by The Editors on February 14, 2008
Yesterday, according to a story in the San Diego Union-Tribune the North County Times offered 20 newsroom staff the option of a voluntary buyout as the paper cuts its news staff.
Editor Kent Davy said employees have until next week to decide if they will take the buyout offer. It includes one week of pay for every year of service up to 26 weeks. For those who take the buyout, their last day would be the end of the month. . . In a letter to employees, Davy said difficulties facing the industry “require us to significantly shrink the size of the newsroom.
Our advice to the reported 125 North County Times journalists: take the money. Who knows, Carlsbadistan may need your help.
[Link: San Diego Union-Tribune]
by The Editors on January 25, 2008
Carlsbadistan’s Valley Middle School is teaching students all the skills they’ll need for careers in TV broadcasting thanks to teacher Doug Green’s award-winning program VMSTV.com.
The class broadcasts a closed-circuit news program periodically to 1,000 fellow students, teachers and staff members. Replays of the news programs are broadcast on the school’s Web site, so parents can view them. Individual segments also can be seen on the school’s Web site.
So far the school’s network has received a Golden Bell award from the California School Boards Association. TV (and media in general) suddenly becomes not so mysterious once 13 year olds understand that they can create it just as easily as anyone else.
[Link: San Diego Union-Tribune]
by The Editors on September 18, 2007
Our favorite San Diego TV news reporter Rory Devine (along with Alejandro Alejandre behind the camera) are posted up with the KNSD Channel 7/39 live truck on Roosevelt St across from Hennessy’s this afternoon for live coverage of the new entertainment regulations that will most likely be passed tonight by the Carlsbad City Council. Rory, however, was running into the same problems the newspaper reporters have had lately.
“The owners aren’t in, the managers say they’re not authorized to talk, and the customers aren’t even here yet,” she said to her news director.
It must have been a slow news day. And we guess that’s good. For more check out the 6 PM news tonight on KNSD 7/39.
by The Editors on September 14, 2007
Carlsbad’s Carolyn Granado will be appearing tonight on the “hit” NBC game show 1 vs. 100 hosted by “popular comedian Bob Saget.”
In tonight’s episode of 1 Vs 100, Carolyn Granado of Carlsbad, California and Andrew Murray of Stony Point, New Jersey will play for a top prize of $1 million by trying to outsmart the mob, which includes Rabbi Shmuley of “Shalom in the Home,” cowboys, used car salesmen and Harvard professors.
The show airs on NBC tonight at 8 PM. Watch it and cheer Carolyn on. Apparently, you can play this game online and potentially win $10,000.
[Link: Reality TV Magazine]
by The Editors on August 21, 2007
It couldn’t happen to a better company. Time Warner Cable has been operating it’s business in the City of Carlsbad for the past nine months with out a valid local franchise agreement. As much as we hate the idea of only having one choice when it comes to cable, it is good to know that the City is standing up for itself against the media giant.
The suit, which was filed in U.S. District Court in San Diego, is the latest step in a months long battle between Carlsbad officials and Time Warner over the franchise agreement, which allows Time Warner to use city rights of way to run its cable lines. The city contends Time Warner’s franchise contract expired Nov. 19 and has attempted to get the company to sign a new contract with higher franchise fees.
Then again, according to the North County Times as of January 1 the Public Utilities Commission handles franchise contracts for the entire state and Time Warner may not even need one.
[Link: North County Times]
by The Editors on August 15, 2007
Being fans of both Kem Nunn and Deadwood creator David Milch we awaited their new show John From Cincinnati with anticipation because it featured a beach town (like Carlsbad) and surfers (like us, sort of).
The HBO series centered around a troubled family of formerly famous surfers from Imperial Beach (some claim it was loosely based on San Clemente’s Fletcher family) who encounter a strange, seemly autistic man named John, who claims to be from Cincinnati. John has come to get the family “back in the game.”
When the show arrived Sunday nights on HBO we were intrigued. Rarely does a beach community, (or surfers in general) appear in the mainstream media with serious representation. As the weeks wound down to last Sunday’s finale, however, the show drifted so far in to the metaphysical realm of surf as metaphor for spirituality and marketing as religion that even the show’s writers seemed to get lost.
They won’t be lost any longer. HBO has announced that it is canceling John From Cincinnati. The ratings never picked up, and the fact was, the show was complex and confusing. “A spokeswoman for HBO declined to comment on the reasons for “John” ‘s cancellation.”
[Link: San Diego Union Tribune]
by The Editors on August 9, 2007
by The Editors on July 14, 2007
As everyone under 16 will tell you, July 21 is the day that the seventh and “final” installment in JK Rowlings Harry Potter series Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows drops on the world. And to get a jump on the action, bookstores are staying open until midnight on July 20th so they can start selling the books as soon as the 21st rolls around. Borders Carlsbad at 1905 Calle Barcelona in The Forum is hosting a Grand Hallows Ball featuring:
An evening of wizardly activities, fantastical games, and stupendous giveaways! Get your copy at the stroke of midnight.
So if you have some Potter fans in your family, this will definitely be the place to be. And don’t think there won’t be a huge, long line filled with kids (and a lot of adults, sadly) in costume stringing down the front of the buidling.
[Link: Borders Books and The North County Times]
by The Editors on July 3, 2007
The latest issue of Carlsbad Magazine has hit the racks around town and it is stuffed full of sizzling Carlsbad goodness, including, but not limited to a profile on Carlsbad’s biggest surf celebrity Taylor Knox (click to read), a preview of the last Acura Classic at La Costa, a behind the green preview of The Crossings golf course, a story on Carlsbad’s best ice cream, a peek into Richard and Elaine Wagner’s tropical backyard, and a profile of Jeff Warner and Bob Hecklinger’s new State Street surfshop Legends. Some of this is up on ClickOnCarlsbad.com, however, until the rest goes up you’re going to have to read it the old fashion way: on paper with the old folks.
[Link: Carlsbad Magazine]
by The Editors on July 3, 2007
Maku Furnishings, our favorite Carlsbad-based furniture company just got props in an Associated Press lifestyle piece written by Joan Brunskill.
Consistent with its California roots, Maku Furnishings combines a high-spirited surfing connection with environmental awareness — and makes wood furniture mostly intended for outdoor use. . . Maku’s furniture is designed in Encinitas, Calif., and made in Java from sustainable Indonesian teak, reclaimed or plantation-grown.
The first to pick up the story is The Prince George Citizen in BC, Canada. Word must travel slowly up there in the cold. And it’s nothing compared to Maku’s recent cover spot on Decor & Style Magazine. But every little bit counts. Right, Johnny?
[Link: Prince George Citizen]
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