Category: Business
Marcus Pointe Country Club closing, can Pensacola afford to keep Osceola open?
The News Journal is reporting that Marcus Pointe Golf Club that it will close its course at the end of this year. Rodney Sutton at…
NorthEscambia: Century and Pensacola lock horns over natural gas
NorthEscambia.com reports the Town of Century has finally received the records it requested from Pensacola Energy to investigate how the city of Pensacola has encroached…
New GM for WEAR TV 3 named
MarketWatch reports that Sinclair Broadcast Group, Inc. has announced that J.C. Lowe, who was Sinclair’s General Manager in Birmingham, will become the General Manager of…
Payday Lending Town Hall Meeting
The Raise Florida Network in collaboration with Community Enterprise Investments, Inc. (CEII), Zion Hope Primitive Baptist Church, and the Friendship Primitive Baptist Church will hold…
Local Fox TV affiliate, WALA-TV, sold
RTT News reports that Meredith Corp. has agreed to buy the broadcast assets of WALA-TV, the Fox affiliate in Mobile-Pensacola, from Media General, Inc. for…
Harper joins Studer Institute
The Studer Institute and the University of West Florida have created a partnership that will allow Rick Harper, the University of West Florida’s assistant vice…
University of Oregon retweets my column
UO Journalism & Comm –Newsrooms in the age of digital metrics: @routzen: Quality journalism can’t be measured by social media clicks http://sojc.co/1oK3rJI — Nice
Tin Cow expands to Tallahassee
Joe Abston is bringing his unique hamburger joint to the state capital. The Tallahassee Democrat reports Abston and Mike Weeks of Pensacola have leased the…
Unemployment rate holds steady in Florida
By JIM TURNER THE NEWS SERVICE OF FLORIDA Florida’s jobless mark continued its steady run through 2014, holding at 6.2 percent from June to July,…
Internet trolls attack daughter of Robin Williams
Zelda Williams shared her thoughts and emotions about her recently-deceased father, Robin Williams, on Twitter. Forbes reported that the tweets were “little more than a…
PNJ publisher leaving town, too
The PNJ is reporting that its publisher, Terry Horne, announced he will be leaving Pensacola to become West Group Regional President for Gannett. No known…
Studer named Healthcare Visionary
Modern Healthcare will honor next month Quint Studer, founder of Studer Group, with its first-ever Healthcare Marketing Visionary IMPACT Award. The special award was created…
Pensacola leads state in Payday loans
Greater than one-in-three payday loans made in the state of Florida are done in the Pensacola, according to a study by the Research Institute on…
Visit Pensacola markets to Chicago
Visit Pensacola staff will be conducting a unique, hands-on campaign during the 56th Annual Chicago Air and Water Show, giving attendees the opportunity to win…
Studer Institute Training opens a second day
Press Release: Due to overwhelming response from organizations across the community, the Studer Institute is scheduling a second day of its “Leadership in the Workplace 
Buzz: PNJ reporters told to reapply for their jobs
I got this message from a very reliable source: “All PNJ reporters are being restructured and are being required to reapply for their positions in…
Tampa finds parking enforcement is a loss leader
The Tampa Tribune reports today that its city’s mayor is asking for nearly $1.2 million in subsidies for Tampa’s parking system — $700,000 to upgrade…
Gent’s Formal Wear continues expansion, opens sixth store
Gent’s Formal Wear, a small Pensacola, Fla.-based tuxedo chain, opened new store on July 30 at the Shoppes at North Augusta (GA) center. Michael Martin…
Former Inweekly writer makes Huffington Post blog
Sarah McCartan has an article on the Huffington Post blog – Why I’m Not Leaving Florida (Yet): Sure, Florida is declared the Sunshine State, but…
Navy Federal Selected as a Best Employer in the Sunshine State
Press Release: Navy Federal Credit Union was recently named one of the Best Companies to Work For in Florida for the sixth consecutive year. Florida…
