Indiana agency may ditch newspaper ads for online notices
The state Department of Environmental Management announced that it's considering replacing public notice ads of some permit applications with electronic postings on the agency's website.
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As advertising falls, Star hits subscribers with hefty rate hike
The Indianapolis Star is asking its subscribers to absorb hefty rate increases—a move that reflects the pressure the newspaper industry is under to find ways to offset declines in advertising.
IBJ wins national honors for vaping, Salesforce, Carrier coverage
IBJ reporters and editors won national gold and silver honors Saturday from the Alliance of Area Business Publishers for coverage in 2016.
IBJ takes home awards in annual journalism competition
IBJ won honors at the Society of Professional Journalists’ Best in Indiana contest for coverage of Salesforce, elections, arts, the airport and more.
Report: White House nixed CMS hire over IBJ column critical of Trump
Politico has reported that the Trump White House was not impressed with a 2016 column in which local Republican strategist Marcus Barlow said Trump was “offensive and ignorant” but not a racist.
WFYI, other public radio stations bulk up news staffs
A decade ago, WFYI’s on-air personalities mostly read local stories from other sources. With its four additions, WFYI will have 15 staffers dedicated to gathering, reporting and disseminating local stories statewide and beyond.
Star employees stage short walkout to protest Gannett decisions
The Indianapolis NewsGuild, which represents newsroom and custodial employees at The Star, said Gannett management is threatening to eliminate five journalists if the guild does not go along with the company’s recent decision to outsource The Star’s copy editors.
Gannett gives up on Tronc takeover
The giant media firm’s target was elusive from the beginning. It revealed in the spring that it was offering $388 million for the Chicago company, which it said refused to partake in “constructive discussions.”
IndyStar cuts at least two jobs, plans to eliminate seven more
The Star is seeking to eliminate the paper’s copy desk and move those duties to Louisville. But the newsroom’s union plans to fight to keep the jobs in Indianapolis.
Motorsports reporter Cavin leaves Star to work for race series he covered
Curt Cavin is leaving The Indianapolis Star after three decades with the newspaper to become vice president of communications for the IndyCar Series.
Gannett, Tronc could be nearing $673 million merger
Gannett Inc., publisher of The Indianapolis Star, has been actively pursuing an acquisition of the Chicago-based newspaper chain formerly known as Tribune Publishing, but has thus far been rebuffed.
Indiana Black Expo feuding with Recorder, Radio One
An open letter written by Indiana Black Expo President Tanya Bell has exposed a major rift between the organization and the market’s two biggest media properties targeting local black audiences.
Nuvo names new editor from within after Wenck’s departure
Former music editor Katherine Coplen plans to continue with changes to the alternative newsweekly and its online site, as well as beef up political coverage.
After family losses, Wenck calls it quits as head editor of Nuvo
Ed Wenck, former radio personality and current managing editor for Nuvo, is leaving after less than three years at the alternative weekly for a quieter career out of the public spotlight.
Wenck leaving Nuvo for position at trade association CEDIA
Ed Wenck is stepping down as managing editor of Nuvo after nearly three years at the Indianapolis alternative newspaper, he announced Tuesday in a Facebook post.
Gannett raises offer for Tribune to roughly $864 million
USA Today and Indianapolis Star owner Gannett has boosted its takeover bid for Tribune Publishing Co. by about 22 percent.
Tribune adopts shareholder rights plan to fend off Gannett
Fending off an unsolicited takeover by the owner of USA Today and The Indianapolis Star, Chicago’s Tribune Publishing has adopted shareholder rights plan, a so-called “poison pill.”
Tribune Publishing rejects Gannett’s ‘opportunistic’ takeover bid
Gannett, publisher of USA Today and The Indianapolis Star, wanted to buy Tribune Publishing in a proposed deal valued at about $815 million.
Gannett makes $815M bid for Tribune Publishing
The publisher of USA Today and the Indianapolis Star went public with an $815 million offer for Tribune, which owns the Chicago Tribune and Los Angeles Times.
IBJ wins 10 awards at state Excellence in Journalism contest
Among the winners were reporters Jared Council and Lou Harry, who won top honors for their work in business reporting and arts and entertainment coverage.