For 22 years I worked for the Tucson Citizen newspaper, and for that experience I am eternally grateful. But today I’ll write about my first and last days at the Citizen, which ended when the press ground to a halt four years ago, May 15, 2009.... Read more»
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The Arizona Republic will institute a paywall for its website, beginning Sept. 10, the newspaper said Sunday. Digital access to the Republic will cost readers $10 per month, but online subscription systems are generally simple to evade.... Read more»
Lee Enterprises, the troubled parent company of the Arizona Daily Star and about 50 other newspapers, reported a $1.5 million third-quarter loss, lower than last year’s 3Q loss of $155 million. But the company’s revenues fell 4.3 percent, and employment was down 7.5 percent.... Read more»4
I’ve got one of those calendars atop my monitor, the type you find in banks, with metal tiles for the days of the week, dates and month. One side I keep up to date. The other, no matter the date, says “Fri May 15.” That’s the last day the newsroom of the Tucson Citizen was filled with hustle and bustle.... Read more»2
Lee Enterprises, the beleaguered parent of the Arizona Daily Star, reported a $26.6 million second-quarter loss, mostly related to its recent bankruptcy, with advertising dipping another 5.3 percent the period ending March 25.... Read more»1
Just days after it was pulled by the Tucson Citizen, the left-wing Latino blog Three Sonorans is back in business as an independent website.... Read more»3
The progressive blog Three Sonorans is no longer to be found at the Tucson Citizen website. David Morales’ blog, which focused on left-wing politics and TUSD’s ethnic studies, was pulled because of a “reckless disregard for the truth,” the Citizen’s administrator said.... Read more»5
The CEO of Lee Enterprises was awarded a $500k bonus after the troubled newspaper chain emerged from bankruptcy, the firm disclosed Tuesday. Lee publishes the Arizona Daily Star, St. Louis Post-Dispatch, and dozens of other newspapers around the U.S.... Read more»2
If newspapers were a baseball team, they would be the Mets—without the hope for “next year.”... Read more»8
Lee Enterprises, the long-troubled parent company of the Arizona Daily Star and other daily newspapers, plans to charge readers to access the chain’s websites, the company announced Wednesday.... Read more»1
Lee Enterprises, the troubled parent company of the Arizona Daily Star, filed a “prepackaged” Chapter 11 bankruptcy Monday, asking a court to delay the due date on its $1 billion debt.... Read more»1
Lee Enterprises, the troubled parent company of the Arizona Daily Star, announced Friday that it will file a “prepackaged” bankruptcy as it struggles to push back paying off its $1 billion debt. The company is declaring Chapter 11 bankruptcy after a minority of lenders refused to extend their loan terms.... Read more»2
Lee Enterprises, the troubled publisher of the Arizona Daily Star and more than 40 other newspapers around the country, declared a 4th-quarter loss, even as the company struggles to refinance its crushing debt. Is a bankruptcy in the cards?... Read more»1
The head of the parent company of the Arizona Republic, the shuttered Tucson Citizen - and part owner of the Arizona Daily Star operation - resigned Thursday. Gannett CEO Craig Dubow may be paid out as much as $37 million, after five years in which the company’s stock dropped from $72 to $10.... Read more»2
Lee Enterprises, the troubled parent company of the Arizona Daily Star, refinanced a significant proportion of its crushing debt Thursday. The move, which came after Lee stock hit a 52-week low on Tuesday, may head off a threatened bankruptcy.... Read more»
A Q&A with TucsonSentinel.com’s editor and publisher was posted Tuesday by Block by Block, a national network of online news pioneers. The interview was prompted by the layoff of 52 employees at the Star; questions centered around our place in the local media landscape.... Read more»6
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