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Pennsylvania paper gains subscribers after Patriot-News reduces print frequency

Andrew Beaujon — Wed, 16 Jan 2013 18:54:16 +0000

Editor George Spohr says “new circulation starts have been incredible” at The (Carlisle, Pa.) Sentinel since The (Harrisburg, Pa.) Patriot-News reduced print frequency this month.

: Spohr sent this picture of new sub orders and a note: “This is what happens

Pennsylvania newspaper, TV station team to compete with less frequent Patriot-News

Andrew Beaujon — Mon, 26 Nov 2012 19:46:23 +0000

The Sentinel | WHTM
The (Carlisle, Pa.) Sentinel and Harrisburg, Pa., TV station WHTM have struck a content-sharing agreement that they think will give them an upper hand when the competing (Harrisburg) Patriot-News goes to a three-day-per-week print schedule in … Read more

Pulitzer Prize winner Sara Ganim leaves Patriot-News to join CNN

Andrew Beaujon — Tue, 13 Nov 2012 15:33:31 +0000

Pennlive.com
Sara Ganim, who won a Pulitzer Prize for her reporting on the Jerry Sandusky scandal at Penn State, joined CNN as a correspondent this week, The (Harrisburg, Pa.) Patriot-News reports. “I’m excited to have the chance to cover … Read more

Robert Vickers: ‘The wall of opinion and hard news’ fell long before he endorsed Romney

Andrew Beaujon — Fri, 02 Nov 2012 17:20:27 +0000

Pennlive.com
Harrisburg (Pa.) Patriot-News politics writer Robert Vickers published a column Friday about why he’s voting for Mitt Romney. In a chat with readers, he talked about the decision, still unusual for a newspaper reporter, to publicly disclose his … Read more

Reports: Layoffs hit Patriot-News, Post-Standard in shift to fewer print days

Andrew Beaujon — Tue, 02 Oct 2012 14:06:36 +0000

The Sentinel | The Patriot-News | CNYCentral.com | YNN
The Advance-owned Patriot-News laid off “about 70″ employees Monday, Stacy Brown reports for The (Carlisle, Pa.) Sentinel. Brown gets to that figure independently; Patriot-News publisher John Kirkpatrick tells him only, … Read more

Patriot-News, Post-Standard employees to find out today whether they’ll be laid off

Andrew Beaujon — Mon, 01 Oct 2012 14:38:45 +0000

The Patriot-News | The Post-Standard
Employees at the (Harrisburg, Pa.) Patriot-News and the (Syracuse, N.Y.) Post-Standard will find out Monday whether they’ll be kept on at new companies that will publish print newspapers three days per week. In Pennsylvania, … Read more

Patriot-News staffers will learn next month if they’ve lost their jobs

Andrew Beaujon — Wed, 12 Sep 2012 12:53:42 +0000

Associated Press | PennLive.com | Syracuse.com | Poynter
Two hundred and thirty employees of the (Harrisburg, Pa.) Patriot-News will be notified by the first week of October whether they’ll keep their jobs, the Associated Press reports.

In late August … Read more

Patriot-News publisher: ‘I am almost positive we will have fewer employees’

Andrew Beaujon — Thu, 30 Aug 2012 17:01:15 +0000

Pennlive.com
Patriot-News publisher John Kirkpatrick, Editor Cate Barron and Pennlive.com Editor David Farré took questions from readers about the Harrisburg, Pa., paper’s planned shift to print three days a week. It announced the changes Tuesday.

In response to a … Read more

Harrisburg, Syracuse cuts come as print circulation slides

Jeff Sonderman — Tue, 28 Aug 2012 17:26:34 +0000

The decision by Advance Newspapers to cut back to three days of print publishing at the Harrisburg Patriot-News and the Syracuse Post-Standard comes amid slides in print circulation at the papers.

Recent reports from the Audit Bureau of Circulations show … Read more

Patriot-News, Post-Standard will reduce print frequency to three days a week

Andrew Beaujon — Tue, 28 Aug 2012 14:33:05 +0000

Pennlive | Syracuse.com
The (Harrisburg, Pa.) Patriot-News, which won a Pulitzer Prize for its coverage of the Penn State scandal, and The (Syracuse, N.Y.) Post-Standard are following their corporate siblings in Alabama and New Orleans to a reduced printing … Read more