That’s what employees at The Day of New London were told to do this morning. Management has announced mandatory weeklong furloughs without pay as a cost-cutting measure.
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Please Prove Us Wrong
Posted on January 30, 2009 by dubymcd
Has Connecticut’s AM talk radio become the sole province of right-leaning white males? We’re talking about locally-generated shows. One of our favorite smaller radio stations, WLIS/WMRD (Old Saybrook/Meriden) features synidcated host Stephanie Miller on weekdays from 10-12 noon, but we’re referring to local programming. Again, please prove us wrong; we hope we are.
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The Valley Press is Born
Posted on January 30, 2009 by kevhill100
It’s not all doom and gloom in Connecticut local media. We would be remiss if we did not applaud Melissa Marinan for starting The Valley Press - a free weekly newspaper that will be delivered to every house in Avon, Burlington, Canton, Farmington and Simsbury, starting Feb. 5.
The Courant highlighted this new venture as well [...]
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Movement at The Courant
Posted on January 29, 2009 by dubymcd
Features Editor Naedine Hazell is the new editor of courant.com, replacing Jeanne Leblanc who left earlier this month. Gina Seay, who was number two in features, is moving into Naedine’s job.
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CNN’s D.L. Hughley at Quinnipiac
Posted on January 29, 2009 by dubymcd
As part of Quinnipaic University’s celebration of Black History Month, Comedian D.L. Hughley will speak on Thursday, February 5. The lecture will start at 7 p.m. and take place in Alumni Hall.
Hughley is host of CNN’s talk show “D.L. Hughley Breaks the News.” The show airs Saturdays at 10 p.m. and Sundays at 11 p.m.
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Mika & Gayle & Some WFSB Memories on “Morning Joe”
Posted on January 28, 2009 by dubymcd
In advance of a Gayle King interview today with Governor Blago, Mika Brzezinski of MSNBC’s “Morning Joe” interviewed Gayle. You may enjoy the mid-90s video from WFSB including images from” Gayle King Day” in Hartford when her first talk show was housed on Constitution Plaza. Mika was an anchor/reporter at WFSB who started in the [...]
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