They are fired up over at One Tribune Place these days. After rumors of the printed paper’s demise (exacerbated by people who deliver the St. Pete Times), Editor Janet Coats and President/Publisher Denise Palmer came out firing. Check the story in Sunday’s VIEWS section – This Newspaper Is Fighting Back. But instead of telling us what [...]
Two and a half years ago, I wrote about the St. Pete Times taking over the entire area from the Tampa Tribune. I noted that over the years, the Times simply took the talented writers away from them: Howard Troxler, Tom Scherberger and Paul Wilborn all worked for the Tampa Tribune before being lured over to [...]
According to Tallahassee Democrat senior writer Gerald Ensley, next month you will no longer be able to read the Tampa Tribune in print: The Christian Science Monitor quit being a newspaper: It will publish online only. Reportedly, the Tampa Tribune will follow suit in January. He doesn’t say who reported that. And the Tribune issued a non-denial denial [...]
It turns out that Media General laid off another 80 people this week, including 18 from the Tampa Tribune newsroom. That newspapers are in dire straits is not news. Reporters are losing jobs across the nation as they trim the fat. But our local daily is completely cutting out all of the marble and cleaving the [...]
Eric Deggans is reporting that snarky columnist Dan Ruth has been let go by the Tampa Tribune. It’s just the latest in a string of layoffs of well known writers at the Tribune: Over the years, staff reductions and voluntary departures have taken some well-known names from the Tribune’s roster, including movie crtic Bob Ross, classical [...]
ON Halloween, the Tampa Tribune editorial board gave props to the St. Pete Nine, and exuded optimism regarding the near future of the team: … From worst to second in all of Major League Baseball. It was a stunning achievement that filled the region with joy during a time of political uncertainty [...]
We’re looking for voter guides from our local media outlets. Something that can tell us about, say, Pete Gifford. ABC Action News is “Taking Action for You,” and invites you to Democracy 2008, which can fill you in on all of the happenings in the presidential race and national politics. I was unable to find a [...]
