Today’s Media Links

Dean Pagani interviews our own Duby McDowell about The Laurel.
The Globe is cutting back its newsroom.
Twitter breaks another news story. Something about a plane in the hudson…

Print Blogs

The Hartford Courant has been dissected by every angle since it redesigned its layout.  One aspect that is fascinating is how there are sections that look and read like a blog. 
For instance, the On the Fly sports column is a summary of the past 24 hours in sports.  What is important to note is that [...]

Hladky’s Back

Actually, Greg Hladky never went away – he was just unceremoniously laid off by the New Haven Register last March after a couple decades covering state government. We’ve been happy to see his byline show up in the New York Times’ “Connecticut” section, and this morning we heard him on WNPR’s “Where We Live”, hosted [...]

Buyer Found!

It appears as though the New Britain Herald and Bristol Press have been saved.  An offer to buy the two papers has been accepted.  It was also refreshing to hear that the new owner, Michael Schroeder of Central Connecticut Communications, wants to live in Bristol and be a part of the community.  This act should [...]

Newspaper Auction

Talks between state legislators and the Commissioner of Economic Development have not materialized any offers for the Bristol Press and New Britain Herald.
According to the Courant, nine companies have contacted the officials on the two failing newspapers but no offers have been given.  The meetings between the officials were aimed at bringing buyers forward.  Now [...]

Papercuts

No, not that kind.
The kind that’s even worse.