Worth Noting
Matt Rocheleau, currently of Hearst Connecticut Media, shared in a Pulitzer Prize awarded last week for work he did as part of team while...
Who Wants Local News?
It took Jack Shafer of Politico about 1,500 words to say something Chris Powell, of the Journal Inquirer, has been saying for at least...
Apuzzo Targeted
Former Hartford based AP reporter Matt Apuzzo, now an investigative reporter with the New York Times, was one of four Times reporters to have...
Hypocrite Still a Big Word to Him
There is a line in a song by John Cougar Herbert Walker Bush Mellencamp that always reminds me of Chris Powell:
And hypocrite used to...
Buyouts So Soon?
According to its Twitter feed, the Hartford Courant Guild says Alden Global Capital has already moved to offer buyouts at Tribune newspapers in an...
Now What? What Now?
Now that Alden Global Capital has captured controlling interest in Tribune Publishing and all its newspaper properties, including the Hartford Courant, what's next?
Poynter(and yes...
Tribune Round-up
Here's a round-up of stories on the Alden Global Capital acquisition of Tribune Publishing; the parent company of the Hartford Courant.
Washington Post - Tribune...
Day Fights for Access
Day Photo by Sarah Gordon
In recent years it has become more difficult for reporters, and particularly news photographers, to do their jobs. Often police...
Sold!
Shareholders voted Friday to accept the offer from Alden Global Capital to purchase Tribune Publishing and all its newspaper properties including the Hartford Courant. The...
Developing…
Tribune Publishing shareholders are expected to vote today on Alden Global Capital's bid to buy the chain of newspapers, which includes the Hartford Courant.
Analysts...