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Entries from May 5th, 2010

Advice to bloggers: Don’t upgrade software on a deadline

May 5th, 2010 · 1 Comment · Blogs, General

Here’s some sage advice: Don’t get up early to blog for the day and get sidetracked into installing an update of your blogging software. That’s what I did this morning when I got a notice about a new 3.0 version of MarsEdit, my blogging software of choice since August 2008. It seemed to go smoothly [...]

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Welcome Civil Beat’s “first edition”

May 5th, 2010 · 9 Comments · Media, Politics

Honolulu Civil Beat officially published its “first edition” yesterday (May 4). Editor John Temple doesn’t say much about it on his “Temple Talk” blog: ”The first edition is just that, a beginning. So much more to do.?” Civil beat now offers a 99 cent 15-day trial, so there’s no reason not to try it out if you’re [...]

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Star-Bulletin/Advertiser owner’s finances in the news

May 5th, 2010 · 1 Comment · General

Tucked away in an Editor & Publisher story about a faltering bid by Torstar Corp., parent company of the Toronto Star, for the newspapers in Canwest LP’s chain, is this tidbit: David Black, whose Honolulu Star-Bulletin just got clearance to buy the market-leading Honolulu Advertiser from Gannett Co. and merge the two dailies, is reportedly also [...]

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