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Scott PowersNovember 12, 2018

The Orlando Sentinel has moved former publisher Nancy Meyer back as publisher of the newspaper and also of the Sun Sentinel, and named Julie Anderson as editor-in-chief, ending the run of Avido Khahaifa in both positions, Tribune Publishing announced Monday morning. Meyer has been serving as general manager of the South Florida Sun Sentinel in Fort Lauderdale. […]

Scott PowersOctober 24, 2018

The Miami Herald, the Tampa Bay Times, the Sun Sentinel of South Florida, the Palm Beach Post, and the Orlando Sentinel all have endorsed the re-election of Democratic U.S. Sen. Bill Nelson, and his campaign wants to make sure voters know that. In an era when newspaper readership and influence are declining and newspapers’ credibility […]

Scott PowersJune 11, 2018

It looks as if all the major candidates for Florida chief financial officer have had their driver’s licenses suspended — and also having trouble keeping track of that status. Three weeks after Republican incumbent Chief Financial Officer Jimmy Patronis was stung by a report that his driver’s license was suspended for nine months in 2011 […]

Scott PowersMarch 2, 2018

Democrats have launched billboards in Orlando and Tallahassee that declare that Gov. Rick Scott did nothing to address gun safety following the June 12, 2016, Pulse nightclub massacre in Orlando. The Florida Democratic Party has leased two billboards, and the one in Orlando went live Friday. The message charges that the Republican governor’s commitment to […]

Scott PowersMarch 2, 2016

Tribune Publishing Co. has shaken up leadership at all its newspapers, ousting publishers and promoting editors to dual positions as editor-publishers, including at the papers in Orlando and Fort Lauderdale, according to news reports. At the Orlando Sentinel, Nancy Meyer is out as publisher after a little more than a year in that position. Editor […]

Tag: Sun-Sentinel of South Florida

Orlando Sentinel shakes up top: Nancy Meyer, Julie Anderson in; Avido Khahaifa out

Bill Nelson ad touts widespread newspaper endorsements

Jeremy Ring, too, reportedly had driver’s license suspended

Democrats’ Orlando billboard proclaims ‘Rick Scott did nothing’ after Pulse

Tribune Publishing shake-up includes leadership shake-ups at Orlando, Fort Lauderdale newspapers