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Taking a look at Connecticut budget coverage
Gov. Dannel Malloy Compared to Greater Boston, the decline of traditional news organizations in Connecticut is considerably more advanced. The Hartford Courant, a venerable statewide daily that traces...
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Tribune outsources local journalism jobs to Chicago
The bankrupt Tribune Co. is outsourcing New England newspaper jobs to the mother ship in Chicago. Both the Hartford Courant, a daily, and the New Haven Advocate, an alt-weekly, have been affected by...
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New Haven Register to stop presses, cut 105 jobs
As a symbol of a newspaper that’s out of touch with its community, you couldn’t do much better (in other words, much worse) than the headquarters of the New Haven Register. The city’s daily newspaper...
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Worcester paper abandons printing presses, too
It’s become a flood. The Telegram & Gazette of Worcester has announced it’s shutting down most of its printing operations, costing 64 employees their jobs. The T&G will be printed at the Boston...
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Hartford Courant to absorb last vestiges of Advocate alt-weeklies
Long before I decided to write a book about the New Haven Independent, I knew who Paul Bass was. The New Haven Advocate, like The Boston Phoenix, was one of the crown jewels in the world of alternative...
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How Alden Global Capital is strangling Connecticut’s Hartford Courant
Note: Susan Campbell, a Hartford Courant columnist, posted the following on Facebook earlier today, writing, “I am told the Courant is shifting focus to cover the coronavirus and the column I...
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Alden Global Capital wants to take another big bite out of Tribune Publishing
The iconic Chicago Tribune Tower, sold for mixed-use development in 2016. Please consider becoming a paid subscriber to Media Nation for just $5 a month. Click here for details. It looks like 2020 is...
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The FT offers a close-up look at how Alden is destroying the Hartford Courant
The state capitol in Hartford, Connecticut. Photo (cc) 2009 by Dan Kennedy. Not too many years ago, New England was home to a number of medium-size and smaller daily newspapers that did an excellent...
View ArticleA dark day for Tribune’s storied newspapers — but great news in Baltimore
There is terrible news to report tonight for readers and employees of the Chicago Tribune, New York’s Daily News and the Hartford Courant — but good news in Baltimore. A deal that had been in the works...
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‘Mogul Roulette,’ or the totally random destruction of local news
In response to the rampaging vulture capitalism that was threatening to destroy their newspaper, union employees at the Hartford Courant last year launched a campaign to find a nonprofit organization...
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Connecticut bill would allow Hartford Courant subscribers to sue over...
The state capitol in Hartford, Connecticut. Photo (cc) 2009 by Dan Kennedy. This is absolutely wild. This morning, a legislative committee in Connecticut will hold a hearing on a bill that would allow...
View ArticleUnion leaders, management at odds over legislation to protect Hartford Courant
Union leaders and management at the Hartford Courant spoke out Thursday about legislation that would allow Courant subscribers to sue the paper’s owners over cost-cutting measures. Mark Pazniokas of...
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With Alden destroying the Hartford Courant, Hearst goes statewide and digital
The Connecticut Statehouse in Hartford. Photo (cc) 2009 by Dan Kennedy. Chain ownership is almost never a good thing. But some chains are better than others — and Hearst is among the very best. No...
View ArticleTaking a look at Connecticut budget coverage
Compared to Greater Boston, the decline of traditional news organizations in Connecticut is considerably more advanced. The Hartford Courant, a venerable statewide daily that traces its founding to...
View ArticleTribune outsources local journalism jobs to Chicago
The bankrupt Tribune Co. is outsourcing New England newspaper jobs to the mother ship in Chicago. Both the Hartford Courant, a daily, and the New Haven Advocate, an alt-weekly, have been affected by...
View ArticleNew Haven Register to stop presses, cut 105 jobs
As a symbol of a newspaper that’s out of touch with its community, you couldn’t do much better (in other words, much worse) than the headquarters of the New Haven Register. The city’s daily newspaper...
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