Jan
1
Pitch layoffs
January 1, 2009 | 8 Comments
The downturn in the advertising and newspaper business seems to have hit the Pitch just in time for the new year. In addition to the regular Happy New Year tweets floating around the KC Twitterverse were several “OMG the Pitch is laying people” off tweets. Neither the Pitch itself or an other traditional media have [...]
Dec
21
Cuts at suburban papers
December 21, 2008 | Leave a Comment
The Star isn’t the only local newspaper hurting these days. KMBC-TV 9 reports that the Independence Examiner will stop publishing on Mondays, leaving the eastern suburbs with Tuesday-Saturday service.
The Sun group of suburban newspapers has also made some cutbacks recently. First, the Raytown Tribune was closed down and is no longer being published. More recently [...]
Dec
3
Former Star cartoonist Lee Judge at the Library this weekend
December 3, 2008 | Leave a Comment
Award-winning editorial cartoonist Lee Judge reflects on his 27 years at The Kansas City Star and shares some of his favorite unpublished cartoons – including many from the 2008 election – on Tuesday, December 9, at 6:30 p.m. at the Central Library, 14 W. 10th St.
Cartoons We’re a Little [...]
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 | 1 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 | 3 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 [...]

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