WTHR lays off 20-year vet, plus chopper pilot
Channel 13 eliminates two positions to trim costs, and hopes for a revenue increase in the second half of the year.
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Star newsroom braces for pay cuts, possible layoffs
he next two weeks could be critical in determining the level and quality of staffing in the newsroom of The Indianapolis Star, the state’s largest daily newspaper. The paper’s union—which represents about 160 news staffers—and management have been at an impasse since employees’ union contract expired Dec. 31.
Tony Stewart Foundation signs local public relations agency
Bonneau Production Services will work with the foundation’s executive director in a range of areas, including corporate-identity
creation, e-newsletter publication, Web-site design and maintenance, and media relations.
Production company to donate PSA
Bennett Innovation is celebrating its 25th year by giving away $25,000 in services to a worthy not-for-profit.
Local social networking site connects users offline
Growing by leaps and bounds, smallerindiana.com will host its first-ever “Bigger Ideas” conference for the high-tech and Internet-savvy
crowd.
Spanish-language news program finds home after cancellation
The familiar face of a local Hispanic television newscast is back on the air, less than six months after the parent of WISH-TV
Channel 8 pulled the plug on him.
Indianapolis will be highlighted in US Airways Magazine
If you happen to fly US Airways this summer, take a minute to read the in-flight magazine while you wait for your coffee,
tea or milk. US Airways Magazine will feature a story in its August issue that touts Indianapolis.
Marketing employees open own computer-generated motion graphics business
The three principals of The Basement Design and Motion left another firm to set their own course in the world of Web convergence
marketing.
Fireworks show fizzles under financial constraints
If you don’t get your fireworks fix on July 4, you’ll no longer have another chance this year to be awed by the colorful displays.
Experts doubt Indianapolis can lure huge conventions
Indianapolis already hosts three of the top 200 conventions in the country. But additional meeting space coming online late next year could help the city double the number.
IUPUI pumps up sports journalism assets
The Associated Press Sports Editors, the nation’s largest professional sports journalism organization, is establishing its
headquarters at Indiana University’s new National Sports Journalism Center.
Irvington rolls out $1.2 million promotional campaign
In the midst of a $1.2 million campaign to upgrade streets, sidewalks and other neighborhood infrastructure, a coalition of Irvington businesses and residents is launching a unique marketing campaign to tout the neighborhood’s recent enhancements and position it as an alternative to places such as Carmel, Zionsville, Geist and Noblesville.
Civility is admired in life and death
What would you want said in your obituary that would set you apart from your peers?
Audiovox cranking out digital antennas as consumers prepare for changeover
The biggest remnant of the former Thomson consumer electronics operation in Carmel is cashing in on the digital TV transition
with a higher-tech version of the rabbit ears.
Synergy Marketing signs two out-of-state clients
Locally based Synergy Marketing Group Inc., which was founded in 2002, is making a name for itself with out-of-state companies
launching operations in central Indiana.
The state of the newspaper industry is no joke; Star parent making money, but paper far from secure
Today, life without a daily newspaper isn’t so farfetched.
Audiovox sees gains in antenna sales
The electronics accessories unit of Audiovox Corp. in Carmel is gaining from the rise in antenna sales ahead of the June 12
switch to all-digital TV broadcasting.
Bankrupt firm’s creditors unlikely to rubber-stamp sale
Norwood Promotional Products Inc. suggests it’s positioned to sail through bankruptcy, thanks to a pending-sales agreement. But creditors, owed nearly $300 million, are expected to balk.
Slumping NBC could drag down Channel 13
Early ratings from the all-important May sweeps suggest WTHR-TV Channel 13’s 15-year reign as king of local television news
is secure for now. But the big test will come this fall when NBC’s weakening prime-time lineup is expected to put the ratings
crown in play.