When Jim Lindblad’s mother, Janet Scott Lindblad, died back in June, he thought it would be nice to have an obituary run in the Star-Advertiser. Although her adult life had been spent on the mainland, Janet spent her teen years in Hawaii, graduated in the Roosevelt High School Class of 1945, and retained lifelong emotional [...]
Tags: Honolulu Star-Advertiser·Janet Scott Lindblad·Jim Lindblad
Drug testing of reporters at the Star-Advertiser? Or just my misunderstanding? Did you happen to see PBS Hawaii’s Leahey & Leahey last night, with guest Stephen Tsai? This weekly program features father & son team, Jim Leahey and Kanoa Leahey in a 30-minute discussion of local sports that often wanders in political and social commentary. [...]
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
Here’s an interesting comment from a reader: An interesting comment by “Abcde” in your blog not long ago referred to David Black’s local investors. ” …According to previous news reports, Black’s local investors include Jeffrey and Lynn Watanabe, Duane Kurisu, Larry and Claire Johnson, Island Holdings Inc., Dan Case and C.S. Wo & Sons Ltd., [...]
Tags: Honolulu Star-Advertiser·Honolulu Star-Bulletin·Oahu Publications
And now it begins. The monopoly is here. Clients that formerly had printing done by the old MidWeek presses are now hearing what their new rates will be after the Star-Advertiser consolidation. I’m told Honolulu Weekly, which has been printed by Oahu Publications, was told that its rates would be going up somewhere in the [...]
Tags: David Black·Honolulu Advertiser·Honolulu Star-Advertiser·Honolulu Star-Bulletin
Bloggers who produce the long list of “public blogs” for the Honolulu Advertiser were told yesterday that they should learn in the next week whether their blogs will be invited to continue in the new Honolulu Star-Advertiser, the newspaper that will be a combination of the Star-Bulletin and Advertiser. This is the message sent by [...]
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