Tag Archives: Hearne Christopher
Hearne: Heads Roll @ KC Star @ 18th & Grand
Been a while since the Grim Reaper laid waste to the Kansas City Star… Mercifully. But make no mistake, with the steady drip of print circulation attrition, nobody at 18th and Grand has harbored any illusions about the direction the industry’s heading. … Continue reading
Hearne: New Lawrence Library Bucks Trend, Battles for Relevancy
The Internet giveth, the Internet taketh away… For every amazing, wondrous benefit the Internet has afforded there’s a downside. Or so it seems. We get news at lightning fast speed, but newspapers and magazine’s have gone from cash cows to the walking dead. … Continue reading
Hearne: Star’s Sanchez Metes Out Bogus Praise for Chiefs
There she goes again… It took Kansas City Star columnist Mary Sanchez more than 20 years to revisit the ongoing controversy of using bogus American Indian symbolism to promote the Kansas City Chiefs football club. In November 1992 Sanchez scolded sports teams for their … Continue reading
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Tagged Hearne Christopher, Kansas City Chiefs, Mary Sanchez, tomahawk chop
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Hearne: Star Flubs Telling Readers Where to See ‘The Interview’ Christmas Day
My wife and I will be going to see “The Interview” on Christmas Day… And although Jack warned me I’d have to stay up for a late, late show if I wanted to see it – and Tim Engle at the Star choked … Continue reading
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Tagged Hearne Christopher, Jack Poessiger, Kansas City Star, The Interview, Tim Engle
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Hearne: Lame Magazine Study Ranks Manhattan Atop Lawrence
Enough with these bogus magazine “Best Of” magazine scams… What’s the best city to live in, the best go to college in, to raise a family, maintain your girlish figure, to visit, to retire, to start a biz – the … Continue reading
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Tagged Columbia, Hearne Christopher, K-State, Kansas, KU, Lawrence, Manhattan Kansas, MO, MU
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Hearne: Moderated Comments, Anyone? Smartman, Scribe?
A funny thing happened late last week… Not ha-ha funny, more curious funny. I’d just added a pair of words to the KC Confidential “forbidden words list” – the one I started four years ago to combat that clever rascal smartman. … Continue reading
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Tagged Hearne Christopher, Marti Dolinar, moderation, smartman
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Hearne: Rumored KMBZ Radio Format Change Could Backfire, Experts Say
It took nearly four years for Entercom to admit it made a mistake… To confirm that blowing up adult contemporary powerhouse KUDL (98.1 FM) in order to simulcast News Radio KMBZ (980 AM) on the FM band to try and attract younger listeners was a failure. … Continue reading
Hearne: Don’t Miss KC Confidential’s Christmas Wilding Wednesday @ Stanford’s
Brace yourselves… This year’s KC Confidential Christmas Wilding is about to unfold. Better and badder than ever, btw, in part because we’re shedding our in-town ways and holding the shindig in South Johnson County. That’s right, in the land of milk and honey where propped up two-income … Continue reading
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Tagged April Macie, Craig Glazer, Hearne Christopher, Rosana Square, Stanford & Sons
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Star beams: P&L Red Light Zone, Bill Cosby, NASA & Making Whoopi
The historic Power and Light Building will be renovated with some apartments going for as much as $3,500 a month. If you’re a woman you can make that money back quickly via that giant flashing red light. … Continue reading
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Tagged Bill Cosby, Hearne Christopher, Kelly Urich, The Point 99.7 FM, Whoopi Goldberg farts
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Jack Goes Confidential: Chris Rock Hits With ‘Top Five’
You’ve gotta give Chris Rock a lot of credit… After a period of involving himself with—shall we say—less than stellar movie parts, all of the sudden he’s turned edgy again. Rock wrote, directed and stars in his own motion picture … Continue reading
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Tagged Chris Rock, Hearne Christopher, Jerry Seinfeld, Kevin Hart, Top Five
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Hearne: The Rise & Fall of ‘Husker’ Greg Hall
Who’s gonna believe they’re getting an unbiased opinion on this one? Then again, does it really matter? What opinion really is completely unbiased, including those of “reporters” for newspapers such as the Kansas City Star? Truth is, with the odd exception there’s no … Continue reading
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Tagged Greg Hall, Hearne Christopher, Kevin Kietzman, Marti Dolinar, smartman, Soren Petro, Tony's Kansas City
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Hearne: Is ‘Black Friday’ On Its Last Legs?
Do you believe in the concept “too much of a good thing?” If so, you may have noticed these past two years that the hullaballoo surrounding Black Friday is beginning to subside. I certainly did last night. In making the rounds … Continue reading
Hearne: RIP John Muller 1949-2014
The advertising, arts, business community and beyond celebrates the life of John Muller tonight at 7 p.m. in the Kansas City Art Institute‘s Vanderslice Hall.
Hearne: October 2014 KC Radio Station Rankings
They’re up, they’re down… Who’s on first? Who’s on third? Who should have tried to make it home before Salvadore Perez bought the farm? Will The Buzz ever knock off The Rock, and why did its ratings barely rise when management was expecting a … Continue reading
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Tagged 96.5 The Buzz, Charles Ferruzza, Hearne Christopher, Jasper's, JJ Mirabile, Lazlo
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Hearne: Why This Year’s Post Season Run By The Royals Matters Little
Local sports media (and jock sniffers) couldn’t wait to set the Royals World Series defeat aside and laud the arrival of a new golden age of baseball in Kansas City… It’s story that’s been written before, long before the Royals post season successes last month. Sportswriters are homers … Continue reading
Hearne: Four Thumbs Up for Spirit Airlines
Allow me to stick it to Man Jack for just a minute…. You know, KCC’s resident movie, travel and sex-for-hire expert. That’s because I had the pleasure of flying Spirit Airlines to Chicago last week and in spite of the gentle German’s … Continue reading
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Tagged Hearne Christopher, Jack Poessiger, Southwest Airlines, Spirit Airlines
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Hearne: Frisco Follies Unfold Following ‘Royal Stomping’
I’ll let you in on a little secret… San Franciscans hate people referring to their town as Frisco. “Nicknames are supposed to embody some overall characteristic, not just act as a lazy surgery of the city’s name,” according to an online SF-based magazine. “There’s … Continue reading
Hearne: Facing Up to the Bitter Realities of Royals Baseball
In the end, didn’t we all know better? Coming back after a Rip Van Winkle coma is no small thing, and even people like me who had moved on with their lives leaving Major League Baseball in the distant rearview mirror were charmed by … Continue reading
Hearne: KCC Comments Moderation Problem is History
In the pantheon of Small Steps for Mankind, this is an infinitesimally small one… But somehow, some way, something very wicked – not to mention strange – came KC Confidential‘s way recently. Kinda like that mysterious flu that has people chunking … Continue reading →