Media Mutt Blog Archive July, 2008
Who are the Guys Buying Blethen?
Submitted by Al Diamon on Thu, 07/31/2008 - 6:09am.A group called Maine Media Investments has signed a letter of intent to buy the Blethen Maine Newspapers. Blethen announced the agreement in a news release on July 30, saying MMI had been granted a limited
Web Scoops, Print Droops
Submitted by Al Diamon on Wed, 07/30/2008 - 9:34pm.Better Late Than Never
Submitted by Al Diamon on Tue, 07/29/2008 - 7:57pm.Clearing the waters: The Portland Press Herald has finally tried to explain the two contradictory stories about Bath Iron Works it ran side-by-side in its July 24 edition.
In one article,
Better Late Than Never
Submitted by Al Diamon on Tue, 07/29/2008 - 5:01am.Clearing the waters: The Portland Press Herald has finally tried to explain the two contradictory stories about Bath Iron Works it ran side-by-side in its July 24 edition.
Anybody editing?
Submitted by Al Diamon on Thu, 07/24/2008 - 7:56am.Good news/bad news: The front page of the July 24 Portland Press Herald seemed to a carry grim warning for Bath Iron Works, one of Maine’s largest private employers. The U.S. Navy had changed its mind about building six more Zumwalt-class destroyers, several of which were to
It's Buyout Time Again
Submitted by Al Diamon on Wed, 07/23/2008 - 1:09pm.Please leave: On July 22, management at the Blethen Maine Newspapers-owned Kennebec Journal in Augusta and Morning Sentinel in Waterville told employees that they could apply for voluntary separation agreements – buyouts – before layoffs are announced in mid-August. But
It's Either Big News...
Submitted by Al Diamon on Mon, 07/21/2008 - 9:16am.A change in the climate?: The Portland Press Herald and Maine Sunday Telegram have lost all their experienced political reporters, but that doesn’t mean the journalists left behind can’t score a major scoop. Or, possibly, a major screw-up.
More Layoffs at Blethen
Submitted by Al Diamon on Sat, 07/19/2008 - 12:41pm.Late Friday afternoon, Blethen Maine Newspapers publisher Charles Cochrane issued a memo to all staff at the company’s three daily papers – the Portland Press Herald, the Kennebec Journal in Augusta and the Morning Sentinel in Waterville – announcing there would be another round
Disappearing Reporters
Submitted by Al Diamon on Fri, 07/18/2008 - 8:38pm.Missing names: It all depends on how you go about it. When the Portland Press Herald gave buyouts to seven reporters in late June, it got plenty of attention. Understandably
Stories hidden in plain sight: a cautionary fable
Submitted by Al Diamon on Wed, 07/16/2008 - 5:47am.Welcome to the idyllic Maine town of Squirmworm Bay. News here crawls around, mostly by word of mouth: across the counter at Nematode’s General Store, across the bar at the Nightcrawler Lounge, over the airwaves from WTPW otherwise known as “The Tapeworm.”
Once a week,
