Journal-Register

Former Journal Register Co. CEO Jelenic dies

Boston Globe (Free subscription) | yesterday

The former chairman and chief executive officer of Journal Register Co. has died. Robert Jelenic was 58.

Robert Jelenic, former Journal Register CEO, dies

Philadelphia Inquirer (Free subscription) | yesterday

Robert M. Jelenic, the former chairman and chief executive officer of Journal Register Co., has died. He was 58.

Additional items for December 4, 2008

Everyday Ethics (Free subscription) | yesterday

Gannett cuts to reach 2,000 | Blog is a comfort zone > Alex Taylor becomes PB Post publisher in Cox reorg > Ex-Journal Register CEO Jelenic dies of cancer at 58 > Boston Globe union: NYT doesn't focus on our paper > Rathergate casualty Howard now loses his CNBC job > Hearst's Black: "A tough year, but we're going to be fine" > Dubner: Based on height, Gregory will be a great on "MTP"

"Educators" Don't Learn that Pay for Grades is Harmful

Lean Blog (Free subscription) | 12/01/2008

Pay for Grades? - Springfield, IL - The State Journal-Register Flying in and out of Chicago, I've been reading over the past few months about the Chicago Public Schools paying high school freshman and sophomores for their grades: "...some Chicago public schools began paying freshmen and sophomores $50 per A, $35 per B and $20 per C." I first heard about this program while waiting in line for...

FYI: Change Comes To The Golden Arches

MenuPages Blog :: Chicago (Free subscription) | 12/03/2008

... makeover. The first coffee-shop style branch of the chain opened in Springfield, Illinois. [ State Journal-Register

Schock whines for funds, already

PeoriaStory (Free subscription) | 11/30/2008

PEORIA -- As usual, the Springfield State Journal-Register has the best political coverage on Peoria's newly elected Republican Congressman Aaron Schock. Its crack political reporter Bernie Schoenburg reports that the 27-year-old newbie Schock has sent out an aggressive fund raising...

Here Come The Newspaper Bailouts - Too Liberal To Fail

Patriot Room (Free subscription) | 12/02/2008

... The Bristol Free Press and the Herald in New Britain are owned by the financially troubled Journal Register Company of Yardley, Pennsylvania. Now, Connecticut’s Governor and Attorney General say they want to help keep the papers going. Governor M. Jodi Rell and Richard Blumenthal have said they would be interested in taking part in a bipartisan effort to save the papers . The Bristol Free...

Newspaper Bailout Gets Underway

Moonbattery (Free subscription) | 12/01/2008

... governor M. Jodi Rell and attorney general Richard Blumenthal are sympathetic to pleas from the Journal Register Company to save its failing papers. Apparently without irony, Blumenthal refers to newspapers as "the oxygen of democracy" — as if government leveraging of the dissemination of information were conducive to meaningful democracy. The heavily left-leaning dead tree media is supposedly...

Lawmakers try to save 2 Connecticut newspapers

Houston Chronicle (Free subscription) | 11/28/2008

Seven Connecticut state legislators are trying to save the New Britain Herald and the Bristol Press from possible closure at the hands of their owner, the Journal Register.

GOPUSA ILLINOIS Daily Clips - November 30, 2008

illinoisreview (Free subscription) | 11/30/2008

... activity http://www.chicagobusiness.com/cgi-bin/mag/article.pl'articleId=31028 SPRINGFIELD STATE JOURNAL REGISTER -- DIERSEN HEADLINE: Bernard Schoenburg pontificates on Schock and Schock's November 21 fundraising letter http://www.sj-r.com/opinions/x415857347/Bernard-Schoenburg-Fundraising-letter-by-Schock-has-a-campaign-feel -- Be wary of another New Deal - George Will http://www.sj-r.com/opinions/x541370385/George-Will-Be-wary-of-another-New-Deal...

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Business news in brief: Daily Tribune to trim printing days

Detroit Free Press (Free subscription) | 11/29/2008

... circulation is about 9,200 daily and about 10,000 on Sundays. The paper is owned by the Journal Register Co.INTERNET: Icahn buys more shares of YahooIn a move likely to fuel speculation over Yahoo Inc.'s search for a new chief executive, activist investor Carl Icahn has bought up close to 7 million additional shares of the Internet company, according to regulatory filings.Icahn, a billionaire...

GOPUSA ILLINOIS Daily Clips - November 28, 2008

illinoisreview (Free subscription) | 11/28/2008

... conservatives, should NOT be allowed to directly elect those who govern the IRP. SPRINGFIELD STATE JOURNAL REGISTER -- George Ryan should finish his sentence - Editorial http://www.sj-r.com/editorials/x596321715/Our-Opinion-George-Ryan-should-finish-his-sentence (THE EDITORIAL: U.S. SEN. Dick Durbin, D-Ill., told reporters on Tuesday that he was thinking about asking President Bush to commute...

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