The Wall Street Journal is getting attention for yesterday’s Energy section cover piece, “Six Myths About Renewable Energy.” The article takes six common claims for or against renewable energy and sets the record straight. For example, it tackles the claim that renewables don’t contribute much power to the United States’ grid and explains, point by […]
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DEVELOPING: D&C layoffs hitting newsroom
[UPDATE 4:55 P.M.] An article posted on the Democrat and Chronicle’s website says that the company laid of six full-time workers and one part-time worker today. The article doesn’t specify where those cuts occurred. Original post: Layoffs are hitting the Democrat and Chronicle newsroom this morning, according to unconfirmed reports. The extent of the layoffs […]
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The speed wars
When Time Warner Cable announced recently that it’s raising cable Internet rates, customer complaints were inevitable. And once the grumbling started, it became clear that many customers believe that they are going to pay more a month for less-than-stellar Internet connections. “Other people around the world do not pay close to what we pay for […]
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Changing channels
Time Warner Cable is not taking away PBS. Earlier this month, the cable company informed its Western New York subscribers via a letter that it’s changing how it carries public, educational, and government access television stations. These aren’t public stations in the PBS sense, even though some subscribers clearly believe they are. They’re better known […]
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The D&C by the numbers
The Democrat and Chronicle is moving fewer copies of its print paper, but more people are accessing its content digitally. That’s what the numbers from the latest Alliance for Audited Media (formerly the Audit Bureau of Circulations) show. On a general, national basis, newspaper circulation is down, but digital products account for an increasingly greater […]
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Gannett selling D and C building
Want to buy an old newspaper building? The Democrat and Chronicle reports that its 55 Exchange Boulevard building is being put up for sale by its parent company, Gannett. D and C employees should be in a new space in the City of Rochester by mid-2014, says the article. The D and C has downsized […]
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NEWS BLOG: On climate change, media needs to connect the dots
The news stories about drought, record temperatures, wilting crops, and freak storms – seriously, who ever heard of a derecho before the past few weeks – are piling up. The stories raise, or should raise, questions about how these events tie in with climate change, yet many of them don’t. I’m beginning to share the […]
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NEWS BLOG: Fun and games in the presidential campaign
Oh, for heaven’s sake. Can’t the politicians – and the media – grow up? The flap over Joe Biden’s “back in chains” is just WAY too much. As City’s Tim Macaluso posted yesterday, if you look at the context of Biden’s comment, it’s hard to conclude that he was saying Romney wants to bring back […]
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ANNUAL MANUAL ’07: A guide to media in Rochester
Compiled by Susie Hume We might be in the age of media consolidation, but there are still plenty of information providers vying for your attention. Here’s a guide to local radio stations, TV affiliates, and publications to help you pick and choose who can keep you best informed and entertained. RADIO STATIONS FM WFRW 88.1 […]
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Hurtling to November
“Are you worried?” a friend asked the other day. You bet I am. We’re nine weeks away from the presidential election, and Kerry and Bush are still in a virtual tie in the polls. Bush continues to swat away the bad news as if it’s no more concern than a mosquito. And Kerry can’t seem […]
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Reader feedback 8.11.04
MEDIA WATCH By the time WRUR completes all the program changes and personnel, they will have lost their listenership (“Anything but Static,” July 14). For the past six years, I’ve enjoyed listening to the Friday nights Blues programs by Scott Wallace and Doug Curry. My husband and I would arrange our evening around their programs […]
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Gannett takes aim
Gannett Co., Inc. has brought its battle for the hearts, minds, and spending habits of young readers to Rochester. Gannett confirmed last week that it has chosen Rochester; Wilmington, Delaware; Pensacola, Florida; and Greenville, South Carolina as launching sites for its next wave of free, youth-aimed weeklies. But details on the new Rochester […]
