On Sunday, the Pensacola News Journal published an article on a taped conversation between former County Administrator George Touart and County Commissioner Gene Valentino. Valentino was making the call with the State…
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Thomas barely holds on to Paul FCAT gains
Superintendent Malcolm Thomas dismisses the one point drop in FCAT reading scores for third graders in the Friday edition of the BP marketing solution, Pensacola News Journal. Thomas tells the PNJ that…
BP ad runs in Sunday Pensacola News Journal
Pensacola’s daily newspaper fulfilled the Gannett mission of being a marketing solution…this time for British Petroleum. The ad, titled “The Gulf Oil Spill Response,” tells readers that -“BP has done and continues…
Why the county has sealed bids
Why is the sealed bid process so sacred? Because Escambia County has a history of backroom deals and preferential treatment for certain contractors. It wasn’t that long ago when four county commissioners…
Buzz: PNJ building sold
We’ve heard the Pensacola News Journal’s office building on Romana has sold to a local doctor. The tenant will be University of Phoenix – which is similar to Virginia College.
48 minutes with 48 Hours
I spoke with a producer from 48 Hours yesterday about the Billings case. We talked about the dozens of twists and weird angles in this story: the 17 children, the brutality of…
Oops, PNJ has a problem
For much of the past month, the daily newspaper has blasted the leadership and management style of Sheriff David Morgan. They went after him over the K-9 unit and the dog who…
Gannett Buzz
We know about the Pensacola News Journal efforts to continue downsize and increase profit margins by outsourcing its newspaper printing. Here is the other Gannett (owner of the PNJ) buzz: Yahoo Finance…
What Press-Register reported
The Mobile Press-Register reported on its new contract to print our daily newspaper. It is a multi-year deal that begins in early June. “This contract is especially important during these difficult economic…
PNJ evolves
PNJ is reporting that it is moving its printing operations to Mobile. They are outsourcing it to the Mobile Press Register. A combination of 84 full-time and part-time jobs will be eliminated…
PNJ furloughs can be vacations
Missing your favorite daily newspaper reporter? Well, they could be furloughing. The Gannett Blog reports: Facing another furlough, Gannett Digital’s clever Laura Cochran joined employees last week using free text-message broadcaster Twitter…
More layoffs
This time it’s at the Pensacola News Journal. Owner Gannett has ordered another 10-percent cut throughout the system. We hear the cuts include three employees from the Sports staff, a features writer…