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By Henry Dubroff / Friday, August 9th, 2013 / Columns, Opinion / Comments Off on Dubroff’s top 10 tips to Jeff Bezos for mastering media moguldom
My first job in journalism was phoning in the Northwood High School basketball scores to the Washington Post, a task typically performed from a pay phone outside a fast food joint in Four Corners, Md. My pay was $4 per game, enough for a burger, fries and a shake. That was in the 1960s, and Read More →
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By Dana Olsen / Friday, May 31st, 2013 / Top Stories / Comments Off on Mission and State to launch in early June
Come next week, there will be a new voice in Santa Barbara’s journalism market. Mission and State, a nonprofit news website that’s been in the works for more than a year, will consist mostly of in-depth, long-form stories about the Santa Barbara area and its residents. Joe Donnelly, Mission and State’s executive editor, told the Read More →
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By Stephen Nellis / Friday, May 17th, 2013 / Central Coast, Top Stories / Comments Off on KCLU, KCBX to battle it out in Santa Maria
A radio battle is shaping up on the Central Coast, with two similar stations preparing to face off for audience share from the Santa Ynez Valley to San Luis Obispo. But it’s not another clash of commercial giants such as Cumulus Media and Clear Channel Communications. The contenders are KCBX and KCLU, two nonprofit public Read More →
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By Staff Report / Monday, May 13th, 2013 / Latest news / Comments Off on KCLU buys Santa Maria station
Thousand Oaks-based National Public Radio station KCLU has purchased a station in Santa Maria that will expand its reach to the Central Coast. The station, which is a community service of California Lutheran University, will begin broadcasting to listeners in Santa Maria, the Santa Ynez Valley, Lompoc, Nipomo and the Five Cities area. The frequency Read More →
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By Stephen Nellis / Friday, May 10th, 2013 / Columns, Law / Comments Off on Appeals court sides with Independent editor in ownership dispute
The court battle over the ownership of the Santa Barbara Independent is on the cusp of resolution.
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By Editorial Board / Friday, April 19th, 2013 / Editorials, Opinion / Comments Off on Editorial: California wisely shelves pay-to-view court fee
Balancing California’s budget on the back of the First Amendment is a terrible idea.
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By Henry Dubroff / Wednesday, April 10th, 2013 / Columns, Latest news, Women Inc. / 1 Comment
Pacific Coast Business Times will break its own glass ceiling this year when it installs Sage Publications co-founder, chair and owner Sara Miller McCune into our Business Hall of Fame. With her late husband George, Miller McCune launched Sage Publications in New York in 1965 with what the Sage website describes as the the proceeds Read More →
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