Back in the day, Bridgeport was a radio town: WICC, WNAB, WDJZ, WEZN, all with newsrooms and most with regular talk shows to examine issues, events and public officials. NAB, DJZ and EZN are now gone or different animals. WICC remains with Jim Buchanan’s talk show weekdays 4 to 7 p.m. but no reporters on […]
Entries Categorized as 'Media'
When Radio’s Voice Becomes A Whisper
June 12th, 2017 · 11 Comments · Analysis and Comment, Media, News and Events
Tags: Hartford Courant·John Marshall Lee·University of Connecticut·WICC
Major Newspaper Purchases And Clicks For Hearst Connecticut Media
June 5th, 2017 · 4 Comments · Analysis and Comment, Media, News and Events
Hearst Connecticut Media owns the Connecticut Post as well as dailies in Danbury, Norwalk, Stamford and Greenwich. Add the New Haven Register and two other Connecticut dailies to the list. And Connecticut Magazine too. As former Mayor Bill Finch said often, “It’s all about the clicks.”
Tags: Bill Finch·Connecticut Magazine·CT Post·Hartford Courant·Hearst Corporation
Building For Sale, CT Post Real Estate Tax Bill More Than $170,000
July 4th, 2016 · 13 Comments · Analysis and Comment, Development and Zoning, Media, News and Events
Hearst Connecticut Media that owns the Connecticut Post and four other daily newspapers in Fairfield County announced two weeks ago that it had placed 410 State Street for sale as it begins the process to downsize its physical editorial and advertising presence in Connecticut’s largest city. According to city tax officials based on the building assessment for […]
CT Post Building For Sale, End Of A Journalism Era –30–
June 21st, 2016 · 19 Comments · Analysis and Comment, Media, News and Events
A Downtown fixture since 1928, the building that houses the Connecticut Post advertising and editorial offices and prior to that predecessor papers the Post and Telegram is for sale, according to a story released by the Hearst Media Group that owns the Post and daily papers in Greenwich, Stamford, Norwalk and Danbury. The sale of […]
Tags: CT Post
When Feds Impersonate Reporters
November 7th, 2014 · No Comments · Analysis and Comment, Law Enforcement, Media, News and Events
If a reporter impersonated a fed, they’d lock you up. But the other way around … From the Associated Press: The FBI’s creation of a fake news story and impersonation of an Associated Press reporter during a criminal investigation undermine media credibility, blur the lines between law enforcement and the press and raise questions about […]
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The Rock Losing Movie Block
July 6th, 2014 · 3 Comments · Development and Zoning, Media, News and Events
When the Showcase Cinemas opened in Black Rock in 1992, it was a big deal for the neighborhood that saw its last picture show at the Beverly on Fairfield Avenue in 1985. Now it appears they will go dark in favor of National Amusements’ movie houses just around the corner in Fairfield. Both the Beverly […]
Tags: CT Post
A Dick’s Life–New-World Journalism Versus The Memories Working At 410 State Street
July 2nd, 2017 · 4 Comments · Analysis and Comment, Law Enforcement, Media
It’s a community institution where some of us got our start at 410 State Street Downtown. Now the once family-owned Connecticut Post is a key component of Hearst Connecticut Media’s corporate journalism with a mighty digital and hard-copy readership that stretches from Greenwich to New Haven and includes newspapers in Danbury and Middletown and also […]
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Tags: Connecticut Magazine·CT Post·Michael Daly