Newspaper chain expanding in Fishers
Current Publications is exhibiting growth seldom seen in the newspaper industry these days. Four years after launching, the company is preparing to debut its fourth weekly newspaper in Hamilton County on Jan. 25.
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Indianapolis Star gets new publisher
An Arizona newspaper executive is set to take over as publisher of The Indianapolis Star, replacing Michael Kane.
Union representing Star employees settles suit
Details of the confidential agreement were not made public. The union said in a letter to Star employees that the eight will receive a financial settlement but will not be rehired.
Mug shots drive sales for startup weekly newspaper
The tabloid relies on the same open-records laws that give mainstream news outlets access to information about arrests, including
photos.
Indianapolis Star to be laid out in Louisville; local jobs likely lost
Virginia-based Gannett Co., the Star’s parent company, this month informed employees of a plan to move layout
and design work for its 83 dailies to five regional design hubs.
IBJ wins national journalism awards
IBJ won eight awards at the Alliance of Area Business Publications’ summer conference Saturday in Indianapolis.
IU grads carve Greek-based niche in news
What started with a casual meeting between two Indiana University students in a business class in 2008 has grown into an operation
with projected revenue of $2 million this year. Despite long odds and little capital, Evan Burns and Adrian France launched
a weekly print newspaper at IU last September.
Former Star columnist suing newspaper
Susan Guyett, who wrote the Talk of Our Town column, claims the newspaper discriminated against her on the basis of age when
she was let go from her job in 2008.
Star’s union upset over newspaper’s use of story
A piece written by a reporter more than three years ago that was repackaged recently as part of an advertising supplement
has
drawn the ire of the paper’s guild.
IBJ honored for Simon and Durham stories, Web site
IBJ received three national journalism awards at the Society of American Business Editors and Writers’ annual conference March
20 in Phoenix.
Regulatory job prompts Mays to resign as Recorder publisher
Carolene Mays plans to leave the Indianapolis newspaper after being named to the Indiana Utility Regulatory Commission.
Union representing Indianapolis Star employees sues Gannett
The 178-member union is suing to preserve its arbitration rights, and possibly win back the jobs of eight people who were
let go last summer.
IBJ Media president leaving after 30 years
Chris Katterjohn told IBJ employees Friday morning that he would leave at the end of February. Katterjohn has spent 30 years with the firm, including the past 20 years as publisher of the company’s flagship Indianapolis Business Journal.
Editorial writers lose appeal against Star
Two former editorial writers at Indiana’s largest newspaper failed to prove they were the victims of religious discrimination,
according to a circuit court of appeals.
Sign proposed for IBJ building requires public hearing
The parent company of Indianapolis Business Journal has filed plans to add a sign with an electronic-message component outside
the newspaper’s headquarters at 41 E. Washington St.
Kroger ads in Star grab attention, raise eyebrows
A new eye-grabbing advertising design in The Indianapolis Star has some wondering where ad content stops and news
content begins.
KATTERJOHN: Newspapers still deliver – for YOU
The Hoosier State Press Association, a trade group representing 175 paid-circulation Hoosier newspapers, including
IBJ, has launched a campaign designed to remind the public of the important role newspapers play in our democracy.
So this week, I’m ceding my space to David Stamps, executive director of the HSPA
Star biz columnist leaving to lead Indiana Fiscal Policy Institute
Indianapolis Star business columnist John Ketzenberger is leaving the newspaper to become president of the Indiana Fiscal
Policy Institute, the organization said today.
Star union approves new 2-year contract
The Indianapolis Newspaper Guild voted 56-45 today to ratify a new, two-year contract with the Gannett Co.-owned Indianapolis
Star
that includes a 10-percent pay cut and two-year wage freeze.
Star union voting on new contract
The Indianapolis Newspaper Guild plans to vote this afternoon on a new, two-year contract with the Gannett Co.-owned Indianapolis
Star that includes a 10-percent pay cut and two-year wage freeze.