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The Nashville Area Chamber of Commerce this morning announced its 2010-2011 board of directors and named Bert Mathews, president of The Mathews Company, as chairman. Mathews succeeds Ron Samuels, president and CEO of Avenue Bank, who had chaired the board since 2008.
Kenny Blackburn, vice president of external affairs for AT&T Tennessee, becomes vice chairman, a position Mathews held. Tom Negri, general manager of Loews Vanderbilt Hotel, will hold the office of secretary.
New faces on the board include:
- Carol Hudler, president & publisher, The Tennessean
- Nelson Remus, founder and president, MEDIAmail Packaging and Fulfillment
- Jean Rush, president, Cigna Government Services
John Tishler, partner and chairman, Waller Lansden Dortch & Davis, is now general counsel to the board.
Jul 9, 2010 10:19 AM
Ellen Leifeld is stepping down as publisher of The Tennessean after more than three decades at Gannett. Taking her spot is Carol Hudler, at left, who is moving here from Fort Myers and bringing Gannett's South Newspaper Group HQ with her.
Nov 23, 2009 10:44 AM
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Chris Wage pens a humorous takedown of what, to him, was a very unfunny post by me that he believes was a severe lapse in judgment:
Initially I argued that this was a seemingly pointless exercise of creepy fixation and a disturbing use of journalistic authority towards public castigation. But I now realize that I was wrong. Not only am I wrong, but I’ve been remiss. You see, many times — recently and in the past, as well — I’ve seen someone, online or in person, and thought that they resembled another person. Not only did I not report it to the media on these occasions, it didn’t even occur to me. Think of all the opportunities to catch someone in a lie that have been lost because of my carelessness. Think of the hundreds, thousands, perhaps, of people out there — right now — that have pictures of themselves on the Internet which resemble other pictures of people on the Internet, with their veracity and likeness competely unchallenged.
Well, no more.
Read the rest.
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Jul 29, 2009 11:06 AM
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Jul 28, 2009 2:51 PM
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Editor & Publisher has posted a memo from Knoxville News Sentinel editor Jack McElroy which outlines a loose agreement by Tennessee's four major daily papers, The Chattanooga Times-Free Press, the Nashville Tennessean, The Memphis Commercial Appeal and the Sentinel to share content.
The agreement, which began Wednesday of last week, would allow any of the four papers to use any story already published in one of the other papers in full in their print products. Online, however, only a headline and a snippet can be used with a link back to the original story.
According to the memo all stories "should be fully credited to the originating newspaper, with bylines naming writers and newspaper and shirttails or taglines telling how to contact writers."
Coordination between editorial staffs is also discussed in the memo with each paper designating a "point editor" to coordinate with other papers. Further, individual subject editors are encouraged in the memo to work with their counterparts in the other organizations to exchange story budgets and communicate upcoming story ideas.
In order to share files, photos, etc. a common FTP site "may be established" according to the memo.
This agreement can be seen not only as a cost cutting measure to thin the herd of redundant reporters but also an end run around the Associated Press whose high fees in times of economic decline and industry upheaval have caused many newspaper organizations consternation.
However, the agreement is far from iron clad or even official, as the memo makes clear.
"This is intended to be an informal, handshake deal that any party may terminate at any time. We will endeavor to address any problems that might arise as they come up."
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Mar 8, 2009 9:13 PM
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From the VP of Audience and Content Development:
“We will not reduce the amount of coverage devoted to local news or local business issues. Some national business coverage will be trimmed and a few business columns will be placed on hiatus. We will continue to print separate Local and Business sections on Sundays.”
Jan 5, 2009 9:46 PM
Tim Chavez offers the opportunity to commiserate with some recent media layoff victims:
A time, date and place -- newspaper style always -- has been set for a gathering to salute the 22 people laid off from The Tennessean earlier this month.
If you'd like to come, send me an e-mail with your full name and phone number(I won't publish them), and I will call you with the details. I'd like to pass the hat so we can raise some funds to help these good people during the holidays. They still have families and bills.
No moles or Tennessean apologists need call.
Dec 10, 2008 12:26 PM
Tim Chavez consoles his newly sacked former colleagues with his story of life after Gannett:
First, God, saved my life. So my my life is dedicated to his will and the people around us in need. Yes, I write a blog that no one really reads. I am a nobody and technically a failure at 50 years of age. I can't help people like I could when I was a columnist in a newspaper that reached a lot of people.
But God still provides us opportunities. Yes, I'm still a failure. I make little money compared to what I did as a columnist with a long career. I feel shame and am glad my parents are not alive to see me this way. But I still believe God kept me alive for a reason.
Dec 4, 2008 8:32 AM
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