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Lee scraps Post-Dispatch’s copy desk

March 4, 2019 by Avis Meyer 2 Comments

A reflection And then there were none. The executives at Lee Enterprises, which bought the Post-Dispatch in 2005, have been sloughing off accomplished journalists, writers and copy editors, helter-skelter, like a pine tree shedding cones in a hurricane. And they’re still at it. Lee announced, on Feb. 16, that the few, the proud, the survivors of the design staff … [Read more...] about Lee scraps Post-Dispatch’s copy desk

Nostalgic Reunion Of The Globe-Democrat

November 11, 2011 by Avis Meyer

“Those were the days my friend; we thought they’d never end...” And although no one at the St. Louis Globe-Democrat’s recent reunion actually uttered that melancholy phrase — that was the tenor of the evening.  The literati and glitterati, past and present, of that spittoon-laden, hurly-burly, competing-paper era gathered in St. Louis Saturday, Oct. 29. The event was … [Read more...] about Nostalgic Reunion Of The Globe-Democrat

Four Stalwarts Retire From Post-Dispatch

June 22, 2011 by Avis Meyer

From hot lead to computers; from a p.m. newspaper to an a.m.; from Pulitzer ownership to Lee Enterprises, four veterans who have written and edited for a total of 135 years, recently walked out of the Post-Dispatch for the last time. It was a big loss of talent, experience and institutional memory. They are: Phil Sutin, John Duxbury Ron Cobb and Joan McKenna. Phil Sutin … [Read more...] about Four Stalwarts Retire From Post-Dispatch

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