Detroit Free Press

On Sunday, the Detroit Free Press rounded out its election endorsements with something predictable, but a couple surprises too.
The Motor City’s major daily newspaper’s endorsement of incumbent Mayor Dave Bing’s bid for a full, four-year term was strongly argued even if it was expected.

HAMTRAMCK — U.S. Rep. John Conyers on Monday night declined to discuss the findings of a recent Denno Norr poll that showed he and Congresswoman Carolyn Cheeks-Kilpatrick would lose to hypothetical opponents if elections for their seats were held today.
“It didn’t show that, that’s the irony of it,” replied Conyers when asked about the [...]

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 [...]

Congratulations to Detroit Free Press reporters Jim Schaefer and M.L. Elrick, who won the Pulitzer Prize for local news coverage today for “uncovering of a pattern of lies by Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick that included denial of a sexual relationship with his female chief of staff, prompting an investigation of perjury that eventually led to jail [...]

Aside from the earth-shaking changes coming to General Motors and Chrysler this week, another historic epoch begins for metro Detroit.
Today the Detroit Free Press and Detroit News stopped home delivery to millions of subscribers in a bid to revamp its business model in a marketplace where newspapers are either severely distressed, heading into bankruptcy [...]

Three respected Detroit news publications have announced their endorsements for next Tuesday’s special mayoral election. Here’s who chose who and why:
The Detroit Free Press endorsed Wayne County Sheriff Warren Evans, indicating that his long career in fighting crime makes him an “experienced leader” ready to take on the city’s biggest problem: public safety. [...]

After a series of endorsement interviews with seven mayoral candidates, the Detroit Free Press’ editorial staff has singled out who they consider the strongest candidates: Wayne County Sherriff Warren Evans, businessman David Bing and former Deputy Mayor Freman Hendrix.
Notice any particular name missing in that lineup?

A Detroit Free Press reporter has invoked the 5th amendment protections against self-incrimination in his latest attempt to avoid being forced to testify and reveal his sources to a federal court in a lawsuit filed by a former U.S. Attorney against the Department of Justice.

[COMMENTARY] Last night at 12:35 a.m. former Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick was released from jail after 99 days inside. His scandalous tenure as Mayor brought him into the national spotlight with years’ worth of sensational stories of salacious text messages that described a dramatic affair supplemented by rumors of a wild party.

A new poll conducted by Denno Noor Research of Lansing and reported by Freep.com shows that businessman David Bing and interim Mayor Kenneth Cockrel Jr. are the leading candidates in Detroit’s mayoral primary set for February 24th.