Month: February 2009

NYC newspaper to charge for Web content

According to Agence France Presse, “New York newspaper Newsday plans to start charging users of its Web site, a top executive of the company that owns the daily said Thursday.” This is an approach that has proven successful for the Wall Street Journal but was tried for some services by the New York Times a […]

More signs of print medium distress

R. I. P. www.breitbart.com “An annual convention of newspaper editors has been canceled so their publications can save money and focus on surviving the recession. “It’s just the second time that American Society of Newspaper Editors hasn’t convened. The last time occurred during the final months of World War II in 1945.”

LETTER: LNP Conspires With Project Partners

Editor’s note: The following comes from a representative of TRRAAC. “Lancaster Newspapers refuses to report that the project partners are responsible for submitting false statements to the state government in their attempt to obtain millions of dollars to cleanup the LCSWMA dump in Manheim Township. This week, both Lancaster Intelligencer and Lancaster New Era reported […]

State has no money for us, plenty for them!

Perhaps NewsLanc would be interested in writing about the contradiction in two stories in last night’s and today’s papers: while the state is reducing hours and services and may even entirely close down, or cause to be closed down due to lack of funding – F&M/LGH are asking, and expecting, to get $20 million from […]

Current LCCCA committed to transparency

At the Feb. 26th monthly public Lancaster County Convention Center Authority meeting, a modest public request was honored by the Board. Randolph Carney, a city resident, noted that, according to the LCCCA website, the project current value stands at $174.4 million. However, Carney observed, the actual project cost has fluctuated over the course of the […]

Mock trial final a cliff hanger

Last year’s runner up for the county championship Catholic High was once again locked in battle with 2008 winner McCaskey High before four jury members in a court room presided over by County Judge Jeffrey D. Wright. After evaluating the impressive presentations by both teams, the jury split 2 to 2 between McCaskey, representing the […]

Rapid obsolescence and sinful ugliness

Here is a recurring theme: We are seeing it in Philadelphia: When business drops, it is pitched as a deficiency of the venue, and a demand is made for funds to “upgrade”. There is no doubt, that remedial or restorative work needs to be done on a regular basis, but the monumental funds demanded are […]

INTELLIGENCER JOURNAL

In a Feb. 26th column headed “Ayers gag bid unfunny – and un-American” Jeff Hawkes states “…there’s no place for suppressing even the most repugnant speaker. Ignore him. Denounce him. But uphold his right to have his say.” He criticizes seven Lancaster County state legislators for a letter calling upon Millersville University’s president to cancel […]

INTELLIGENCER JOURNAL

A full color display ad for Chapman Ford appears at the bottom of the front page of the Feb. 26th Intelligencer Journal. WATCHDOG: What ever it takes! We need at least one newspaper in this town. The Internet is changing how we obtain information, advertisers are deserting the print media, and times are tough. Radio […]

Will Philadelphia become a one newspaper city?

According to the Feb. 25th Philadelphia Daily News, one of the main issues between creditors and management is whether to continue to publish the Daily News in addition to the Inquirer or allow Philadelphia to become a one newspaper city. According to the article, Brian Tierney, publisher of both newspapers, declared “We’ve been able to […]