Death of a Newspaper

Yup folks, apparently Tim Hearden thinks he is the Lone Ranger of Tehama County, and wants to remove all the frightening "fringe elements" up here in Redding. I had to laugh (again) as I was cruising through the Reddingblog.com headlines yesterday. In his blog post, Tim Hearden called the few remaining Record Searchlight readers in Redding "fringe elements." Last time I checked, I was still making payments to the Record Searchlight. Which makes me a card-carrying "reader." Apparently... Read Full Story

Hi folks, well, looks like some of us could take some time today and update the Wikipedia page for the Record Searchlight. Some things that come to mind: 1. When was the last time this "award-winning" paper actually won an award? 2. Wikipedia states that the Record Searchlight has a "daily circulation of 44,000." Ah, that sounds a little high to me, but then again, I'm not in the biz. 3. Jim Dyar and Christy Lochrie are still listed under "Features." Ah, Jim ain't coming back to the... Read Full Story

IF THERE'S ANYTHING THAT HISTORY TEACHES US, IT'S THAT IT PROVIDES LESSONS AND WARNINGS TO GENERATIONS WHICH FOLLOW in its footsteps. In the case of the Dark Satanic Mills of Neoconservative Propaganda, perhaps the finest lesson/warning from history about the dangers of attacking otherwise harmless and blameless individuals, organisations and media outlets for suspicion of "disloyalty," "Fifth Column" activity and even "giving aid and comfort to terrorists and terrorism" would have to be this... Read Full Story

Here's the BizJournal.com story an anonymous commenter mentioned to me today. Interesting, very, very interesting... They call that 'pay cut'? Gees, this Mr. Lowe guy is making more than the entire GDP of some small countries. Sounds like the folks at the top of the E.W. Scripps company are making boatloads of money on the backs of underpaid, underworked, and outsourced E.W. Scripps employee's. The folks at E.W. Scripps must love the fact that folks in Redding are even willing to blog for... Read Full Story

Wishful thinking. Tim Hearden has not been outsourced to India, unfortunately. However, I think it's safe to say he was outsourced to "outer Tehama County." But I digress... Back to the demise of yet another California newspaper: According to Marc Beauchamp's Redding.com blog yesterday entitled "Expect more typos at this paper," the Los Angeles Daily Journal, a newspaper serving the legal community of Los Angeles, outsourced their entire editing department to India (or did they just flat... Read Full Story