism of the District 6 congresswoman. Weird. We always thought Michele was a pro-life kinda gal. But on with the story, which begins with an editorial in the Port Huron Times Herald. It...
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The Hotline on Call (Free subscription) | 19/11/2009
It's a boon for opposition researchers as AG Eric Holder 's decision to bring terrorism suspects to trial in NYC has both parties backpeddling on previous statements. A Dem source passes along statements from Sens. Lindsey Graham (R-SC) and Jeff Sessions (R-AL) praising earlier terrorist trials in the U.S. Both members of the Senate Judiciary Committee, Sessions and Graham spent 11/18 blasting Holder...
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Alex Constantine's Blacklist (Free subscription) | 18/11/2009
By Joe Strupp Editor & Publisher | November 17, 2009 NEW YORK A woman who allegedly threatened the Times Herald of Port Huron, Mich., saying she would take a gun to the newspaper and " do what they did at Fort Hood ," is being investigated, the paper reports. The Gannett daily's Web site stated that a call came into a Gannett customer service center in Louisville, Ky., from a 60-year-old...
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The Huffington Post (Free subscription) | 18/11/2009
Addressing the Department of Justice's decision to try terrorist suspects in civilian court rather than a military tribunal, Sen. Jeff Sessions (R-Ala.), on Wednesday, called the move unprecedented and indefensible. Only, it's happened before, and Sessions, the ranking Republican on the Judiciary Committee, once defended it. Back in 2002, when the Bush Department of Justice put Zacarias Moussaoui,...
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MediaBistro.com (Free subscription) | 17/11/2009
Click here to receive mediabistro.com's Daily Newsfeed via email. Sarah Palin Calls Newsweek Cover Photo 'Sexist' (Facebook) "The choice of photo for the cover of this week's Newsweek is unfortunate. When it comes to Sarah Palin, this "news" magazine has relished focusing on the irrelevant rather than the relevant. ... The out-of-context Newsweek approach is sexist and oh-so-expected...
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Masson's Blog (Free subscription) | 17/11/2009
Maureen Groppe, writing for Gannett News Service, has an article about Judge Hamilton’s nomination to the 7th Circuit Court of Appeals. Conservatives are stalling a vote on his nomination. One case he has gotten particular grief about is his ruling that sectarian prayer could not be part of the official business of the Indiana House [...]
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24/7 Wall St. (Free subscription) | 16/11/2009
Berkshire Hathaway Inc. (NYSE: BRK-A)(BRK-B) has its Q3-2009 public equity holdings as of September 30, 2009. In our group “A to F” we noted some interim changes in the lot. Here are Warren Buffett’s holdings and accompanying notes for the group ‘G to O.’ Gannett Co. (NYSE: GCI) 3.447 million shares, same as before. General Electric [...]
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Politics on the Hudson (Free subscription) | 16/11/2009
Sen. Carl Kruger, D-Brooklyn, chair of the Senate Finance Committee, wrote a letter to Gov. David Paterson asking him to start taxing cigarettes sold on Native American reservations. Kruger claims the tax could generate up to $1.6 billion in revenue for the state, reports Gannett’s Jon Campbell, who attended Kruger’s news conference outside the governor’s [...]
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Contactmusic Ltd (Free subscription) | 16/11/2009
Ordinarily short documentaries are seen by few people outside of art houses and film festivals, but Gannett, the nation's largest newspaper publisher (with 84 dailies), has...
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Business Wire (Free subscription) | 13/11/2009
MCLEAN, Va.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Gannett (NYSE:GCI) has partnered with The Smile Train, the world’s largest cleft charity, to distribute free DVD copies of Smile Train’s, Oscar-winning documentary, “Smile Pinki,” to one million subscribers of Gannett-owned newspapers. The DVDs will be distributed Sunday, Nov. 15 in four-color newspaper polybags that feature advertising encouraging...
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Networked Journalism Summit (Free subscription) | 13/11/2009
Thanks to everyone who participated in the New Business Models for (Local) News Conference and HyperCamp on Wednesday, November 11. A lot of ground was covered in the numerous panels and we’ll keep the discussion going here on newsinnovation.com with upcoming posts and video clips. Shout out to Ted Mann of inJersey/Gannett and Jim Schachter [...]