What’s Going On at the News Journal?

What’s Going On at the News Journal?

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I heard today from an reliable Anon Tipster that the News Journal may be making its staff re-apply for jobs like some other Gannett newspapers have earlier this month. There may be even more (!)layoffs coming as they re-organize. If you've been following the Gannett news, they acquired a broadcasting company last year. Gannett is creating what they call the "Newsroom of the Future" (even though Jim Romanesko notes that they did this in 2006, too). Re-applying for their jobs has been done or in progress at other Gannett newspapers.

Cojones of the Day

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I wish this kind of thing happened enough to make this a regular feature, but today we have James Woods, Democratic Congressional candidate for AZ-5 who has been targeted by a letter-writing campaign from an anti-abortion group (National Pro-Life Alliance), trying to get him to sign some anti-abortion pledge. The Woods campaign is responding to these letters to him with his own letter explaining why he is not supporting the position of the National Pro-Life Alliance:
Delaware Political Weekly, Or An Approximation Thereof: August 16-22, 2014

Delaware Political Weekly, Or An Approximation Thereof: August 16-22, 2014

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This article got lost in the Chip Flowers Implosion, Version 4.0, but it shouldn't have.  House D's facing primary challenges sending out thinly-veiled campaign lit on the public's dime. A practice that was discontinued under Speaker Gilligan (Terry Spence was the Godfather of this practice), but reinstated by Speaker Schwartzkopf just in time for the primaries. Now here's the rest of the story. Complaints regarding this practice were filed with Elaine Manlove of the State Department of Elections. She determined that she had no legal jurisdiction over the complaints, that they did not technically violate state law, and referred them to...The House Ethics Committee. Did I mention that the House Ethics Committee is chaired by Valerie Longhurst, one of the two legislators who it's been confirmed have sent out these mailers on the taxpayers' dime? Now, that's the Delaware Way.