Former GuideLive editor Rick Holter has begun a blog. I still don’t understand why journalists do that when they don’t have bosses forcing them to. Anyone starting to notice the irony yet? Smells a little like…uh…bacon. By which I mean, for months Belo management has been insisting its buyouts at…
Ed Bark says of Belo bossman Robert Decherd: “Many veteran employees at the newspaper have never even seen him. He’s not known as much of a ‘people person.'” Uh, Ed, we’re still not sure he’s a real person. Turns out, his bite is worse than his Bark. That’s Ed Bark,…
Well, Jim (and Tim), looks like your plan has worked. “Blog war,” anyone? –Robert Wilonsky…
I remember my grandparents talking about something called “radio.” Gosh, it sure sounded like a good idea. Broadcast radio’s about to die. No, seriously. Says so right here, in The New York Times today. Gonna happen; just a matter of time. CBS is selling off stations; Clear Channel might have…
I don’t know what Dallas Morning News editor Bob Mong’s like; never met the man, outside of a couple of phone calls over the last few months to talk Belo buyout. He always picks up his phone or calls back, and he never dodges a question he doesn’t like; so…
Gina Miller’s going to be the sole familiar face on Channel 21’s new news show debuting next week. So, that’s one reason to watch. But will it be the only one? We’re reserve the right to reserve judgment. TXA 21–the former UPN affiliate stranded by the merger with WB that…
This morning, Dallas Morning News publisher Jim Moroney sent this missive to the remaining, what, 450 folks helping their pals pack their desks at Dallas’ Only Daily. Turns out, when 111 people are asked to git, it’s sad…and exciting! “This week, we say farewell and thank you to a number…
Some Morning News staffers we know have taken to calling Belo CEO Robert Decherd “Howard Hughes” because he’s been kinda absent of late. Well, we assume that’s why. Nothing to do with jarring, we don’t think. Well, at least there’s no more guessing to be done about the final number…
Just ran into a Dallas Morning News staffer who took the paper’s buyout, and said writer had this tale to offer before departing for the world of freelance. Before they leave at week’s end, staffers are supposed to attend a handful of meetings, where, they believed, they were going to…
I guess I normally read the paper with two hats on. One is the sort of media critic hat, because I’m in the business, and I’m here at the Dallas Observer where we beat up on the mainstream media a lot. And they deserve it. But the other one is…
We are not the only ones who get a little sick at the thought of a Dallas Morning News without Ed Bark in it. On Friday, all those who have taken The Dallas Morning News’ buyout offer will be ushered out the door. I have no doubt it’ll be the…
A superior staffer at The Dallas Morning News who is not taking the buyout sends this missive regarding this morning’s post about the list posted here. It says, as follows: “1) That’s an incomplete list. A lot more good people are leaving. 2) Speaking as one of the 85% of…
Saw this story this morning in The Cincinatti Post about the shuttering of woxy.com, the acclaimed Internet-only statio, that offers a pretty hip playlist of alternarock and Amerindie–which is to say, Midlake gets played alongside Yo La Tengo and R.E.M., while Tom Waits and Johnny Cash can even find their…
The Dallas Morning News buyout list is making the rounds; let’s go to the source, shall we? Of course, it’s all very partial and just a little early; the paper’s management has yet to accept the acceptances and have till next week to do so. But it’s an estimable queue…
Today’s the day The Dallas Morning News sets its “voluntary” buyout list: Staffers have till 5:30 p.m. to withdraw their acceptances, which some folks have done and others are contemplating as the end draws near. But there’s at least one person in this world high on Belo, and his name…
A Friend of Unfair Park who used to work for Dallas’ Only Daily sends this e-missive concerning just who it is Belo Corp.’s trying to please with this latest round of buyouts: “Maybe the whole lack of understanding on the part of the professional journalists (as opposed to the professional…
Wanna know how The Dallas Morning News is advertising itself to advertisers? All you gotta do is click here to visit the paper’s new Web site, which, it says here, is designed to serve as a “a one-stop solution site for its advertising clients and employees.” Says Bernie Heller, the…
There is a very good explanation as to why so many arts critics are leaving The Dallas Morning News–or, at the very least, accepting the paper’s buyout offer, which they have till 5:30 p.m. Wednesday to withdraw. They were told to go by editor Bob Mong and vice president-managing editor…
A Dallas Morning News staffer who is taking the buyout offers the following concerning editor Bob Mong’s comments: “‘What I said in a memo to the staff when the press release [announcing the buyouts] came out was, if someone wants to get out of what is a very dynamic environment…
On Wednesday, Dallas Morning News staffers could begin accepting the newspaper’s buyout offers, and they did so in droves; some 80 staffers have taken the parting gift, among them some high-profile arts critics, reporters and editors. They’ve been named here and here, but those lists aren’t necessarily final: As Bob…
This afternoon, DallasBlog and FrontBurner began publishing the names of those staffers who have accepted the buyouts being offered by Dallas Morning News management. They sound about right from what we’ve been told over the course of the last two weeks; we have even more high-profile names to add, but…
Today, Dallas Morning News employees received this missive from Jim Moroney, their publisher and CEO. Word is, staffers at Dallas’ Only Daily–who, beginning at 8:30 this morning, could begin letting their bosses know whether they’re accepting the paper’s buyout offer–choked on it. “I am sorry to have to reschedule this…
