Star-Ad to become just "shopper" newspaper without news investigations. The century of real news reporting disappears as only Black Press corporate news views allowed or news writers fired.   http://www.savehawaiinews.org/
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Today, a sad, stark reminder of what Honolulu Star-Advertiser publisher Dennis Francis
won't run in the pages of his own paper: another 10 newsroom employees have been laid off- with no specific reason given for the move. Former colleagues' names removed from their mail slots, joining the wall of others gone. Uncertainty lies ahead. In all, Francis and Canadian owner David Black have laid off about a quarter of Hawaii's largest newsroom in a year.
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Oahu Publications Inc (OPI)/Black Press has gutted the newsroom at the Star-Advertiser,
cutting a quarter of the staff. Now publisher Dennis Francis of OPI, owned by Canada-based Black Press Ltd., is insisting on slashing wages and benefits for the remaining journalists.