Interviews with the Tucson Weekly’s Dan Gibson, AEA President Andrew Morrill, Councilman Steve Kozachik, Mark B. Evans of Tucsoncitizen.com, Sentinel Editor Dylan Smith, veteran reporter Daniel Buckley, Rep. Ethan Orr, and Jim DeGrood of the RTA.... Read more»
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»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
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
Today on Buckmaster - It’s the Friday Focus with a conversation with Mike Varney, of the Tucson Metro Chamber of Commerce. Then, it’s the Reporter’s Roundtable with Sarah Garrecht Gassen and Mark B. Evans, and Weekend Watch with Matt Russell.... Read more»
A federal judge gave the nod Monday to a plan that puts off the day of reckoning for newspaper chain Lee Enterprises, the publisher of the Arizona Daily Star, St. Louis Post-Dispatch and some 50 other newspapers. Lee now has more time to pay off its $1 billion debt.... 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
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
In case you missed it, yours truly pontificated for Fox 11 on the layoffs at the Daily Star last week.... Read more»
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»3
War stories and weirdos of the newsroom are the stuff of legend. From former Tucson Citizen columnist Corky Simpson, a review of a “rollicking account” of the late, great newspaper by former reporters Paul Allen and Peter Pegnam.... Read more»
Following the November departure of Tucson Newspapers head Mike Jameson, the Old Pueblo’s remaining daily newspaper shuffled its executives around, according to a Wednesday announcement.... Read more»
Mike Jameson, the head of Tucson Newspapers, the advertising and production agency for the Arizona Daily Star and its associated websites, has resigned, a company announcement said Monday.... Read more»
The 2010 Pulitzer Prize winners in journalism categories and arts and letters were announced today.The most surprising recipient was Sheri Fink, a writer for nonprofit online news site and Sentinel wire service ProPublica.org, who won the Pulitzer for investigative reporting for her series of articles about a hospital in the wake of Hurricane Katrina.... Read more»
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