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 [...]
HAMTRAMCK — Hamtramck Review’s Charles Sercombe, who serves as both editor and reporter for the small paper, was taken to task Monday night by U.S. Congressman John Conyers for publishing an article last week about a hate crime forum. The article, headlined “‘Hate Crime’ Meeting May Turn Into a Confrontation,” led Conyers to chastise Sercombe [...]
Jackson County Commissioner Phil Duckham is under fire for carrying a sign with a swastika on it during a health care reform protest outside the Jackson district office of U.S. Rep. Mark Schauer on Thursday. A photo of Duckham with the sign appeared in the Jackson Citizen-Patriot, along with comments comparing Hitler’s rise to power with President Obama’s tenure in office.
Amid a gloomy week for local media, the Lansing State Journal has completed 26 layoffs as part of a larger cut to the work force in media giant Gannett. Gannett has ordered a reduction of its payroll by 1,400 people, according to a story on the Lansing State Journal’s website. Two other employees had their [...]
The economic downturn and declining fortunes of traditional media organizations are continuing to take its toll on Michigan news outlets. Among those facing an uncertain future are papers and television stations owned by the Journal Register Co., Young Broadcasting and Gannett.
In an effort to streamline resources and increase efficiency of their respective news-gathering organizations, three television news stations in West Michigan have agreed share video footage of pre-planned events starting July 13. The news stations taking part in the content-sharing partnership are Kalamazoo’s Freedom Communications-owned WWMT-TV (CBS) and two stations in Grand Rapids, LIN TV-owned [...]
LANSING — Michigan State University College Democrats are furious with the university’s student paper for a staff editorial published Tuesday supporting cuts to the Michigan Promise scholarship fund. In The State News, editors opined that eliminating the Michigan Promise Scholarship is a necessary evil.
The Gay, Lesbian and Straight Education Network has teamed up with the Ad Council to produce a series of public service announcements to address the use of the phrase “that’s so gay,” in youth culture. The phrase is used to describe something the speaker dislikes.
The State News, the student newspaper for Michigan State University, is claiming victory in a lawsuit against Michigan State University and its police department over access to police reports. But the university administration is also claiming a victory in the case.
While officials from the Detroit Free Press and The Detroit News were sharing their “good news” this morning about better-than-expected increases in single-copy sales and Web traffic, the Free Press, owned by Gannett, was also finalizing lay offs of about 10 percent of its work force. Late Thursday morning, Free Press Editor Paul Anger sent [...]
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