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Atascadero publication changes name after lawsuit threat

Written on 28 Jul, 2015 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 14 comments

Online news publication Atascadero Daily News has changed its name to A-Town Daily News following a legal threat from a competitor who claimed trademark infringement. John Tompkins, the president of News Media Corp., and employee-turned-competitor Scott Brennan have been feuding... (Continue reading)

Trademark infringement alleged in North County newspaper dispute

Written on 24 Jul, 2015 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 20 comments

A media executive who recently left a threatening voicemail for a North County competitor alleges the employee-turned-competitor is infringing on his intellectual property rights by operating a publication with nearly the same name. [Paso Robles Press] On June 18, John... (Continue reading)

North County newspaper owner threatens war on competitor

Written on 23 Jul, 2015 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 30 comments

The president of News Media Corp., which owns the Paso Robles Press and Atascadero News, left a voicemail for an employee-turned-competitor in North County, chastising him for entering the local news market and threatening to go to war with him.... (Continue reading)

Newspaper publishers buying up California regions

Written on 11 May, 2015 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 9 comments

The Tribune Publishing Company, which owns the Los Angeles Times announced last week that it is purchasing U-T San Diego, a move that is expected to consolidate the news business in Southern California. [LA Times] As newspapers have suffered losses... (Continue reading)

New Times’ staff riddled by departures

Written on 17 Apr, 2015 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 21 comments

By DANIEL BLACKBURN New Times, San Luis Obispo’s weekly newspaper, is looking for a few good men… or women, an editor or two, and a reporter. Ryan Miller, the paper’s executive editor whose primary responsibility was running sister paper Santa... (Continue reading)

Tribune printing press moving to Fresno

Written on 1 Apr, 2015 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 38 comments

Central Valley residents can soon get copies of the San Luis Obispo Tribune hot off the press. The Tribune announced Tuesday that, starting in early June, its newspaper will be printed in Fresno. The Tribune’s parent corporation, McClatchy Company, is... (Continue reading)

Tribune publisher Ray seeks new pastures

Written on 16 Feb, 2015 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 31 comments

By DANIEL BLACKBURN Tribune president and publisher Bruce G. Ray has resigned effective Feb. 27, Executive Editor Sandy Duerr announced Saturday in a front-page story. The resignation comes as stocks in the Tribune’s parent corporation, the McClatchy Company, have plummeted... (Continue reading)

Letter to the editor: Why newspapers are folding

Written on 8 Dec, 2014 in Featured, Opinion | 43 comments

OPINION By ALLAN COOPER I am one of the few people I know who actually enjoys reading a daily newspaper printed on paper and delivered to my door. However, many years have passed, and I’m not counting, when I have... (Continue reading)

Will the real demagogues please stand up?

Written on 10 Nov, 2014 in Featured, Opinion | 95 comments

OPINION by DANIEL BLACKBURN Usually, those unusually insipid things we read so regularly in our local daily newspaper come and go from our thoughts like the pat of a subway groper. Until Joe. Look, I’ll say from the start that... (Continue reading)

Another back-room romance: government and local media

Written on 19 Oct, 2014 in Featured, Opinion | 61 comments

“If we don’t believe in freedom of expression for people we despise, we don’t believe in it at all.” — Philosopher and linguist Noam Chomsky OPINION By DANIEL BLACKBURN It used to be that citizens who had the nerve to... (Continue reading)