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Gannett Layoffs Strike Courier-Journal (UPDATED)

June 21, 2011 – 4:06 pm

UPDATED: Sources tell LEO that the number of layoffs at the Courier-Journal is now totaling 50, including 24 editorial positions. Further, the Velocity weekly as you know it will cease to be, and will be replaced by a smaller version folded in with the Courier itself, to be published on a day of the week [...]

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SouthComm acquires Kansas City’s The Pitch

March 18, 2011 – 2:21 pm

SouthComm, Inc. — owner of LEO Weekly, NFocus, the Nashville Scene and other publications — has purchased the Kansas City-based The Pitch from Village Voice Media for an undisclosed sum, according to a press statement released today. “I’m pleased to welcome another alt-weekly to the SouthComm family,” CEO Chris Ferrell said. “Kansas City is a great place [...]

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Louisville Magazine editor resigns

February 17, 2011 – 1:13 pm

After more than a decade, Bruce Allar is stepping down as editor-in-chief of Louisville Magazine effective Feb. 18 to take over the planning duties at the International Pizza Expo. Earlier today, the magazine posted a listing to fill the position that includes overseeing the six member editorial staff and several freelance writers. “Anytime you lose [...]

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Lauren Feldman named new publisher of LEO Weekly

February 2, 2011 – 5:18 pm

Chris Ferrell, CEO of SouthComm Inc, today announced that he has named Lauren Feldman the new publisher of LEO Weekly, Louisville’s only alternative newspaper. “We are excited to have an industry veteran of Lauren’s experience joining us in Louisville,” Ferrell said. “We think she will be a great catalyst for LEO Weekly’s continued growth.” Feldman [...]

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The C-J gets a facelift

February 2, 2011 – 4:15 pm

After waiting through a few hours of “server is busy” responses, local media watchdogs will notice that The Courier-Journal launched its redesigned website this afternoon featuring new colors and alternations to the comments section. In response to stories, readers can now give comments a thumbs up or thumbs down andsign in through Facebook rather than [...]

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The Beck’s warning

September 2, 2010 – 11:33 am

Anti-capitalist pitas. Redistribution of end times. Elitist rubber. You’ve been warned.

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New blog, ‘JCPS confidential’ launched

August 23, 2010 – 11:43 am

The beginning of the year for Jefferson County Public Schools started with a serious snafu in busing, two principal suspensions and a superintendent playing dodgeball with the press. Now a new blog has launched encouraging “whistleblowers” to come forward and report mismanagement in the school system, which could shake things up even more. Last week, [...]

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Tweets could shed light on ‘half-breed’ comment

August 10, 2010 – 5:04 pm

The uproar over 84 WHAS radio personality Mandy Connell calling President Barack Obama “a young half-breed man” has subsided, but it seems those racially insensitive comments may not have been the first the conservative host has used. A Twitter account that appears to belong to Connell contains attacks on Obama and possible racist language, including [...]

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Should Obama ‘dumb it down’?

June 17, 2010 – 10:22 am

The media punditry continues to slice and dice President Obama’s speech on the gulf oil disaster, but an interesting observations was made by Paul J.J. Payack, president of Global Language Monitor, an Austin, Texas-based company that analyzes word usage and word choice. Even though the Oval Office address was written at a 10th grade level, [...]

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Metro loses its mojo, disbands news department

April 5, 2010 – 12:27 pm

The owners of LouisvilleMojo.com are shutting down the social-networking website’s news department after launching the ambitious initiative nearly eight months ago. According to a memorandum sent out by Louisville Mojo CEO Keith Ringer to editors, reporters and freelancers this morning, the company’s strategic shift was popular but didn’t pay off. From Ringer: Effective 10 p.m. [...]

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