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.
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.
In a notice published on the newspaper’s website, the paper said the changes were:
“…in response to a challenging economy and to accommodate production issues. The Lansing State Journal soon will begin printing the Battle Creek Enquirer at our Delta Township plant. Because we now will be printing two newspapers, and to ensure that our carriers deliver the LSJ to homes and single copy locations by 6 a.m. each day, we need to print more quickly. A two-section newspaper with late breaking local, national and sports news gives us this speed. The Life section will be printed separately, earlier in the evening.”
The news comes just weeks after Gannett (NYSE:GCI) announced layoffs at both The Battle Creek Enquirer and the Journal, impacting news room staffing at each of the outlets. The new layout of the paper will move the sports section, which is traditionally the most-read section of a print newspaper, to the back of the local/state news section.
Interestingly, the Journal’s last capitol reporter exited just last week, closing up shop at the Journal. Derek Wallbank ran the newspaper’s Capitol blog from the Journal’s offices located only eight blocks from the state capitol building; Wallbank has now moved on to a D.C.-based news outlet and shuttered the Capitol blog.
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