Nov

26

Time Warner showing CityBall and Border War documentaries

November 26, 2008 | Leave a Comment

Thanks to TV Barn for noticing that on Thanksgiving day Metro Sports will be showing two of Time Warner Cable’s excellent local documentaries.  Both movies will repeat and alternate throughout the day.
CityBall - A year in the life of atheletes in the Interscholastic League, the conference made up of schools in the KCMO School District.  [...]

Nov

24

Hearne Christopher, the reprise

November 24, 2008 | Leave a Comment

Bottom Line Communications reports that outgoing KC Star gossip columnist Hearne Christopher isn’t going to let a layoff stop him.  Hearne plans to continue publishing online, at least three columns a week.  Here’s betting that two of those three columns will be about Lawrence, not Kansas City.

Nov

19

McClatchy Watch

November 19, 2008 | 4 Comments

McClatchy Watch covers the implosion of the McClatchy newspaper company, which owns the KC Star. It has a huge debt load, crashing revenue, and can’t find anyone interested in buying or investing in it. In addition to the well-known troubles and stunning layoffs at the Star, McClatchy newspapers in Miami, Fort Worth, Seattle, [...]

Nov

17

The KMBC-TV 9 lawsuit

November 17, 2008 | 2 Comments

You have probably  heard by now that three popular TV journalists are suing KMBC-TV 9 for sex and age discrimination (Biz Journal story). This is a deja vu for Channel 9, since it was sued for the same thing in the 1980s in the n tionally famous case of Christine Craft.
Aaron Barnhardt has a good [...]

Nov

17

Star ignores marriage rights protest

November 17, 2008 | 14 Comments

Interesting that the supposedly “liberal” JO KC Star seems to have completely ignored the local angle of the recent nation-wide protests for equal marriage rights that sprung up in the wake of the California gay marriage ban. The Star only ran an AP piece, and didn’t even bother to insert a sentance mentioning the local [...]

Nov

11

Star laying off people at Sprint Speed

November 11, 2008 | Leave a Comment

Sprint is no longer the only local company shedding jobs every three months, now that the Star appears to be in a death spiral. Bottom Line Communications has the latest list of 50 cuts, including some big names like cartoonist Lee Judge, gossip columnist Hearne Christopher, Jeff City reporter Kit Wagar, and editor Laura Scott.  [...]

Oct

20

KC event celebrates 100 years of Mizzou journalism school

October 20, 2008 | Leave a Comment

The Missouri School of Journalism was the first in the world and one of the most prestigous to this day, always at or near the top of all rankings. 2008 is the school’s 100th anniversary.  Mizzou alum and investigative reporter Steve Weinberg has written a new book about the school and will be giving a [...]

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