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Media: Winning headline keeps readers on their tip-toes
The Peoria Pundit | August 10th 2008
I don’t give the folks who toil away on the copy desk enough credit. So, I am pleased to give the award for Best Use of a Pun in a Headline to whatever evil genius created the one that ran atop today’s Peoria Journal Star article about read more
Media: JS reports on GateHouse quarterly statements, CEO predicts…
The Peoria Pundit | August 8th 2008
In an un-bylined article, the Journal Star reported on parent company GateHouse Media’s 2nd quarter statement and conference call. It’s the first coverage the PJS has given the company since the company’s stock prices fell below $1. read more
Media: GateHouse default likely, analyst says
The Peoria Pundit | July 30th 2008
From Editor & Publisher: GateHouse Media is likely to default under its credit agreement unless it can negotiate an amendment to its covenants or get a cash injection from its largest stakeholder, Moody’s Investor Service says in a report d read more
Media: GateHouse on it’s ‘funeral march?’
The Peoria Pundit | July 28th 2008
On the first trading day after its stock reached a new low, GateHouse Media saw the value of its stock plummet to an all-new low of 66 cents a share. The stock rebounded to 90 cents a share, less than what’s needed to avoid delisting on the New read more
Local: A disease is a disease, regardless of cause
The Peoria Pundit | May 18th 2008
Twenty years ago, you couldn’t pick up a newspaper without reading something about AIDS and HIV. I wrote my share of them. These days, almost nothing. We assume that the disease has been beaten. There are people who walk around with an HIV infe read more
Media: Cosmetic changes coming to PJStar.com
The Peoria Pundit | May 18th 2008
The announcement came today. The Journal Star’s new Website will “go live” at about 8 p.m. Tuesday: The new Web site should generally run faster than the current site. It features a brighter, cleaner look along with a new logo. It s read more
Today’s news: Knuckleheads
The Peoria Pundit | May 16th 2008
From the Journal Star: You know, if I had a bullet wound in the gut, I’d be a tad uncooperative, too. Ken Hinton is in rare form. Bull-headed, condescending … come to think of it, that’s not rare for him at all. Here’s my big read more
Media: PJS offers mayor backhanded, minimal praise for lower crim…
The Peoria Pundit | May 14th 2008
It took a more than a couple days, but the anonymous gnomes who pen official opinions on the Journal Star’s award-winning (snicker) editorial page have finally editorialized about the stunning drop in violent crime from te same time last years. read more
Local: PJS finds a new way to criticize Mayor Ardis
The Peoria Pundit | May 12th 2008
The Peoria Journal Star couldn’t find a way to mention Peoria Mayor Jim Ardis’ name even once when it devoted four stories Sunday to how the murder rate has dropped (details avaialable here). But when they ran a story today casting doubt read more
Media: More editorial bravery from 1 News Plaza
The Peoria Pundit | May 12th 2008
Today’s award-winning (snicker) editorial page opines on teenagers who help pick up litter. They are in favor. Still no comment on the drop in the the murder rate. read more
Media: More nonsense about the Intertubes from the PJS
The Peoria Pundit | May 5th 2008
Attention newspaper editors and reporters: When you are doing a story about political bloggers, it might — just might — be a good idea to pick up the phone and, you talk, talk to a political blogger. Sunday’s Journal Star includes a read more
Media: Boycotting GateHouse, fighting back with blogging
The Peoria Pundit | May 4th 2008
The folks who are boycotting the Norwich (Connecticut) Bulletin are fighting back by offering news via hyper-local citizen journalism. The complaints? Censored and poorly edited letters to the editor, fact errors, ignoring legitimate news, boosteris read more
Media: GateHouse slashing staff again at the Journal Star
The Peoria Pundit | May 3rd 2008
Here we go again. GateHouse Media is offering a “voluntary severance package” to 220 of its 218 full-time employees at the Peoria Journal Star. The buyout is “designed to help the Journal Star offset rising expenses faced by newspap read more
Local: New airport terminal plans unveiled
The Peoria Pundit | April 22nd 2008
The Metropolitan Airport Authority of Peoria on Wednesday will see renderings of the proposed $60 million terminal planned for 2010, the Journal Star is reporting this evening. The new building will be built just west of the current terminal and prep read more
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