Fri, July 26, 2024

Neil Gordon

Neil Gordon

Free Access: Oldest and largest newspaper in Georgia going in different directions

AUGUSTA CHRONICLE Dorothea “Topsy” Jones and her family had the Augusta Herald and then the Augusta Chronicle delivered from the late 1940’s up until this summer. She passed away at age 97 and due to her age and eyesight had her trusty magnifying glasses to read her newspaper each day. She was upset when the price went up after she had had the paper for so long, said Dorothea’s daughter, Donna King. “The last several years, she and the neighbor across the street shared a paper and she would pay

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Neil Gordon

Free Access: Media Watch: TV news and changes made to get and keep viewers

Legal Battles Starting today, journalist, Ashley Campbell-White will walk into her new TV home and feel like she’s going from the basement to the penthouse – Gray Television’s approximate $41 million state-of-the-art media complex on the Riverwatch Parkway. It’s not that her previous digs at WFXG weren’t nice with its remodeled studio, but she’s gone through two months of legal challenges getting released from a non-compete clause in her contract. White, who made a significant salary as WFXG’s former Executive Producer and 6:30 p.m. anchor wanted to be able to

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