In an editorial that’s bound to make the Arcata Chamber of Commerce wince, the Los Angeles Times today came out against the city’s 2010 panhandling ordinance, saying: The city’s frustration is understandable, but its remedy is too broad and too punitive, emblematic of the excesses that many municipalities succumb to in confronting the unsightly but […]
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North to Alaska
When Cuban-American rapper Armando Cristian Pérez, aka Pitbull, makes a rare appearance at a Walmart in Kodiak, Alaska on Monday, former Humboldt resident David Thorpe will be along for the ride. In fact Thorpe is personally responsible for sending the rapper to what he figured was the most remote Walmart in the United States. In […]
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T-S Outsourcing?
Rumor is that the Times-Standard is letting some folks go and outsourcing ad production jobs. One source at the 158-year-old newspaper said two people are leaving but declined to say who or what they do at the paper. Others contacted at the paper said to talk to publisher Dave Kuta, group advertising director Shonnie Bradbury […]
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Humboldt Beacon to Shine No More
After 109 years of reporting news from the Eel River Valley, the Humboldt Beacon will cease to exist after Dec. 8, Times-Standard publisher Dave Kuta announced today. And in another sign of bad times for Denver-based parent company MediaNews Group, the T-S itself will cut back to six editions per week, discontinuing its Monday editions. […]
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Kevin Hoover Announces End of the Eye
Hidden beneath the fold of last week’s Arcata Eye, in a small front-page story about digitizing the newspaper’s archives, owner/editor/publisher Kevin Hoover casually slipped in some startling news: The community weekly will cease publication on Feb. 14, 2014. Reached by phone this morning, Hoover said he has both personal and professional reasons for his decision. […]
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Yay for Us!
Or, more accurately, yay for Hank Sims, former NCJ editor, current caballero LoCO and author of the July, 2010 Journal cover story “General Lee,” which yesterday was named a finalist in the 2011 AltWeekly Awards. Huzzah, Sims! The category was Special Topic: Drug Reporting (among papers with circulation of 50,000 or less). Hank profiled Richard […]
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Transitions: Journal Announces (Another) New Editor
From Publisher Judy Hodgson: Today Carrie Peyton Dahlberg takes over as editor of the North Coast Journal. I’ll tell you a little more about Carrie below. But first I’d like to acknowledge and thank the entire Journal team for weathering the past several months of transition. In particular, I’d like to single out acting editor Ryan Burns and […]
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Who bought the Arcata Eye?
Hot rumor du jour on the blogosphere is a supposedly leaked memo posted on The Humboldt Herald amidst a back and forth about the ecological impact of pot growing: Arcatawikileaks says: April 29, 2011 at 11:37 am Sent: Thu, April 28, 2011 4:42:56 PM Subject: Re: Bat N’ Rouge…Save the Date!!!!!!! “fellow who bought the […]
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In the Paper Today
Today’s Journal cover story, “Probing Tools,” takes aim at a slice of a complex issue: How federal and state regulators are working to reduce the incidence of medical errors, especially those that could affect health or safety of patients or medical staff. p.p1 {margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 14.0px Arial} Here is the story […]
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Dean Singleton Out as MediaNews CEO
William Dean Singleton, the chairman and founder of Denver-based MediaNews Group — which publishes the Times-Standard among dozens of other newspapers — is stepping down as that company’s CEO. The company announced the move yesterday in a thicket of corporate-speak that offers hints of the troubles faced by daily newspapers in the shifting media landscape. Singleton will stay […]
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NC Journal Turns 20!!! Film at 11…
A litle home video glimpse of the Journal’s party on the Eureka Boardwalk Saturday night…