The Dayton Daily News isn’t your friend

The Dayton Day-old News

I stopped getting home delivery of the Dayton Daily News years ago because the paper couldn’t be on my doorstep at 6am everyday. I’m a morning person, and the ritual of getting up, reading the paper and moving on is important. The iPad edition sucks. It gives a visual representation of a printed paper, and Read More

Dayton Daily “news” is still an establishment tool

There is a reason the three county commissioners asked for the Department of Justice to investigate the County Jail for civil rights violations, but you won’t see it in the Dayton Daily or “The Leader” Channel 7. While 22/45 had no problem running my video– complete with the link esrati.com/deadly on screen, the Cox papers Read More

When the newspaper of public record- isn’t

Years back, A.J. Wagner looked at the amount of money the County was spending on required publication of public documents- court dockets, bid notices, sheriffs sales etc. and wondered if he couldn’t save money by buying ads in the freely distributed Dayton City Paper. The local “newspaper” run by the billionaire Cox sisters cried foul. Read More

Did your Dayton Daily news seem a little less significant this morning?

The Dayton Daily news and Cox Media eliminated 7 people yesterday. Some, were out on assignment, when the big boss notified the staff who got the axe. When it’s your time to go, it’s “Hhello, you’re fired, give us your ID and keys and we’ll escort you out. We’ll go through your desk- and mail Read More

Dayton Daily news to make cuts tomorrow

As if losing your job doesn’t suck enough, those fine folks at Cox Media- who have a million dollars to donate to Dayton’s Whitewater- announced last week that they would be cutting jobs this week. Word is that more reporters are being shown the door, a photographer and a few managers. Considering they barely publish Read More

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