By LACIE PIERSON Charleston Gazette-Mail CHARLESTON, W.Va. — Ogden Newspapers bid nearly $11 million to purchase control of the Charleston Gazette-Mail and its related assets, according to documents filed in U.S. Bankruptcy Court in Charleston on Tuesday. The figure — $10.911 million — was included in an asset purchase and[Read More…]
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West Virginia’s Gazette-Mail declaring bankruptcy; Wheeling Newspapers is planned buyer
Staff report Charleston Gazette-Mail CHARLESTON, W.Va. — 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[Read More…]
Charleston Gazette-Mail to file for bankruptcy
The Intelligencer and Wheeling News-Register WHEELING, W.Va. — The Charleston Gazette-Mail on Monday announced it would be filing for Chapter 11 bankruptcy, and that The Ogden Newspapers Inc. has emerged as the high bidder for the company. The Gazette-Mail plans to file for bankruptcy today, officials with the newspaper said.[Read More…]
WVU Reed College of Media alumna nominated for an Academy Award
WVU Today MORGANTOWN, W.Va. — An Oscar nomination won’t entice Elaine McMillion Sheldon and her husband, Kerrin, away from their passion: telling the stories of their home state of West Virginia in hopes of bringing attention, and solutions, to its problems – especially opioid addiction. The couple has been nominated[Read More…]
WV pharmacies dispensed 31M fewer painkillers and other powerful drugs last year
By ERIC EYRE Charleston Gazette-Mail The number of potentially addictive prescription drugs dispensed by West Virginia pharmacies dropped by 31 million in 2017, the sharpest decline in a single year since the state started tracking such powerful medications. Controlled substances, which include prescription painkillers, anti-anxiety medications and amphetamines, declined by[Read More…]
Julie Kemp, longtime Daily Mail editor and Charleston Ballet leader, dies at 87
Charleston Gazette-Mail CHARLESTON, W.Va. — Julianne Kemp, who worked as a reporter and editor at the Charleston Daily Mail for more than half a century and was also a leading figure at the Charleston Ballet, died this week at the age of 87. Known as Julie, she was born on[Read More…]
WVU Reed College of Media receives $250,000 AEP Foundation grant to expand community branding initiative
WVU Today MORGANTOWN, W.Va. — West Virginia University Reed College of Media students will work with local communities to tell and “sell” their stories thanks to a grant from the American Electric Power Foundation. The $250,000 grant supports WVU’s Community Branding Initiative, BrandJRNY. Students enrolled in specialized upper-level strategic communications courses[Read More…]
Over Attorney General’s objections, West Virginia lawmakers renew push to control settlement funds
By ERIC EYRE Charleston Gazette-Mail CHARLESTON, W.Va. For a second consecutive year, West Virginia lawmakers are targeting Attorney General Patrick Morrisey’s use of lawsuit settlement funds. On Monday, the House Judiciary Committee advanced a measure (House Bill 4009) that aims to ensure the Legislature gets to spend settlement money as[Read More…]
Sunken towboat leaking oil in Big Sandy River on West Virginia-Kentucky border
Staff report The Herald-Dispatch KENOVA, W.Va. — A West Virginia National Guard team has joined the response to an oil spill from a sunken towboat in the Big Sandy River just south of Kenova, on the West Virginia-Kentucky border. The Guard’s 35th Civil Support Team is providing personnel for environmental sampling[Read More…]
WVU Reed College of Media among the best in MediaShift rankings
WVU Today MORGANTOWN, W.Va. — The West Virginia University Reed College of Media has topped two different “best of” lists for innovation. MediaShift, the premier destination for insight and analysis at the intersection of media and technology, recently announced its top picks for media innovation in several areas. Dean Maryanne[Read More…]
