By LACIE PIERSON Charleston Gazette-Mail CHARLESTON, W.Va. — HD Media is the successful bidder to purchase the Charleston Gazette-Mail. The Huntington-based company secured its status as the likely purchaser of West Virginia’s largest newspaper after the owners of Ogden Newspapers decided they weren’t going to further pursue the purchase. HD Media’s[Read More…]
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Before filing allegedly falsified lien, Walters deeded property to woman for $1
By JAKE ZUCKERMAN Charleston Gazette-Mail CHARLESTON, W.Va. — Documents show that, before recently resigned Delegate Ron Walters, R-Kanawha, struck a deal with a county prosecutor to withdraw an allegedly falsified lien on a double-wide trailer, he deeded the property to a woman for $1. Walters resigned Wednesday after signing an agreement[Read More…]
Frontier, CWA talks at impasse
By JIM McCONVILLE The Journal MARTINSBURG, W.Va. — Frontier Communications and Communications Workers of America members in West Virginia are not talking, and it is not known when talks might resume, according to Andy Malinoski, Frontier’s communications manager. “We would like to talk, but I don’t know,” Malinoski said Tuesday[Read More…]
Frontier Communications workers continue strike in West Virginia
By BLAKE STOWERS Bluefield Daily Telegraph BLUEFIELD, W.Va. — Day three of a strike continued Tuesday for workers with Frontier Communications, who have set up picket line locations in several spots across the region. Louis Nave from Princeton said he is on strike from Frontier for several reasons. “Our contract expired Saturday with[Read More…]
Gazette-Mail will go to auction on Thursday
By LACIE PIERSON Charleston Gazette-Mail CHARLESTON, W.Va. — A second bidder has emerged for the Charleston Gazette-Mail, setting the stage for an auction of the property on Thursday. According to a document filed in federal bankruptcy court Monday, HD Media, based in Huntington, has placed a bid to purchase the newspaper.[Read More…]
HD Media qualifies to bid on Charleston Newspapers
By COURTNEY HESSLER The Herald-Dispatch CHARLESTON, W.Va. — The owner of The Herald-Dispatch and several other southern West Virginia newspapers has been named as an interested party in the purchase of bankrupt Charleston Newspapers, according to court documents filed Tuesday. Charleston Newspapers President Trip Shumate announced in January the company was entering[Read More…]
Breaking News: WV Governor announces pay raise agreement, possible end to strike
CHARLESTON, W.Va. — Governor Jim Justice has announced that there is a legislative deal on the teacher pay raise issue which should end the West Virginia teachers strike. Visit your local newspaper’s website for the latest information on the strike and legislature. Get full details and complete coverage of the[Read More…]
CWA hits the picket lines: Union strikes when contract negotiations with Frontier Communications break down
By JOHN McVEY The Journal MARTINSBURG, W.Va. — Members of the Communications Workers of America Local 2105 joined union members throughout West Virginia on the picket lines at midnight Saturday as their contract with Frontier Communications expired. “We’re in this for the long haul,” Chris Bird, president of Local 2105,[Read More…]
Note to readers about Gazette-Mail web access
Charleston Gazette-Mail CHARLESTON, W.Va. — The Gazette-Mail’s online pay wall that caps story access for nonsubscribers has been reactivated. Following the elimination of the Monday printed paper, the pay wall feature had been postponed while new readers became used to our digital offerings, including our replica edition. Subscribers to our[Read More…]
Byrd Newspapers to be sold to Ogden Newspapers
The Journal WINCHESTER, VA. – An agreement has been reached for The Ogden Newspapers, Inc., a family-owned newspaper group with 43 daily newspapers published in 16 states, to become the new owner of the Byrd Newspapers, Ogden Chief Executive Officer Robert M. Nutting announced today. The sale includes the Byrd[Read More…]
