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Koch Brothers Should Stay Away From Sun Sentinel, Say 619 Locals and Counting in Online Petition

The idea of swallowing down morning coffee alongside some front-page libertarian bloviation courtesy of a Koch-owned Sun Sentinel isn't sitting too well with some. Last week, we sent out a smoke signal about the possible media sale everyone is talking about: The South Florida daily's parent -- the T ... More >>

Koch Brothers Interested in Buying Sun Sentinel; Five Other Billionaires Who Could Scoop Up the Paper

Over the weekend, liberal media types coast to coast suffered jags of anxiety after the New York Times reported that Charles and David Koch -- AKA the billionaire Jagger and Richards of the Tea Party agenda -- are eyeing a new shiny toy: the troubled Tribune Co., the parent behind eight of the count ... More >>

The Sky Keeps Falling! A Short History of an Art Form's Long Passing

Goose Island Beer Will Be Be Available In Florida By End Of November

South Florida beer nerds collectively threw up their arms and danced a little jig -- all without spilling a drop of their precious hand-crafted, coffee-infused porter, of course -- with the news that Goose Island beer soon will be available in all 50 states. According to the Goose Island website, th ... More >>

It's A Good Week To Skip the Spicy Tuna Roll

Over 140 people in 20 states have been stricken with salmonella traced to yellowfin tuna meat scraped from bones and organs. One person in Florida has been sick, with the bulk of illnesses clustered in New York (28), Maryland (14), Wisconsin (14), and Illinois (13). The Centers for Disease Control p ... More >>

Man Thought to Be Victim of John Wayne Gacy Found Living in Florida Thanks to Weed Arrests

freeinfosociety.comHarold Lovell may have smoked a lot of weed, but he never ran into this asshole.​Here's one way to find out your long-lost family member wasn't murdered by a serial killer who dressed up as a clown on the weekends and buried bodies under his house -- he's been arrested ten times ... More >>

Tribune's Memo Man Resigns Over Racy Video Featuring "Sluts" (NSFW)

Abrams is done writing memos.​After two years of writing long, rambling memos that made newspaper staffers from Chicago to Fort Lauderdale cringe, the missives became Lee Abrams' downfall.Abrams was chief innovation officer for the Tribune Co., which owns the Chicago Tribune, the L.A.&nb ... More >>

The Rise and Fall of South Florida's Daily Newspapers

Football Heresy! Delray Pastor Made Name With Dolphins; Now Roots for the Bears

Photo: Chris Sweda / Chicago TribuneIndisputable evidence that this ex-Dolphins clergyman is a born-again Bears fan​God only knows how good he is in the pulpit, but there's no doubting Rev. Greg Barrette is a master of self-promotion. Several years ago, when he was a pastor in Delray Beach, he lan ... More >>

Acting FCC Chairman: "Mini-Papers" No Way to Success

Count acting FCC Chairman Michael Copps among those who believe the current strategy of decimating staffs at newspapers is the wrong way to deal with the economic downturn, especially since most are still making money.   "I am seriously worried about the decline of broa ... More >>

Miami Herald Takes Big Circulation Hit

Well, the new circulation numbers are out and the Miami Herald took it on the chin in a rather stunning way. While the average circulation at the nation's daily newspapers (with 50,000-plus subscribers) was down an average of 7 percent, the Miami Herald more than doubled that decline ... More >>

Sun-Sentinel Reporters Cut Off At Courthouse

Things are tough all over at the Sun-Sentinel. Fresh off the Pulp transom (dailypulp@yahoo.com) is an email sent from the Palm Beach County Clerk of Courts to Sun-Sentinel reporters. Apparently the bankrupt Tribune Co. hasn't been paying for court records, so the clerk had enough. Until th ... More >>

Lee Abrams' Dream Show Involves Gravy Stains

In his latest think piece, Tribune Co. Chief Innovation Officer Lee Abrams describes his idea for a TV news crime show: During the newscast you "switch" to the WXXX Crime Bureau. There you have an ex- cop type whose "seen it all"---rough at the edges. Gravy stains on his shirt. It's all about ... More >>

Abrams: Enough With The Exclamation Points!

Tribune Co. Chief Innovation Officer Lee Abrams continues on his jihad against "fake and jive" in local TV news. He says he talked to a "voice guy" Tribune stations were using and was given the lowdown.         "The copy he receives is often horrible," Abrams writes. " ... More >>

Abrams: TV News Needs Less Plastic, More God?

Tribune Co. Innovation Chief Lee Abrams is clearly more focused on the Tribune's 25 television stations than he is the newspapers right now. And, judging from his latest think pieces, he's not at all happy with the appearance of the company's anchors. In a recent piece, he decried the fact that ... More >>

The Fourth Estate Sale

Decimated by corporate overlords, the only hope for our local newspapers may be the auction block.

Lee Abrams Don't Know Chinese

Tribune Co. Chief Innovation Officer Lee Abrams begins his latest think piece, titled "Cutting Through Crisis," this way: "When written in Chinese, the word "crisis" is composed of two characters: On represents danger, the other opportunity. I'm not sure if that's the literal translation, but prett ... More >>

Blago Story, LA Times Prison Series Gives Abrams New Hope

Tribune Co. Chief Innovation Officer Lee Abrams writes in his latest "Think Piece"  that the financial problems facing the company are "way above my pay grade" and, borrowing a popular corporate slogan, he is focused on maximizing "our successful brands that reach out and touch a ... More >>

Blago Goes To Zell

We've all heard about the arrest of Illinois Rod "I'm Not A Crook II" Blagojevich, but did you hear the one about his wife? Patricia Blagojevich is the one who seems to have instigated the (allegedly criminal) attempt by the guv to try to bribe Sam Zell into firing the Chicago Tribun ... More >>

Lee Abrams Isn't Playing Anymore

In his latest "think piece," Tribune Co. Chief Innovation Officer Lee Abrams draws a line in the sand for EVERYone in the company's newsrooms (including the Sun-Sentinel): Revolutions are about "we". The leaders need to engage EVERYone. And EVERYone needs to engage the cause. You ar ... More >>

Abrams: Obama Election A 'Wake-Up Call'

Newspaper layoffs, partnerships, and the Net conspire to kill South Florida dailies

A Stock Market Carol

Morning Mugshots: The Ultimate Pick-You-Up

Lee Abrams: Evolve, Man, Evolve

United Airlines Error Not Sun-Sentinel's Fault

The Rest Of The Story

Memo Alert: Abrams On SunSentinel Redesign

Newspaper Bleeding: It's Not Done Yet

UPDATE: Sentinel's Demma Laid Off

Sun-Sentinel To 'Improver The Spirit' and Become 'Disneyland for the Mind'

Sun-Sentinel Monkey Business

Changes Coming At Tribune Co.

Citizen Zell

The gruff new Sun-Sentinel owner came to town, but you won't read about it in our local daily

L.A. Times' Editor's Farewell Note

Newspapers' Free-Fall (Illustrated)

Reporter Feel-Good

Sun-Sentinel Cracking Down On Calls

Local News? What Local News?

Martin Blasts Zell Takeover

Sentinel Columnist Kollin Blasts Management

Pulp Strikes Again

Wasteland in the Sun

Another One Bites the Dust

Letters for December 23-29, 2004

Letters for December 2-8, 2004

Enslaved

Go to work for Tribune and forget about your future

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