The Buzz
The Buzz
TIME Warner Cable International President Glenn Britt recently visited the islands to oversee first-hand the presidential transition at Oceanic Cable from Don Carroll to Nate Smith. Carroll retains the chairmanship. Britt's Hawaii visit was only half business, spending, the other half revisiting the Big Island's Four Seasons Resort, of which he spoke glowingly. Top cable exec
gives thumbs up
to Big Isle resort
As the war rages on ...
... between Honolulu's daily papers, the weeklies are engaged in their own efforts.The Honolulu Weekly, winning one first place Pa'i among its four awards, was until recently searching for a managing editor to replace Stu Dawrs.
Publisher Laurie Carlson said Dawrs left to pursue studies at the University of Hawaii, but would continue to serve as a contributing writer. "We've reorganized our internal structure," she said, so Curt Sanburn was promoted from writer to managing editor. The Weekly has hired new writers and increased advertising revenue, she said, to the point that the paper is 40 pages on a regular basis. The classified section is about to be redesigned from a five-column layout to eight columns, she said, and the change will coincide with the purchase of new software.
Carlson said the changes are "all self-supported growth from revenue," but added that she'd just deposited the Weekly's settlement from the city this week. The Weekly was awarded some $100,000 in litigation with the city over newsrack placement. "Most of the settlement went to the attorneys," Carlson said.
Pacific Business News, which won a third-place plaque at the Pa'i ceremony, is working to rebuild an editorial staff after a year of reporter losses to other ventures. The weekly business journal is running a classified ad seeking a new managing editor in the trade magazine Editor & Publisher, among other publications.
And This Week Publications recently faxed over a news release trumpeting its 35th anniversary. Publisher Stan Mulkey says This Week boasts some 800 advertisers, and annual circulation of 6.6 million. The company publishes a This Week magazine for each major island, as well as Ala Moana Center magazine, Pearlridge Center Magazine and Pleasant Hawaii magazine, among other publications.
Erika Engle is a reporter with the Star-Bulletin.
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