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 [...]

Oct

14

Jack Cashill goes ALL IN with Obama/Ayers theory

October 14, 2008 | 2 Comments

Local wingnut poster boy Jack Cashill has really gone off the deep end with his latest crazy theory.  He’s no pushing the urban legend that former radical Bill Ayers is the real author of Senator Barack Obama’s books. John Landsberg thinks that Cashill has his entire journalistic reputation on the line.
But we have to ask [...]

Oct

5

KC Star: Less newspaper for more money

October 5, 2008 | 5 Comments

Still struggling to adapt to the times the KC Star is following up its latest round of journalist layoffs with a price increase. On October 19 the daily edition goes from 50¢ to 75¢ and the Sunday edition goes from $1.25 to $1.50.  In summary, the layoffs and the price increase mean that consumers will [...]

Sep

16

Jeff Spivak leaves the Star

September 16, 2008 | 2 Comments

The brain drain of the KC Star continues with news that reporter Jeff Spivak has accepted McClatchey’s latest buyout offer and has left the newspaper.  Despite being a Leawood resident, Jeff provided much of the Star’s  coverage of urban issues like light rail, transportation, etc.
Bottom Line Communications: Jeff Spivak takes Star’s buyout offer.

Aug

30

KCTV-5 gets Plaza Lighting Ceremony

August 30, 2008 | 3 Comments

Live! Late-Breaking! Investigative!  Sleazy!  Channel 5 has won the rights to televise the next three Plaza lighting ceremonies, beating out long time presenter Channel 9.  We can’t wait to see how KCTV sleazes up this Kansas City institution.  Perhaps they will conduct Internet perv stings live from inside the crowd?

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