Tag Archives: Stefanie Murray

AnnArbor.com cuts staff considerably, laying off 14

By Mark | March 13, 2011

They’re not really talking about it on the AnnArbor.com site, but on Friday they laid off 14 employees. According to Michigan Radio, this leaves about 20 or so people in their newsroom. (The old Ann Arbor News, from what I’m told, had approximately 75 reporters in their newsroom.) Among those let go were lead blogger [...]

Posted in Ann Arbor, Media, Uncategorized | Also tagged Advance Publications, Amalie Nash, Ann Arbor Chronicle, AnnArbor.com, Bison Messink, Dave Askins, Detroit Free Press, Ed Vielmetti, James Dickson, Jeff Arnold, Kaleb Roedel, Lon Horwedel, Mary Morgan, Matt Kraner, maximize profits, Newhouse, Newhouse Newspapers, Renee Tellez, S.I. Newhouse, Sunday circular, the future of journalism, the sad state of journalism, Tony Dearing | 36 Comments

AnnArbor.com implements crackdown on excessive capitalization

By Mark | February 17, 2010

It’s been a while since we here in this wretched hive of scum and villainy have discussed the form of “aggressive moderation” being practiced by our friends at AnnArbor.com. As I’m sympathetic to their situation, and want for them to be successful, I try not to be unnecessarily critical of the choices they make. But, [...]

Posted in Ann Arbor, Environment, Food, Media | Also tagged aggressive moderation, ALL CAPS, AnnArbor.com, asian carp, capitalization, fish, invasive species, invasive species and how they taste, Lake Michigan, the Great Lakes | 54 Comments

Ignite Ann Arbor

By Mark | June 23, 2009

In 2006, in Seattle, as the story goes, two technology geeks – Brady Forrest and Bre Pettis – got the idea to take the Japanese phenomena known as Pecha Kucha and repackage it for technologists and DIYers. They called the event, sponsored by O’Reilly Media and Make magazine, Ignite, and, since then, it’s been growing [...]