Tuesday, November 20, 2007

Hot Off the Press: The Courier-Journal

This is today's Courier-Journal; click on the image for a bigger view. The newspaper was the jewel in the crown of the Bingham family's glittering media empire in Louisville, Ky. Then Gannett CEO Al Neuharth made an offer in 1986 that feuding family members couldn't refuse. It holds 10 Pulitzer Prizes, more than any other Gannett newspaper. (It is 10, isn't it? This official page is missing the most recent: Nick Anderson's in 2005 for editorial cartooning.)

Update: A reader, citing this Wikipedia entry, says the Des Moines Register has won 15 Pulitzers. Now, that must be the most of any GCI paper, no?

When Corporate told publishers they were free to sell ads on the front page, the Courier went whole-hog. (Love that local autonomy!) The banner ad along the bottom rises up into the far-right news column; now that's advertising creep. The newspaper's website, like a growing number in Gannett, has even more jarring advertising.

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The Courier-Journal at a glance:

  • Publisher: Denise Ivey
  • Executive Editor and Vice President/News: Bennie Ivory
  • Founded: 1868
  • Joined Gannett: 1986
  • Employees: 1,100
  • Circulation: 211,616 morning; 275,015 Sunday

[Image: Newseum]

2 comments:

  1. From Wikipedia
    The Des Moines Register has won 15 Pulitzer Prizes over the years:
    6 for National Reporting: 1954, 1958, 1968, 1976, 1979, and 1985
    3 for Editorial Writing: 1938, 1943, and 1956
    3 for Editorial Cartooning: 1924, 1943, and 1963
    1 for Photography: 1952
    1 for Feature Photography: 1987
    1 for Public Service: 1991
    Most recently, Register writer Clark Kauffman was one of three finalists for the 2005 Pulitzer Prize for Investigative Reporting for his exposure of glaring injustice in the handling of traffic tickets by public officials in Iowa.

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  2. Whoops! Thanks for the clarification!

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