This economy has been tough on just about everybody.
No matter what your choice of media, you can’t escape the news about companies and entire industries challenged by the recession. But what about the folks doing all that reporting?
Last week, I offered a family four-pack of tickets to see the national tour of “Chitty Chitty Bang Bang,” parking here April 28-May 3. For more information on the production, click here. The winner, chosen at random, was Vicki Williamson. I also asked you to name your favorite extraordinary car, besides CCBB. I’ll break your […]
While Indy Racing League officials are still awaiting the Nielsen ratings from the open-wheel series’ first race on cable station Versus, this much is clear: The coverage of yesterday’s race in St. Petersburg,…
Sheryl Crow, Herbie Hancock and other entertainers yesterday urged Congress to force radio stations to pay performers when their music is broadcast – a proposal that doesn’t sit well with the radio industry. Jeff Smulyan, chairman of Indianapolis-based Emmis Communications Corp., said a move to pay performers amounts to another tax and would come at […]
I recommend diners try out crisp wings in spicy garlic and Asian zing sauces. The non-wing choices, such as pulled pork sandwiches,
are also delicious.
Buffalo Wild Wings made a fresh foray into downtown late last year, moving into long-vacant at 7 E. Washing ton St.-just a block north of the Maryland Street location another franchisee gave up on in 2007. What a difference a block makes. The new B-Dubs (951-9464) is much more welcoming than its predecessor, in large […]
Buffalo Wild Wings made a fresh foray into downtown late last year, moving into long-vacant at 7 E. Washing ton St.-just a block north of the Maryland Street location another franchisee gave up on in 2007. What a difference a block makes. The new B-Dubs (951-9464) is much more welcoming than its predecessor, in large […]
A state fund supporting an 18-cent-a-gallon tax credit for gas stations selling E85 ethanol was exhausted in the first three
months of the state’s new fiscal year.
The lucrative National FFA convention will be split between Indianapolis and Louisville from 2013 to 2019, the Louisville television station WHAS-TV Channel 11 reported last night, citing unnamed sources familiar with an announcement planned this morning. Indianapolis snatched rights from Louisville to host the convention from 2006 to 2012 after Louisville had seen the blue-jacketed […]
Click here to view a video of the announcement. Indianapolis attorney and businessman Michael Maurer is giving $35 million to the Indiana University School of Law in Bloomington, which has been renamed in his honor. The gift, the largest in the law school’s history to come from a single donor, will fund an undetermined number […]
A Dayton, Ohio, television station is reporting that a company that helps home-school parents develop curriculum has narrowed its choice for a relocation to the eastern Indiana city of Richmond or a city in Iowa. WHIO-TV Channel 7 didn’t identify the company or its source of the report. However, the station said the company would […]
More than three weeks after Bright House Networks stopped carrying television signals of three Indianapolis television stations over its cable network, Bright House and the stations’ owner have reached an agreement to restore the service. Lin TV Corp., the Providence, R.I., owner of WISH-TV Channel 8, WNDY-TV Channel 23 and WIIH-TV Channel 17, said the […]
Emboldened by the deal he signed to put his company’s name on the Indianapolis Colts’ new home, Forrest Lucas has launched
an arsenal of creative-some would say unorthodox-initiatives to fortify his growing company. Many of them are designed to
help Lucas Oil Products Inc. go head to head with the oil industry’s biggest players.
Revenue from its overseas radio stations helped Emmis Communications Corp. post a $1.2 million profit in its second quarter following three consecutive quarterly losses.The Indianapolis radio and magazine publishing company this morning reported financial results for the period ended Aug. 31, beating analysts’ estimates but down significantly from the $11.8 million reported for the same quarter last […]
Allen County officials have stopped construction of a Fort Wayne hotel because a section of the seven stories that have risen into the air is sinking, according to WANE-TV Channel 15. The project, which is near I-69 and U.S. 24, is settling because it was built on topsoil, the Fort Wayne station reported. The contractor, […]
The Anderson money manager known as “Big Joe” got his start as an independent insurance agent in Lafayette. He had been on the job just two weeks before Black Monday struck Wall Street in October 1987. The market shed more than 22 percent of its value, the largest one-day decline in U.S. history. With no clients and no money, the 20-year-old temporarily left the insurance industry and landed a job at AT&T’s old Western Electric division, helping rewire Ball State…
Barack Obama named Sen. Joe Biden of Delaware as his vice presidential running mate early Saturday, passing over Indiana Sen. Evan Bayh, who was informed yesterday that he was not the pick. The selection of Biden balances Obama’s ticket with a seasoned congressional veteran well-versed in foreign policy and defense issues. Obama announced the pick […]
Most weeks, I use a pretty traditional definition of arts and entertainment when I decide what to review in this column. But that’s most weeks. This time, after a day-opening day-at the Indiana State Fair, I’m going to broaden my criteria a bit. Looked at with open eyes, the Indiana State Fair is one massive piece of performance art, with thousands of artists participating (most of them unknowingly). The kids in their band uniforms trying to pretend sweat isn’t pouring…
Local radio icons Big John Gillis and Jeff Pibeon will be broadcasting live this year from the Indiana State Fair. But
you won’t find their show on any radio station. Gillis and Pigeon have been hired by locally based Compton Strategies to create
audio-only, Internet-based shows for area events, companies and entertainment venues.
At the beginning of this IRT season, Peter Amster directed “Our Town,” in which a knowing narrator gave a worldly perspective to the follies and joys of a young couple in love. As the season closer at the IRT, Peter Amster directs “The Fantasticks,” in which a knowing narrator gives worldly perspective to the follies and joys of a young couple in love. This time, there’s music. I don’t say this to trivialize either production. Rather, these additional levels are…
