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.
Dow Chemical Co. (NYSE:DOW) Chairman and CEO Andrew Liveris said this week that the board of the 112-year-old Michigan-based chemicals company would consider — for the first time in its history — cutting the dividend paid to investors. Dow, which employs 46,000 people worldwide, recently announced that it would cut 5,000 jobs and close 20 [...]
The New York Times reports today that Gannett Company (NYSE:GCI), which owns 85 newspapers across the nation, will order most of its 31,000 employees to take a week off without pay.
The Gannett-owned Lansing State Journal — the primary paper in the capitol city — announced beginning Monday that it would shrink from four sections to three.
With the advent of web camera of significantly higher quality and cheaper than in years past, the Lansing State Journal has moved to fill a gap in news coverage caused by the recent lay off of 34 employees by feeding video from a web cam on its website.
The Jackson Citizen Patriot is reporting that Jackson-based Mac Steel will lay off 300 of its 380 employees effective January 16. The announcement was made Monday, the first day of a seasonal two-week layoff for employees.
WOOD-TV Channel 8, the NBC affiliate in Grand Rapids, Mich. is seeking to eliminate 15 or more positions through buy-outs, a staffer has told Messenger. A source at WOOD-TV 8 confirmed the moves but asked to remain anonymous, noting that staffers were reluctant to talk about the situation for fear they would be fired, laid [...]
The massive layoffs in the mainstream media continue to pile up. The Columbia Journalism Review reports that CNN is doing away with their entire science and technology reporting group:
If you’re looking for the cause of the massive layoffs being undertaken by newspapers around the country, this Huffington Post article has an explanation:
Lansing area media report 34 positions have been eliminated at the Lansing State Journal. Among the positions cut was long-time entertainment reporter Mike Hughes, and most of the staff of the Gannett News “independent” entertainment newspaper Noise, according to The City Pulse today.
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