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ronrussellwriter

Jun 3, 20141 min

Oh my--furloughs, layoffs and a big retreat at Aaron Kushner's Orange County Register

Sounds like Freedom Communications publisher Aaron Kushner's big ambitions at the Orange County Register have hit the wall. Two-week...

ronrussellwriter

May 13, 20141 min

Mercury News claims 'exclusive' on Mark Zuckerberg story published elsewhere last week

In case you missed it--and perhaps the folks at the Mercury News did--The Recorder, the San Francisco legal newspaper, published a piece...

ronrussellwriter

May 11, 20141 min

Chronicle columnists play the religion card while dumping on Mark Jackson

Now that former Warriors coach Mark Jackson has been fired, he's fair game for sports columnists to dump on. That's just the way it works...

ronrussellwriter

May 5, 20141 min

Oh, goodie! Now the Eureka Times-Standard looks just like the San Jose Mercury News

Another newspaper just got sliced up in the MediaNews Group/Digital First cookie-cutter. Reporters, editors and photographers at the...

ronrussellwriter

Apr 28, 20142 min

Donald Sterling's enablers

What you see above is a half-page ad that appeared in Sunday's business section of the Los Angeles Times. Which means it's time, yet...

ronrussellwriter

Apr 16, 20142 min

In Los Angeles, a newspaper is born

After months of anticipation the Los Angeles Register has hit the streets. The offshoot of Freedom Communications' Orange County Register...

ronrussellwriter

Mar 30, 20142 min

Cynics, get out your notebooks: Willie Brown weighs in on Leland Yee's downfall

Those who like dollops of cynicism with their political commentary should love Willie Brown's take on Leland Yee's being suspended from...