Aug 27 Community A Bingham Buys A Newspaper: The Life And Legacy Of Robert Worth Bingham A century ago this month, a 46-year-old attorney named Robert Worth Bingham bought the Louisville Courier-Journal. This WFPL radio documentary looks back at his life and legacy. By John Gregory Aug 27 Community LISTEN: A Bingham Buys A Newspaper John Gregory
Apr 11 Community While E-town Waits To Hear From Plane Victim, Firestorm Erupts Over Coverage It started with a video that began circulating Sunday evening of a man being forcibly removed from a United Airlines flight from Chicago to Louisville. By Erica Peterson Apr 11 Community While E-town Waits To Hear From Plane Victim, Firestorm Erupts Over Coverage Erica Peterson
May 28 Here and Now Courier-Journal Publisher Discusses New Online Paywall and Content Strategy Courier-Journal publisher Wesley Jackson is in an odd position. He’s essentially the connection between a local institution (the paper) and a giant national corporation (C-J parent company Gannett) during an emotional and dramatic time for both. With revenue waning and on orders from Gannett, the Courier will soon start charging visitors to its website who […] By Gabe Bullard May 28 Here and Now Courier-Journal Publisher Discusses New Online Paywall and Content Strategy Gabe Bullard
May 9 Local News Courier-Journal Announces Paid Web Subscription Plan The Courier-Journal will soon require readers to pay to read a certain number of articles every month. Many Gannett-owned newspapers are implementing similar steps as a means of generating revenue. In a post on the website, publisher Wesley Jackson explains the paywall model, which will go into effect in June. Non-subscribers will have access to […] By Gabe Bullard May 9 Local News Courier-Journal Announces Paid Web Subscription Plan Gabe Bullard
Apr 17 Local News Courier-Journal Names Wesley Jackson Publisher The Louisville Courier-Journal has a new publisher. Wesley Jackson will fill the office last held by Arnold Garson, who retired last month. Jackson is a Louisville native—a graduate of DuPont Manual and the University of Kentucky. He has spent the last nine months as Vice President of Sales and Marketing at the Courier, which is […] By Gabe Bullard Apr 17 Local News Courier-Journal Names Wesley Jackson Publisher Gabe Bullard
Feb 9 Local News Gannett Offers Buyouts to Newspaper Employees Forty-two Courier-Journal employees are being offered buyouts in exchange for early retirement as part of another round of cost-cutting at the paper’s parent company Gannett. Across all of Gannett’s newspapers, 665 employees will receive buyout offers. The employees must be more than 56-years-old and have 20 years of service with the company. Those who accept […] By Gabe Bullard Feb 9 Local News Gannett Offers Buyouts to Newspaper Employees Gabe Bullard
Feb 2 Local News C-J Publisher Garson to Retire After three and a half years in Louisville, Courier-Journal publisher Arnold Garson is retiring. Forty-six of Garson’s 70 years have been spent in the newspaper industry. The last 27 of those years were with Gannett papers: the Courier-Journal, the Sioux Falls Argus Leader, the San Bernardino County Sun and the Des Moines Register. Gannett now […] By Gabe Bullard Feb 2 Local News C-J Publisher Garson to Retire Gabe Bullard
Nov 30 Local News Gannett Orders Fifth Round of Furloughs Newspaper giant Gannett has announced it will furlough employees at its publications for a week during the first quarter of 2012. The company owns the Louisville Courier-Journal, as well as the Indianapolis Star and the Cincinnati Enquirer. In a letter from president Bob Dickey, employees were told that the national economy’s slow improvement necessitates spending […] By Gabe Bullard Nov 30 Local News Gannett Orders Fifth Round of Furloughs Gabe Bullard
Jun 22 Local News Two Sections and One Bureau Slashed in Courier-Journal Cuts Two sections of the Louisville Courier-Journal have been gutted by recent layoffs. Half of the Neighborhoods section and much of the Velocity staff have been cut. As a result, Velocity will become part of the regular newspaper, rather than a weekly publication distributed independent of the Courier-Journal. A similar weekly publication in Indianapolis recently folded. It […] By Gabe Bullard Jun 22 Local News Two Sections and One Bureau Slashed in Courier-Journal Cuts Gabe Bullard
Jun 21 Local News Fifty Jobs Cut at Courier-Journal Fifty Courier-Journal employees were laid off today, including 24 in the newsroom. The layoffs are part of a 700-person staff reduction across all of parent company Gannett’s newspapers nationwide. The cuts have gutted the local publication Velocity and decimated the Neighborhoods section. Publisher Arnold Garson has not returned a request for comment and no statement […] By Gabe Bullard Jun 21 Local News Fifty Jobs Cut at Courier-Journal Gabe Bullard
Jun 21 Local News Gannett Executive Bonuses Criticized Amid Layoffs Employees at Gannett newspapers are taking to Facebook and Twitter to post their comments about today’s nationwide round of layoffs. The newspaper giant is cutting 700 employees nationwide, including at least 36 in Louisville. Among those laid off are several editors and staff writers in the Neighborhoods and Velocity sections. No official announcement has been […] By Gabe Bullard Jun 21 Local News Gannett Executive Bonuses Criticized Amid Layoffs Gabe Bullard
Jun 21 Local News 36 Courier Employees Reportedly Cut in Nationwide Gannett Layoffs UPDATE: Now 50 Jobs For the updated story, click here. Several employees at the Louisville Courier-Journal are being laid off as part of a nationwide two percent staff reduction by parent company Gannett. In the largest round of layoffs since 2009, Gannett will cut 700 employees from newspapers across the country. The Gannett Blog is reporting confirmation that 36 […] By Gabe Bullard Jun 21 Local News 36 Courier Employees Reportedly Cut in Nationwide Gannett Layoffs UPDATE: Now 50 Jobs Gabe Bullard
Jun 14 Local News Insider Louisville Takes Issue With C-J’s Focus Over the weekend, the Louisville Courier-Journal published a story detailing how members of the Louisville Metro Council spent $110,000 on food over the last four years. The story raises a number of questions about the use of discretionary funds, but the staff at Insider Louisville says the story is misguided. We have a question – […] By Gabe Bullard Jun 14 Local News Insider Louisville Takes Issue With C-J’s Focus Gabe Bullard
May 17 Local News Gannett, Fifth Third Among Worst-Performing Stocks CNN Money has listed the worst-performing Fortune 500 stocks for the last decade. The top spots went to Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac, investment banks and other companies that are blamed for leading into the recession. At the end of the list, though, at number 18, is media giant Gannett, a victim of the recession. The […] By Gabe Bullard May 17 Local News Gannett, Fifth Third Among Worst-Performing Stocks Gabe Bullard
May 10 Local News Newspaper Audit Shows Lower Circulation Earlier this month it was reported that when paid online subscribers are counted, the Wall Street Journal is more widely circulated than the USA Today. The data came from the Audit Bureau of Circulations, which recently unveiled its latest survey of newspaper circulation numbers in a a searchable database. The ABC uses new criteria to […] By Gabe Bullard May 10 Local News Newspaper Audit Shows Lower Circulation Gabe Bullard