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Adenoid_Hynkel

(14,093 posts) Mon Jan 29, 2018, 07:43 PM Jan 2018

Charleston Gazette declaring bankruptcy; Ogden Newspapers is planned buyer

Source: Charleston Gazette

The owners of the Charleston Gazette-Mail agreed Monday to take the company into Chapter 11 bankruptcy.

Wheeling Newspapers is currently the high bidder to assume ownership of the company.

The company, operated by the Nutting family, owns more than 40 daily newspapers across the nation, including the Wheeling, Parkersburg, Martinsburg and Elkins newspapers in West Virginia.

Charleston Newspapers, the company that owns the Gazette-Mail, issued a WARN notice to all employees Monday afternoon.

Read more: https://www.wvgazettemail.com/news/gazette-mail-declaring-bankruptcy-ogden-newspapers-is-planned-buyer/article_5a0e1ede-29aa-5866-ab47-7b9655a0d3bb.html

A tragic day for WV, as one of the last independent, and only progressive, voices in the coalfields, who won a Pulitzer for their reporting last year, is bought out by Wheeling Newspapers, aka Ogden, a rightwing chain:

https://www.rawstory.com/2010/04/newspaper-chain-astroturfs-editorials/

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Charleston Gazette declaring bankruptcy; Ogden Newspapers is planned buyer (Original Post) Adenoid_Hynkel Jan 2018 OP

So sorry to hear this. Ken Ward Jr.'s outstanding reporting on issues Tanuki Jan 2018 #1

"... progressive voices in the coalfields...." mahatmakanejeeves Jan 2018 #5

Well, that truly sucks. scarletwoman Jan 2018 #2

Real shame, another casuality in decades of US media consolidation. appalachiablue Jan 2018 #3

Luckily Nutting has his cash cow DeminPennswoods Jan 2018 #4

Tanuki

(14,918 posts)

1. So sorry to hear this. Ken Ward Jr.'s outstanding reporting on issues

Reply to Adenoid_Hynkel (Original post)

Mon Jan 29, 2018, 07:53 PM

Jan 2018

related to mining, the environment, corruption, etc. are one of the Gazette's major assets as well. I hope he can stay and continue his important and acclaimed work.

mahatmakanejeeves

(57,489 posts)

5. "... progressive voices in the coalfields...."

Reply to Tanuki (Reply #1)

Mon Jan 29, 2018, 09:00 PM

Jan 2018

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That's who I was going to mention. He is a great friend of the working person. I hope he keeps his Coal Tattoo blog going.

Very sad news from @wvgazettemail

Link to tweet

Retweeted by Ken Ward Jr.: https://twitter.com/Kenwardjr

Despite Trump's promises, early federal government data shows an upward trend in coal employment that started in mid-2016 may have taken a turn in the fourth quarter: https://platform.mi.spglobal.com/web/client?auth=inherit#news/article?id=43278963&cdid=A-43278963-11050 …