Blog Topic: Media Matters
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In the Loop: Flagpole Ends Delivery to 'Space Kroger' on Hwy. 29
Beginning with this week's issue, Flagpole will no longer deliver to the Kroger Marketplace located at 700 U.S. Hwy. 29—known locally as "Space Kroger"—a change that will affect over 800 readers who pick up the paper there every week.
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In the Loop: Will Merger Mean More Cuts at the ABH?
Photo Credit: Michael Rivera
The Athens Banner-Herald could be facing more cuts if, as the Wall Street Journal reported last week, owner GateHouse Media takes over another major newspaper chain, Gannett.
It's no secret that newspapers are in big trouble and have been for a decade, and the Columbia Journalism Review reports that a merger could buy the resulting behemoth company—which would own 265 dailies with a combined circulation of 8.7 million—a few years to figure out how to make their digital operations profitable. The best-case scenario is readers don't notice a difference.
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In the Loop: Podcast: James O'Keefe and Project Veritas
In this episode, co-host Baynard Woods talks with Chris Faraone about the horrible history of James O'Keefe and his right-wing sting operation Project Veritas. Faraone is the editor of Dig Boston and the author of I Killed Breitbart.
Democracy in Crisis is a syndicated column that appears in a number of alternative weekly papers and on the Real News Network. This episode was mastered by David Hebden of the Real News.
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In the Loop: Morris Publishing Will Sell the Athens Banner-Herald
Photo Credit: Blake Aued/file
The News Building, a tiny portion of which is home to the Athens Banner-Herald.
Augusta-based Morris Publishing Group has reached an agreement to sell the Athens Banner-Herald to GateHouse Media, the company announced this morning.
The sale also includes Morris' two other Georgia newspapers, the flagship Augusta Chronicle and the Savannah Morning News, as well as the Florida Times-Union in Jacksonville and seven other papers.
GateHouse owns more than 500 small papers, mainly in the Midwest.
Morris did not disclose the terms of the sale, which is expected to close in October.
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In the Loop: Podcast: Journalist Jailed Covering Trump Protest
On this week’s episode, co-host Baynard Woods talks with Baltimore City Paper editor Brandon Soderberg and the Center for Emerging Media's Imani Spence about the charges against journalist Aaron Cantú stemming from the black bloc actions on Inauguration Day.
Democracy in Crisis is a weekly podcast hosted by Baynard Woods and Marc Steiner, produced and engineered by Imani Spence for The Center for Emerging Media. Theme music by Ruby Fulton and the Rhymes with Orchestra.
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Homedrone: WUOG's 10 Most-Played Recordings, Apr. 19–25
King Gizzard & the Wizard Lizard's Flying Microtonal Banana
1. Tennis: Yours Conditionally (Thirty Tigers)
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Homedrone: WUOG's 10 Most-Played Recordings, Apr. 12–18
Tennis' Yours Conditionally
1. Tennis: Yours Conditionally (Mutually Detrimental)
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Homedrone: WUOG's 10 Most-Played Recordings, Mar. 22–28
Tennis' Yours Conditionally
1. Tennis: Yours Conditionally (Mutually Detrimental)
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