We stopped by today to take a look at what is being offered for sale in Saturday’s auction of the remains of the Honolulu Advertiser. Frankly, walking through the building that formerly housed both the Advertiser and the Honolulu Star-Bulletin during the years of their joint operating agreement was sad. What’s left–lots of used cubicles, [...]
It was officially announced yesterday that Ben Wood, Helen Altonn and Mary Adamski are leaving the newspaper as of July 30 after agreeing to voluntary buyouts that are said to include the maximum severance called for in the Guild contract. I’m told Frank Bridgewater pointed out that between the three, they have more than 150 [...]
Tags: Black Press Ltd·David Black·Honolulu Star-Advertiser·Oahu Publications
Andy Parx over on Kauai called my attention to this little snippet in yesterday’s Star-Bulletin reporting, albeit briefly, on the outcome of our burglary story. With the cutbacks and layoffs at Gannett’s Honolulu Advertiser, a lingering question has been how things are going down the street at the Star-Bulletin, owned by David Black’s Victoria, B.C.-based [...]
