I am writing today to announce the closure of the Michigan Messenger. After four years of operation in Michigan, the board of the American Independent News Network, has decided to shift publication of its news into a single site, The American Independent at Americanindependent.com. This is part of a shift in strategy, towards new forms [...]
An abstinence-only presentation provided to numerous school districts in Calhoun and Eaton Counties in October of this year provided false and misleading information to students about HIV, experts allege.
Two county registers of deeds filed a class action lawsuit Monday on behalf of Michigan’s 83 counties alleging that the Mortgage Electronic Registration Services owes millions of dollars in property title transfer taxes.
Despite evidence of the impact of mercury on children and public health, Michigan Attorney General Bill Schuette last month joined with 24 other state attorneys general in filing a lawsuit to scuttle new EPA regulations that would reduce mercury emissions from power plants.
Freedom Communications, which owns WWMT in Kalamazoo and WLAJ in Lansing, filed for bankruptcy protections on Tuesday.
The Kalamazoo Gazette reports that the filing was made in the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the District of Delaware in Wilmington, Del. According to those filings, the Gazette reports, Freedom has assets of between $500 million and $1 billion and $1 billion in debts. Among those debts are $770 million in debts owed to a group of banks owned by J.P. Morgan Chase.
The Irving, CA company’s website says it owns stations in Albany, NY; Chattanooga, TN, Beaumont, TX; West Palm Beach, FL; and Medford, OR. The company also owns and publishes newspapers across the south.
In June the company ordered a company wide reduction in wages, and on Tuesday, the company announced it had reached an agreement with creditors.
As Michigan’s economy has faltered, many Michigan media groups have filed for bankruptcy protections, including Young Broadcasting which owns WLNS, the Lansing CBS affiliate. Other companies, such as Gannett have avoided bankruptcy with layoffs.
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