Media General shows net profit in second quarter
Media General reported net income for the second quarter of 2009, and while the income number was modest, at $20.6 million for the quarter, it was a number in the black and not $532.2 million in the red like the second quarter of 2008 was for the media conglomerate. Read more
The morning paper revisited
Story by Chris Graham
“We’ve created a very strange situation for ourselves,” News Virginian editor and general manager Lee Wolverton said of the ongoing handwringing among us media moguls about what we need to do to get our industry back on track after a sustained period of losing print readers used to paying for the news to the Internet where people have come to expect information to be readily available for free. Read more
The dust, waiting to settle
You might think that any credit being given out for the Waynesboro Downtown Development Inc. fundraising effort that met with such success as to preclude the need for an infusion of city funds to keep it afloat would go to, well, the folks at Waynesboro Downtown Development Inc. Read more
More bad newspaper news
The News Virginian has laid off a newsroom staffer as part of a workforce reduction implemented by two local Media General-owned newspapers, according to an online report in the Daily Progress.
The Progress eliminated a total of six positions, including four in its news department. Read more
Get ready to gorge
A mix of professional and celebrity amateur chefs will be dishing their favorites St. Patrick’s Day at the 10th annual Taste of the Town sponsored by Waynesboro Downtown Development Inc.
Irish music provided by Scruffy Murphy will serve as the backdrop for the food sampling, which features defending Taste of the Town champion Chris Faris from Avante of Waynesboro among the participants. Read more
More bad news at Media General
More bad news on the news-media front. Media General announced last week that it is closing its Washington, D.C., news bureau on March 27.
“We very much regret having to take this step,” said Graham Woodlief, president of the Publishing Division at Media General, the parent company of The News Virginian in Waynesboro. Read more
Who’s in charge downtown?
Posted by afp on March 13, 2009 · 33 Comments
“I think the compromise, as long as the two restaurants survive through it without any bad numbers, and as long as I don’t take too big a hit, I think it’ll work,” said Bill Mikolay, the owner of Main Street Discount, whose objections to the scheduled April 26 Waynesboro Omnium bike race had threatened its cancellation before the compromise that he referenced in an interview with News Virginian reporter Jimmy LaRoue on Thursday was reached. Read more
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