As the result of dwindling advertising revenues, WFLA, Channel 8, plans to discontinue its 11 a.m. newscast at the end of May. The announcement to end "News Channel 8 Midday" and other changes involving WFLA and The Tampa Tribune were made to the newsroom staff this morning by WFLA News Director Don North and Managing Editor for Online Loren Omoto. ...more

March 31, 2009

The city of Winter Haven has filed a lawsuit against its former spring training tenant, the Cleveland Indians. ...more

January 15, 2009

The article "Comcast Offers More Channels" by Bill Rettew in Highlands Today, Sept. 16, was downright gullible. Rettew makes no mention of the channels Comcast no longer offers. Rettew describes the changes as "good news," then quotes Comcast executives who say that they listen to customers. When I called Comcast to complain I was only able to speak to voicemail. Both the CBS station in Fort Myers and the ABC station in Orlando have been dropped from Basic Cable. Comcast once carried Sebring's local station but this also has been dropped in the last year. Do they think Highlands County is in the Tampa area? ...more

November 1, 2008

Saddled with too much debt, Tampa-based Creative Loafing Inc., the owner of six alternative weekly newspapers, sought Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection on Monday. ...more

September 30, 2008

The New York Times once epitomized all that was great about American newspapers; now it symbolizes its industry's deep malaise. ...more

May 10, 2008