An Offer He Couldn’t Refuse

I went out to run a few errands this Monday afternoon and there was one topic that had just about everybody talking: It appears John Calipari is headed for the University of Kentucky as head basketball coach.  Oh there are the denials and the need to get various pemissions to do this and to do [...]

The Dreaded “Meet & Greet” by HR

There’s nothing like being greeted at the door of the company you work for by the folks from Human Resources  who tell you to “follow them”.  That apparently was the first real indication the employees had at The Commercial Appeal that Wednesday, March 18th was their “unlucky Day”.  According to information from the inside. if [...]

Thus Endeth the Lesson

In the TV news business, we’re supposed to ask questions and get answers.  Unfortunately because of the constraints of time and the lack of warm bodies in news operations these days, too many reporters end up with the news article that the folks on the desk clipped from the newspaper, and either with the shooter [...]

More Belt-Tightening at WREG, Just How Long Can Memphis Support All of These News Operations and a Former NYTimes Broadcast Executive is named GM in Memphis

Some folks at WREG are feeling the tightening of the financial belt and apparently it is being felt across the board as well at sister stations in the Local TV LLC group.  According to what I have been told there was a meeting late last week where personal time, sick time and vacation time were [...]

News People Should Explore a Career in Sports, & A Memphis Newsperson Who Already Has a Plan B

These days it’s hard to escape the realities of the economy and the state of our 200.5Ks (formerly known as 401Ks which are now worth about half of what they were).  I received a call from my good friend and former co-worker Jack Church who was making a business call in my former hometown of [...]