Journal Communications sold to Ohio ownership group

Earlier tonight new broke that Journal Communications, the parent company of the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, has been purchased by the E.W. Scripps Co. out of Cincinnati. Two storied media firms, Journal Communications Inc. of Milwaukee and E.W. Scripps Co. of Cincinnati, announced Wednesday evening an agreement to merge their broadcast…

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Journal Communications should be ashamed.

I pride myself as a Milwaukeean. I take even more pride as a Wisconsinite. But I take shame in my government. And, albeit, I am a subscriber, I take shame in my state’s largest media outlet in Journal Communications and the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel. Tonight was the last straw for…

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Liberal media bias? Not when it’s Journal Communications we’re talking about!

As reported by MediaMatters, local right-wing squawker Charlie Sykes seems to have ambitions that extend far beyond Wisconsin. Wisconsin-based radio host Charlie Sykes may want to be the next Glenn Beck. But a new marketing project aimed at spreading his hard conservative talk brand beyond home station WTMJ of Milwaukee…

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