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March 2008 - Posts

Blethen bad news gets worse

by Importer | March 27, 2008

We know the news hasn't been good for the Seattle Times folks of late, or for their soon-to-be ex-colleagues at the Blethen Maine Newspapers (the Press Herald/Sunday Telegram , Kennebec Journal , and Morning Sentinel ). It's been bad for a while... Read More »

Filed under: Media, Portland Press Herald

Three for Thursday: A short roundup of items

by Importer | March 27, 2008

ITEM 1: Hillary's Snowe Job It turns out that the story Hillary Clinton told about when she visited Bosnia (you know, the made-up one about landing under sniper fire and running off the tarmac - the following video from CBS is the best) is true -... Read More »

Jan Schakowsky comes to Maine

by Importer | March 26, 2008

Just got word that Illinois Congresswoman Jan Schakowsky , a stalwart progressive, anti-war legislator, will be campaigning in Portland tomorrow night (18 Neal Street, from 5:30-7 p.m.) for Congressional District One candidate Chellie Pingree . While... Read More »

I Quit chronicles quarterlife dilemma

by Importer | March 26, 2008

It's a scenario that's all too familiar to some of us: The post-college-graduation blues, marked by professional aimlessness, financial instability, and romantic insecurities. We jump from job to job , we live with our parents and depend on them... Read More »

Candidate debate @ SPACE tonight

by Importer | March 26, 2008

All eight Congressional District One candidates are confirmed to attend tonight's League of Young Voters debate at SPACE Gallery tonight, according to the League's Katie Diamond (although Charlie Summers, who is currently serving in Iraq, will... Read More »

Handing over the reins - Mad Horse changes riders

by Importer | March 25, 2008

As longtime Mad Horse Theater Company artistic director Andy Sokoloff leaves the company in pursuit of a new career, some longtime members are stepping in to take over. Barb Truex , who has helped with Mad Horse for several years, will be the new executive... Read More »

Let's Talk About Our Pasts

by Importer | March 20, 2008

If Carl Wilson hadn’t mentioned Elliott Smith in his book about Celine Dion (reviewed here ), I don’t think Let’s Talk About Love: A Journey to the End of Taste would have made such an impact on me. I spend about one paragraph of the review hinting at... Read More »

Trying to save a big-business handout

by Jeff Inglis | March 19, 2008

Maine lawmakers, having cut $140 million from the state's education, health, human services, and the criminal-justice system budgets, have asked the business community to contribute $10 million to the $200 million in cuts being sought to balance the... Read More »

Rustic Politics - Overtones of Protest

by Jeff Inglis | March 18, 2008

Rustic Overtones have released a video from a song off their once-and-future "new" album, Light at the End ( reviewed by Sam Pfeifle back in July ), in honor of today's national release on Velour . The song is "Letter to the President... Read More »

Press Herald sale - who would buy?

by Jeff Inglis | March 18, 2008

UPDATE: With Crosscut Seattle story link ( also here ). Definitely read that story - it has great analysis and some new ideas of who might buy the papers - including a possibility of the union taking it employee-owned. Yesterday's announcement that... Read More »

Filed under: Media, Portland Press Herald

Prison life ain't so good

by Jeff Inglis | March 18, 2008

Well, we knew that. But here's an edited transcript of a talk Phoenix freelancer Lance Tapley gave last week at the Meg Perry Center, home to Peace Action Maine and the Foglight Collective . By the way, you can hear this talk online at ThinkTwiceRadio... Read More »

Filed under: Prisons

Press Herald For Sale - For Sure

by Jeff Inglis | March 17, 2008

In August 2006, we used the above graphic to illustrate a story called " Press Herald For Sale? " in which I posited that all signs were pointing to an impending sale of the Portland Press Herald , and quoted owner Frank Blethen as asking, in... Read More »

Filed under: Media, Portland Press Herald

Cleaning up

by Jeff Inglis | March 14, 2008

It's kind of a strange day here at the office, as we're all making sure we vote for Portland in the Bushmills 400 Years contest (at www.Bushmills400years.com ), which you can read about in Deirdre Fulton's story in this week's paper .... Read More »

Maine veterans head to DC for Winter Soldier event

by Deirdre Fulton | March 12, 2008

Beginning tomorrow, and running through Sunday, US veterans from across the country will speak out against the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, and in support of the Iraq Veterans Against the War . The event, which will take place at the National Labor College... Read More »

Four Press Herald layoffs today; 11 more to come

by Jeff Inglis | March 11, 2008

There will be layoffs at the Portland Press Herald , costing 15 people their jobs, according to a report on the paper's Web site . Four of the layoffs happened today , according to the Newspaper Guild Local 128 Web site, the site of the union representing... Read More »

Filed under: Media, Portland Press Herald