Death of a Newspaper

Death of a Newspaper

A local Northern California blog dedicated to documenting the slow death and painful death of our local newspaper, the Record Searchlight.

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Written by LargeMarge on
I've always been ambivalent as to whether a newspaper needs to "endorse" a Presidential candidate. I can make up my mind, thank you very much. However, the way Silas Lyons backed out of endorsing a Presidential candidate in Sunday's editorial was incredibly lame, in my opinion. Below are all his lame excuses, followed by quite a healthy, heated debate in the comments section. Lyons: We'll sit out the presidential vote By Silas Lyons, Columnist ( Contact ) Sunday, October 12, 2008 Long-time readers will no doubt find something missing in the Record Searchlight this election season: a presidential endorsement. Has the paper lost its ... Read Full Story
Written by LargeMarge on
Greetings, comrades. We here at Death of a Newspaper would like to take this opportunity to evaluate the Record Searchlight Wikipedia entry on a monthly basis. The last time we looked at it, there were still multiple journalists [ who had been fired ] listed as employed at the Record Searchlight. This time we'd like to focus on circulation numbers, and the actual PAID staff versus "volunteers." But, since all my embedded spies and embedded whackjobs , such as Philbert , have left the Record Searchlight building in straight jackets , I need your help to edit the Wikipedia entry. Here goes: Introduction The ... Read Full Story
Written by LargeMarge on
I got scooped yesterday. Or at least that's what Projectile Comet is saying over yonder about beating me to the poop about Tim Hearden being fired from the Record Searchlight and being replaced by yet another monkey.... You can read Tim Hearden's version of the story here . But I'm not buying it. I don't think he's "leaving," I think he was fired . But that's just my own personal conspiracy theory , and not based on any real facts or research. I had received an anonymous tip* earlier in the week, and thought something might be coming down the pike. But alas, I ... Read Full Story
Written by LargeMarge on
Well, since some of you won't be getting the Record Searchlight this morning until about 10:00 a.m., I thought I would go ahead and share the Record Searchlight's Typo of the Day (TOD) with you. Here it is: I love this on-line headline " Lassen Pines' water deeped OK after testing ." Wow? Water "deeped" OK after testing? Does that mean their waster was deemed to be deeper after testing? Cool, good for them. Disclaimer: Note, typo's often occur on this here blog site. However, I am a mere mortal citizen, and I don't have a paid copy editor. But who knows, maybe the ... Read Full Story
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It seems that the word " obsessed " and " obsession " are getting tossed around rather frequently on Redding blogs these days. Here are Six Random Obsessions from the Redding blogosphere: 1. Here's Christy Lochrie, a self-unemployed reporter being " obsessed " with Large Marge, and hunting her down over the internet again (can you say cyber-stalking ?). 2. Here's Large Marge " obsessed " with her First Amendment blogging rights , as usual. 3. Here's Marc Beauchamp obsessed with the new dancers at Johnny's. (Just kidding, Marc!) 4. Here's Philbert , who is obsessed with his fear of Thom G . No ... Read Full Story
Media company E.W. Scripps says it narrowed its loss in the third quarter despite another decline in revenue as the company continues to cut costs to cope with advertising declines hurting the industry. The company, which owns TV stations and newspapers,... Newspaper - Advertising - Television - E. W. Scripps - Publishers  
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EW Scripps (NYSE: SSP), the newspaper and TV media company (not to be confused with its cable net sibling, Scripps Interactive), saw its net loss worsen in Q3 as revenues fell 19 percent. Much of the trouble centered on the loss of political advertising this year versus last year. While Rich Boehne, EW Scripps president and CEO, said in a statement that the string of newspaper declines had “moderated”  during the quarter, the segment’s total...  
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CINCINNATI, Nov. 5 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- The E.W. Scripps Company (NYSE: SSP) reported a net loss from continuing operations of $3.5 million, or 7 cents per share, in the third quarter of 2009, compared with a net loss from continuing operations of $3.1 million, or 6 cents per share, in the 2008 quarter. In an environment of declining revenues, disciplined expense management enabled the company to generate positive segment profit in all...  
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The EW Scripps Company Q3 2009 Earnings Call TranscriptSeeking Alpha (blog)Now if for some reason you can't stick with us for the duration of the call you can access a streaming audio replay by going to scripps.com and clicking on ...and more »  
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Tyler Casey won two first-place medals in last year's Northern Section Masters Swimming Championships. He outdid himself this year. If anyone wasn't sure about the Shasta High senior winning Swimmer of the Year honors Saturday at Shasta College, his ...  
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LOS ANGELES (AdAge.com) -- Scripps Networks is the new majority owner of the Travel Channel after acquiring a 65% stake in the Cox Communications cable network, valued at $975 million. The media company was the ultimate victor in a bidding process that included News Corp. and Time Warner, driving up the property's value from a reported $700 million back in August.  
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Scripps Networks (NYSE: SNI) opened at $39.12. So far today, the stock has hit a low of $38.18 and a high of $39.45. SNI is now trading at $39.37, up $0.14 (0.36%). The stock hit its 52-Week high of $40.29 last month and set its 52-Week low of $18.10 in March. The stock is moving higher today after this morning's third quarter earnings report. Analysts had been expecting the company to show earnings of 36 cents per share but the actual...  
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CINCINNATI--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Scripps Networks Interactive Inc. (NYSE: SNI) will delay reporting its third quarter 2009 operating results by one day, to Friday, Nov. 6. The 24-hour delay was made necessary by the company’s announcement today related to the Travel Channel transaction. Third-quarter results will be announced before the market opens Friday. Members of the company’s senior management team will discuss the operating results and the...  
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NEW YORK, Nov 4 (Reuters) - Scripps Networks is close to an agreement to acquire a majority stake in the Travel Channel from Cox Communications [COXC.UL], the nation's third-largest cable company, the New York Times' DealBook blog reported on Wednesday.  
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CINCINNATI, Oct. 16 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- The E.W. Scripps Company (NYSE: SSP) will report third quarter 2009 operating results before New York Stock Exchange trading begins on Thursday, Nov. 5. A telephone conference call with members of the company's senior management team will follow at 9 a.m. EST.  
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