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Thursday, January 3, 2013
60 Minutes to air story about The Times-Picayune this Sunday
Posted by Kevin Allman on Thu, Jan 3, 2013 at 12:11 PM
60 Minutes airs in the New Orleans market on WWL-TV on Sunday nights at 6 p.m.
Read Gambit's coverage of The Times-Picayune here.
EDITED TO ADD: CBS News has now posted a preview of the segment:
Thursday, December 27, 2012
The latest synthetic drug: "Blue Brees." Panic!
Posted by Kevin Allman on Thu, Dec 27, 2012 at 11:16 AM
- The latest Threat to Your Children.
First it was mojo, then bath salts, and now it's a little bag of "aromatherapy" called "Blue Brees."
From WAFB-TV in Baton Rouge:
A Louisiana mother has a warning for other parents after her teenage son had a bad reaction from smoking what she's calling a new synthetic drug.Mary Hughes is on a mission to protect other kids.
It all started this past weekend with a little plastic bag of a product called "Blue Brees." The Denham Springs mom said her 16-year-old son got it as a present and smoked it, which led to a scary night.
"His eyes were basically real droopy," Hughes said. "His speech was very slurred. He had no emotion. He barely could stand and absolutely no emotion, so 'Zombieland' was really correct. He was a zombie."
Hughes admits her daughter, who is of age, bought the product at a store called Zombieland.
Wednesday, December 5, 2012
Gambit TV: Clancy's Commentary
Posted by Gambit TV on Wed, Dec 5, 2012 at 11:35 AM
Last night on WWL-TV, Gambit political editor Clancy DuBos' weekly commentary was on the proposed hike in sewerage and water rates that's coming before the New Orleans City Council this week.
Wednesday, September 12, 2012
A benefit for Times-Picayune employees — and 60 Minutes is in town
Posted by Kevin Allman on Wed, Sep 12, 2012 at 3:03 PM
In homegrown goods, designers Yvonne LaFleur and Tracy Thomson have donated to the cause, and there are Muses shoes galore. Perhaps coolest of all, though, is Times-Picayune food editor Judy Walker's handmade quilt (pictured) made of T-shirts, many of which feature the paper's most famous front pages.
Tickets to the Sept. 29 benefit, "Black, White and Red All Over," are $30. The night will feature entertainment by David Torkanowsky, Charmaine Neville, The Pfister Sisters and John Rankin, among others, and food will be provided by several area restaurants. There will also be a silent auction that night, but bidding is already open on the online auction.
In other news, it seems that 60 Minutes is going ahead with a segment about the paper's move to digital. Correspondent Morley Safer is in town this week, and he's interviewed Mayor Mitch Landrieu and T-P editor Jim Amoss, along with several community leaders. (Landrieu even tweeted a picture.) The segment is scheduled to air Sept. 30 — the last day for the fired employees.
Tuesday, September 4, 2012
Michael "Encyclopedia Brownie" Brown on Hurricane Isaac
Posted by Kevin Allman on Tue, Sep 4, 2012 at 2:18 PM
Michael Brown, who bounced from a job as an incompetent FEMA chief to a job in Denver as Mainstream Media Radio Host Who is Well-Compensated for Railing Against Mainstream Media, used that mighty brainpan of his over the weekend and ferreted out Mainstream Media Bias when it came to Hurricane Isaac:
... which might have made a better point if CNN and Anderson Cooper weren't here, or if CNN hadn't done the story on power outages before Brownie raised the question, and followed it with another one today.
As for O'Brien, she had already been covering Isaac for more than a week. Here's O'Brien in Plaquemines Parish interviewing parish president Billy Nungesser two days before Encyclopedia Brownie tweeted his question:
Note to Brownie: When complaining that the Biased Mainstream Media is not reporting something, it's usually best not to illustrate that point by linking to a story in the Los Angeles Times that's actually reporting it.
Monday, August 27, 2012
Thursday, July 26, 2012
WWL-TV: Tom Benson interested in purchasing Times-Picayune
Posted by Kevin Allman on Thu, Jul 26, 2012 at 11:14 AM
WWL-TV has obtained a copy of the letter sent to Steven Newhouse yesterday by Tom Benson —Â owner of the New Orleans Saints, the New Orleans Hornets and WVUE-TV — indicating Benson's interest in purchasing The Times-Picayune.
In the letter, Benson writes, "I would welcome the opportunity to speak to you about my interest in purchasing The Times-Picayune, with others. If this is something that is an option, we can initiate this at your earliest convenience."
Past attempts to discuss potential purchase of the paper have been rebuffed by the Newhouse family.
Benson is one of the two potential buyers alluded to by Gambit in a story yesterday, which included this photo of a "Save the Picayune" sign that Benson and his wife Gayle are now displaying on their lawn:
Sunday, July 22, 2012
Gambit receives six first-place awards at Press Club of New Orleans banquet
Posted by Editorial on Sun, Jul 22, 2012 at 11:04 AM
LAYOUT/DESIGN: Britt Benoit, "Ode to Joy"
ENTERTAINMENT - PRINT: Will Coviello, "Zeitgeist at 25"
EDITORIAL - PRINT: Kevin Allman, Clancy DuBos
CRITICAL REVIEW: Ian McNulty, "J'anita's at the Rendon Inn"
COLUMN: Clancy DuBos
AFFILIATED SOCIAL MEDIA: Staff, Gambit
Lauren LaBorde won second place for Feature Affiliated Blog for "Y@ Speak," and Ian McNulty won third place in Feature - Print for "The 21st Century Sno-Ball."
Allman and DuBos also shared the Ashton Phelps Sr. Award for Editorial Writing.
Lifetime Achievement Awards were presented to retired Times-Picayune reporter Lynne Jensen and WDSU-TV anchor Norman Robinson.
A full list of the winners and runners-up can be found at the Press Club's website.
Thursday, July 12, 2012
NOLA Media Group un-lays off some people; and new departures at The Times-Picayune
Posted by Kevin Allman on Thu, Jul 12, 2012 at 11:56 PM
Sources in the newsroom say those reporters who were un-laid off in recent days include Benjamin Alexander-Bloch, Paul Purpura and Mark Waller. At least two have indicated they will accept the new company’s offer. A fourth veteran reporter, who had been offered a job on the digital side of the operation, will likely continue in a traditional reporting role.
Explaining the change of plans, a newsroom source told Gambit, “We’re losing a lot of institutional memory.” Two weeks ago, another source had described the mood in the executive suite as "shitting bricks" due to the number of people who had found other jobs, and how soon they were leaving.
Nineteen reporters from downtown and The Times-Picayune’s various bureaus — most of which have been decimated — have been summoned to the newsroom on Howard Avenue tomorrow for a meeting where they expect to learn the details of their new beats.
A few of those changes that will be announced in the near future:
Friday, July 6, 2012
A Very Special Y@ Speak: Summer Meltdowns
Posted by Lauren LaBorde on Fri, Jul 6, 2012 at 3:11 PM
It seems the heat is adversely affecting all of us lately: although not Tila Tequila-level meltdowns, New Orleans Twitter did witness two minor tweakouts this week prompted by a fatty pork chop and a Twitter impostor. Welcome to the inaugural mid-week Very Special Y@ Speak: Summer Meltdowns.
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