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Hubris and newspapers

Posted on December 19, 2008 by admin

By Joel Thurtell I’m not the only crank who thinks newspapers have screwed themselves into the rut they’re now vociferously complaining about, giving a disproportionate amount of ink to their own woes rather than recording the financial grievances of others.. … Continue reading →

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Where are those “cosmo” readers?

Posted on December 18, 2008 by admin

By Joel Thurtell Back in 1991, I went to a meeting of Detroit Free Press editorial staff in that very impressive, wood-panelled room with the mural where imprtant meetings were held. This happened back when the Free Press still worked … Continue reading →

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Note from Ed

Posted on December 17, 2008 by admin

By Joel Thurtell Ed Wendover dropped me and a few other people a line today when he heard about the plans to degrade the two Detroit dailies into “twoly” and “threely” home delivery operations respectively for the Detroit News and … Continue reading →

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News “threely” given

Posted on December 16, 2008 by admin

By Joel Thurtell What do you call a daily newspaper that prints itself three times a week? Thricely Free Press? Threely News? (Make that the Twoly News: Employees of the Detroit News and Detroit Free Press were told today that … Continue reading →

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Rights and duties of subpoenaed reporters

Posted on December 16, 2008 by admin

This report was researched and written by attorney John Adam of the Royal Oak law firm, Martens, Ice, Klass, Legghio & Israel for Detroit Local 22 of The Newspaper Guild. Adam presented his work on June 4, 2002 at a … Continue reading →

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Fate of the Detroit Dailies

Posted on December 15, 2008 by admin

By Joel Thurtell Managers of the Detroit News and Detroit Free Press tomorrow morning, December 16, 2008, will reveal to union leaders and their employees the scope of a new “business plan” which may convert the two old dailies into … Continue reading →

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News does Matty

Posted on December 15, 2008 by admin

By Joel Thurtell At least when people say the Detroit dailies have ignored the story of Manuel “Matty” Moroun, the Detroit News can claim it’s taken a step towards thorough reporting on a major Michigan figure with today’s News profile of … Continue reading →

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Off guard and then some

Posted on December 14, 2008 by admin

By Joel Thurtell If somebody offered me a fifth of my favorite single-malt Scotch, I’d take it. But I hope I never have to take the fifth the way ace Detroit Free Press reporter David Ashenfelter took it on December … Continue reading →

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Detroit dailies not so daily

Posted on December 13, 2008 by admin

  By Joel Thurtell For months, I’ve been reporting that the Detroit Free Press was planning to drop daily print publication and go to twice or thrice a week delivery, with the remaining four or five days of news plopped … Continue reading →

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Freep home delivery: Adios!

Posted on December 12, 2008 by admin

First, you read it in JOTR, on November 30. Detroit dailies to drop daily delivery.Today, December 12, 2008, you read it in the Wall Street Journal:  “Detroit Dailies to Curtail Home Delivery.”  

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