Who? that's probably the first question readers of this hyper local independent news site that started published back in February 2015 with over 199,000 users might ask. The big media publishing conglomerate Time Media Group that owns The East Tribune Tribune where Wayne Schutsky's assignment was "a contributing writer" to cover Mesa, has now changed its business model to publish more local news making him Managing Editor to relaunch Scottsdale Progress . . .
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Blogger Note: It was a pleasant totally unexpected surprise to see this quote from the son of the original newspaper owner about what people want:
“I think they would want to see a gutsy newspaper that was willing to put resources into reporting on the community and challenging the community and taking stands on issues and being fearless in what they publish.”
Link to the KJZZ article and podcast > click here
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A KJZZ reporter Mariana Dale yesterday called it an anomaly in an era of shrinking local news coverage when she interviewed Wayne Schutsky afterward he tweeted that "It’s super weird being on the other side of the interview. My voice sounds weird on the radio..."
That's OK Wayne, obviously the owner of the Times Media Group appreciates what you write by moving you up to the full-time position as Managing Editor to relaunch an historic paper started in 1948 that last published in 2009
Historic Paper Scottsdale Progress Relaunches With Smaller Staff And Big Aspirations
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What's the gamble?? |
| Times Media Group owner Steve Strickbine Image from Twitter |
The newest owners [Times Media Group] think they can make money from advertisers making Wayne Schutsky their go-to guy for local Scottsdale news. It looks like an intense full-time job: according to this report on KJZZ yesterday
Schutsky says to expect stories from local businesses, the school district and City Council. “I will know I’m successful because I will be talking to people in the community on a daily basis and getting their feedback,” Schutsky said.“We’re news about Scottsdale for people in Scottsdale,” said managing editor Wayne Schutsky with plans by TMG's owner Strickbine (which already publishes more than a dozen publications) to hit the streets with 40,000 copies every Sunday. Strickbine calls the combined publishing effort “platooning,” because reporters write stories that are published in multiple publications.
“If you tell good stories and you really touch the issues and you follow up on them you’re going to have an audience and then people will advertise.”
The new Progress will publish stories from Schutsky, a full-time reporter, freelancers and other Times Media staffers.
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Blogger Note: There's also some reporting in the KJZZ report and podcast about
News Deserts
"Times Media Group Executive Editor Paul Maryniak remembers when there were multiple newspapers published in one day.
“I do a little bit of everything,” Maryniak said. “I report. I write. I edit. I decide what’s going on the front page.”
While Maryniak has watched the news industry shrink, there’s concern that some American towns and cities have no local media at all. . . "
Mariana Dale/KJZZ
“I do a little bit of everything," said Paul Maryniak, an executive editor at Times Media Group
."I report. I write. I edit. I decide what’s going on the front page"
