New general manager for Swift papers

Swift Communications has named Brooke Warner as general manager of its Northern Nevada operations, the Nevada Appeal reported on Sunday. Mark Raymond, currently publisher of the Appeal, will be retiring next month. In addition to overseeing the Appeal, Warner will be in charge of The Record-Courier in Minden-Gardnerville, the Lahontan …

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The Curse of Too Much Good Stuff

By Jim Stasiowski One of my favorite failures was my story about professional wrestling. (In my youth, it was called “wrassling,” and no, I didn’t see matches in the Colosseum in Rome. Mom and dad wouldn’t let me go.) The story was my idea. A young reporter in Florida back …

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Technical advice from Kevin

By Kevin Slimp An editor in South Carolina wrote to me yesterday, “I’m always amazed at your productivity.” I get that a lot these days. Since yesterday, I’ve written an opinion piece that’s already filling my inbox with responses from readers; my fictional weekly serial, The Good Folks of Lennox …

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Why it matters

You are to be forgiven if you’re having trouble keeping up with developments at the Las Vegas Review-Journal. As of Wednesday, the newspaper has a new interim editor in Glenn Cook and a policy (below) for how to deal with potential conflicts of interest in covering its new owners. R-J …

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Review-Journal editor takes buyout

Las Vegas Review-Journal Editor Mike Hengel told staff members Tuesday evening he has accepted a buyout and is leaving the paper, the latest twist in the ongoing story of the newspaper’s sale. The brief story on Hengel’s resignation in today’s edition was accompanied by an announcement from the new owners …

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Dust settling from R-J sale

While the dust begins to settle over the purchase of the Las Vegas Review-Journal, the best inside-the-newsroom story I’ve seen comes from Michael Calderone at HuffPost Media with his ‘How they did it’ story. It shows the pure journalism ethic of Review-Journal reporters and editors who put their heads down …

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In the R-J guessing game, everybody gets to play

It’s now something of a journalism parlor game: Who owns the Las Vegas Review-Journal? Weighing in have been: The New York Times, in a story headlined “Reporters in Las Vegas Try to Crack Case of Who Owns Their Newspaper” The Los Angeles Times, with “Who bought the Las Vegas Review-Journal? …

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Another new owner for Las Vegas Review-Journal

I can’t tell if this is a good sign or bad sign for Nevada’s largest newspaper. It’s been just eight months since New Media Investment Group purchased the Las Vegas Review-Journal from Stephens Media for $102 million and put Gatehouse Media in charge of operations. Now, in a surprise announcement …

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