Category Archives: Hearne_Christopher

These are desperate times for big city newspapers… In no small part because the days of them charging usurious subscription and ad rates are a thing of the past, thanks to Al Gore‘s worldwide web. Net result: Newspapers like the Kansas … Continue reading →

Tell it like it is time… A certain KC Confidential sports sage liked to remind readers that Kansas State football was little more than “a nice little team.” A football program being piloted by a soon-to-be octogenarian named Bill Snyder. Which … Continue reading →

Allow me to let you in on one of the basic tenets of journalism… Never dive headfirst into a pool until you make sure there’s enough water in it. But against probably any number of people’s better judgment that’s exactly … Continue reading →

Every family has one… Well, maybe not every family, but in the world of responsible journalism one needs to exercise a little common sense before taking an embarrassing, risky plunge. Unless the only aim is Tony’s Kansas City-like tabloid journalism. … Continue reading →

The team’s in place, now let’s see what they got… Four years back I had a power lunch at Lulu’s Thai Noodle with Kansas City Star editor Mike Fannin. Think of it as a three hour catharsis confab. I told Mike there were no hard … Continue reading →

The curious case of 61 Country legend David Lawrence… Few Kansas City radio personalities have loomed larger for longer than the esteemed WDAF radio personality. Although technically a country station, Lawrence pyramided his larger than life personality and penchant for hard news, coupled with colorful local on … Continue reading →

How the mighty have fallen… There’s so few survivors left at 18th & Grand it’s hard – but not impossible – to get a glimpse inside what’s left of the Kansas City Star these days. That said, earlier this morning I spoke … Continue reading →

You’re welcome… Longtime Kansas City Star subscriber – you know him as the Stomper – was mad as hell and wasn’t going to take it anymore. Not after choking out nearly $800 a year for a print subscription to the local … Continue reading →

You know what they say about bullies… Don’t be one. Yet that’s how a number of movie theater circuits around the country view KC based AMC Theatres. In no small part based on the combative business style of former AMC honcho Gerry … Continue reading →

Let’s get real, there’s no such thing as “reinvention” when it comes to daily newspapers… Forget what the flaks at Kansas City Star parent McClatchy keep telling everybody while they lay off news staff left, right and sideways. Nobody in the newspaper industry’s … Continue reading →

I never got to know Jeff Glazer that well, but I’ll certainly never forget him… Jeff’s big brother Craig Glazer cast a mighty shadow – one that dwarfed that even of his famous father Stan Glazer – and one that … Continue reading →