The Future?

Many in the Connecticut media market will remember Anna Sava, morning anchor and consumer reporter for WTNH. If you’re at all involved with the political world you know of Lon Seidman, a well-respected operative who ran the campaign that put Congressman Joe Courtney into office in 2006. CT Local Politics has the details of their [...]

Parent Company of WFSB-TV Suffers Earnings Drop

Meredith Corporation, based in Des Moines, had a bad quarter…mostly due to falling magazine advertising revenue (the company’s primary business is magazine and book publishing).

Will Clear Channel Cuts Hit Local Stations?

Clear Channel Communications has announced nationwide job cuts at its radio stations. In Connecticut, the company owns The River 105.9, Kiss 95.7, ESPN Radio 1410, fm104one, Country 92.5, ESPN Radio 1300, 960 WELI and KC 101.3.

The Day of New London

More cost-cutting at the privately-owned paper.

New “Content Manager” at the Courant/Fox 61

Hartford Courant Editor Cliff Teutsch and Fox61 News Director Bob Rockstroh will now be reporting to Jeff Levine, who comes from the Orlando market where he oversaw the integration of the Tribune’s  newspaper, TV and web site operations -  orlandosentinel.com. Here’s the memo that went out. Here’s some analysis of the situation.

Two Departures

CT Confidential informs us of the unfortunate news that Peter Urban, Connecticut’s last Washington-based reporter, was laid off by his employer, The Connecticut Post. He was a victim of this latest round of cuts at  Heart’s CT newspapers. Peter spent many years in Hartford covering the state capitol and there isn’t a nicer person. According [...]

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