Tag Archives: Detroit News

Scab concert

Posted on October 10, 2010 by hro50ta1

By Joel Thurtell Once upon a time, before the Great Newspaper Strike of 1995, the Detroit Free Press published a huff-and-puff editorial chastising Big League Baseball for putting on games during a strike of players. “Scab Ball,” the Free Press … Continue reading →

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Free Press dumps 25 editorial staffers

Posted on May 21, 2009 by hro50ta1

By Joel Thurtell Some longtime Free Press staffers are already gone as of today, I’m told.           These would be the non-union workers without contracts guaranteeing layoffs based on seniority: Laura Varon Brown, Sharon Wilmore, Alice Pepper, Sandy Aceval and Nate Trela. … Continue reading →

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Reporting on investigative reporting

Posted on February 25, 2009 by hro50ta1

By Joel Thurtell I’m not sure what category to put this in — investigative reporter investigates investigative reporter? But I know powerful writing when I read it. Powerful writing propelled by hard-nosed detective work. That’s what Curt Guyette of MetroTimes … Continue reading →

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Screwed by Gannett, again and again

Posted on January 28, 2009 by admin

By Joel Thurtell You’d think the owner of the Detroit News and Free Press would want to snuggle up to the public. You know, in hopes paying readers won’t junk them when they dump most home delivery in March. Somehow, … Continue reading →

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Matty to buy Riverside Park?

Posted on January 27, 2009 by admin

By Joel Thurtell Is the City of Detroit trying to sell Riverside Park to Matty Moroun? There’s a hint in that direction in a Monday, January 26, 2008 Detroit News article about the city’s dire financial straits. City officials are … Continue reading →

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The new deep pockets

Posted on January 2, 2009 by admin

By Joel Thurtell Time was when government officials would whine that citizens’ lawsuits were busting their budgets, that litigants were aiming at the perceived money-lined deep pockets of governments. Now it’s the governments, strapped for cash in a lousy economy … 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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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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