University of Kentucky head basketball coach John Calipari does not take kindly to sports talk hosts questioning his coaching strategies. What started as a playful give-and-take with radio host Dan Patrick turned a bit awkward. It's all good. You people are crazy! It's all about these kids.
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OMG! Insert breathless headline here!
Are Courier-Journal editors losing their perspective on which news stories warrant screaming banner sized headlines? The question isn't about relevance or the local nature of the story, it is the SCREAMING headline across the entire top of the page, a treatment used for massive natural disasters, mass killings, or the assassination of a major world figure. The crux of this story warrants a one column headline at best, not even on the front page. Hype. The next day: less hysterical lower case, partial page headlines for the man sentenced to 12 years for defrauding others out of $108 million + a horse attempting a feat earned by only 11 during a 142 year stretch. I rest my case.
The Bingham family media sales of 1986
This 1986 video shows WHAS-11 News reporting on the sale of the final media properties held by the Bingham family of Louisville. The Binghams dominated Louisville's media landscape by controlling the major daily newspaper, plus the most popular radio and television stations. WHAS-AM and WAMZ-FM were sold for slightly more than $20 million to Clear Channel Communications of San Antonio, the fifth and sixth stations to join its burgeoning portfolio. Clear Channel went on to build a chain of 1,200 stations across America before selling to Bain Capital. At the time of this report, the Binghams had already sold The Courier-Journal newspaper to Gannett; WHAS-11 to the Providence Journal Corp., and Standard Gravure (rotogravure printing) to an Atlanta investor. In
Drawing on inspiration
As a little kid, I couldn't wait to open up the Courier-Journal and draw Hugh Haynie's political cartoon. I dreamed of growing up and making a living doing social commentary just like the late Hugh Haynie did. On September 30, 2013, I finally got a chance to peek into the long-vacated political cartoonist office on the Courier-Journal's 3rd floor. Mr. Haynie was succeeded by Nick Anderson, who went on to win a Pulitzer Prize for his cartooning. Anderson now works for the Houston Chronicle. Standing in this little office today, I imagined the swirling creative pressure that bore down on both Haynie and Anderson as deadlines approached. The Frazier History Museum is featuring a Hugh Haynie cartoon exhibit through