Janet Coats is leaving the Tampa Tribune effective Dec. 18.
The Tampa Tribune featured local musicians on the cover of last week's Friday Extra, and inside, a lineup of new releases. Although the list is not comprehensive, it may be a sign that local artists are finally getting some deserved recognition.
Every morning since I was a young kid, I’ve woken up and browsed the newspaper. It’s a habit that I learned from my parents who mused over the news before going on to their day. It’s routine, it’s familiar… And to me, at least, it’s still relevant. While there are those both reporting and openly [...]
I got mail! At 11:23pm Tuesday, I got an email with an interesting subject line: “Tell Tampa Bay What You Think.” “I do that at Sticks of Fire,” I thought to myself. But I opened the email, anyway, and learned that I was going to be invited to be on an exclusive panel! Join the Tampa Bay Media Advisory [...]
It turns out that Media General laid off another 80 people this week, including 18 from the Tampa Tribune newsroom. That newspapers are in dire straits is not news. Reporters are losing jobs across the nation as they trim the fat. But our local daily is completely cutting out all of the marble and cleaving the [...]
We’re looking for voter guides from our local media outlets. Something that can tell us about, say, Pete Gifford. ABC Action News is “Taking Action for You,” and invites you to Democracy 2008, which can fill you in on all of the happenings in the presidential race and national politics. I was unable to find a [...]
Jennifer Howe is now the FORMER weekend anchor for Tampa Bay’s 10, and their new chief meteorologist is already dressing for Florida weather. ********************************************** Wayne Garcia says that beginning Monday, the Tampa Tribune print product will include only two sections, News / sports / whatever and classifieds / comics. In the same blog post, we hear [...]
Keith Cate used to always push that Crime Tracker gimmick on TBO.com. The thing is very handy to find out about crime in your neighborhood. But only if you want to know about crime that occurred back in 2006. Hey TBOers, you may want to add at least a few crimes for 2007, otherwise [...]
Have you seen TBO’s new entertainment bot page and video? Curtis is somewhat entertaining, but I will never get those seven minutes back.
