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Wednesday, April 14, 2010
Thursday, February 25, 2010
Bulletin owner to buy Honolulu Advertiser
Bulletin owner to buy Honolulu Advertiser
Oahu Publications, Inc., the owner of the Honolulu Star-Bulletin, Midweek and other weekly newspapers and magazines, will acquire The Honolulu Advertiser, the Advertiser's owner and Oahu Publications said this afternoon in simultaneous announcements at both newspapers.
The "asset purchase agreement" means Oahu Publications acquire The Advertiser's Web site, nondaily publications and Gannett's interest in Hawaii.com. Gannett will maintain its ownership of 605 Kapiolani Blvd., which Gannett officials said will be offered for sale.
"We have been very pleased and proud to be part of the Hawaii journalism community all these years but felt OPI's offer to buy The Advertiser and its related assets was the right course for Gannett at this time," said Bob Dickey, president of Gannett's U.S. Community Publishing. "We greatly appreciate all of the hard work and contributions our employees have made and know that they will continue to do a terrific job serving this market in the years to come."
"We are pleased to be able to purchase The Advertiser, a strong and excellent newspaper. We will endeavor to continue the tradition of good Hawaiian newspaper stewardship as exemplified in modern times by Twigg Smith and Gannett," said David Black, chairman of OPI.
The sale is subject to regulatory and other approvals and is expected to close in the second quarter of 2010. Because the Star Bulletin and The Honolulu Advertiser are daily newspaper competitors, OPI has discussed the purchase of The Advertiser with the Department of Justice and the Attorney General of Hawaii.
The Honolulu Advertiser was founded in 1856. Gannett purchased the paper in 1993.
Gannett Co., Inc. (NYSE: GCI) is an international news and information company operating on multiple platforms including the Internet, mobile, newspapers, magazines and TV stations. Gannett is an Internet leader with hundreds of newspaper and TV Web sites; CareerBuilder.com, the nation's top employment site; USATODAY.com; and more than 80 local MomsLikeMe.com sites. Gannett publishes 83 daily U.S. newspapers, including USA Today, the nation's largest-selling daily newspaper, and more than 650 magazines and other nondailies including USA Weekend. Gannett also operates 23 television stations in 19 U.S. markets. Gannett subsidiary Newsquest is the United Kingdom's second largest regional newspaper company with 17 daily paid-for titles, more than 200 weekly newspapers, magazines and trade publications, and a network of Web sites.
OPI is a private company that owns and publishes the Star-Bulletin daily newspaper, Midweek and other weekly newspapers and magazines. OPI also manages Internet sites and is engaged in commercial printing. The company was established in 2001. Its majority shareholder is Sound Publishing Holding Inc., a subsidiary of Black Press Ltd. Local shareholders include Jeffrey and Lynn Watanabe, Duane Kurisu, Larry and Claire Johnson, Island Holdings Inc., Daniel Case, and CS Wo and Sons Ltd.
The "asset purchase agreement" means Oahu Publications acquire The Advertiser's Web site, nondaily publications and Gannett's interest in Hawaii.com. Gannett will maintain its ownership of 605 Kapiolani Blvd., which Gannett officials said will be offered for sale.
"We have been very pleased and proud to be part of the Hawaii journalism community all these years but felt OPI's offer to buy The Advertiser and its related assets was the right course for Gannett at this time," said Bob Dickey, president of Gannett's U.S. Community Publishing. "We greatly appreciate all of the hard work and contributions our employees have made and know that they will continue to do a terrific job serving this market in the years to come."
"We are pleased to be able to purchase The Advertiser, a strong and excellent newspaper. We will endeavor to continue the tradition of good Hawaiian newspaper stewardship as exemplified in modern times by Twigg Smith and Gannett," said David Black, chairman of OPI.
The sale is subject to regulatory and other approvals and is expected to close in the second quarter of 2010. Because the Star Bulletin and The Honolulu Advertiser are daily newspaper competitors, OPI has discussed the purchase of The Advertiser with the Department of Justice and the Attorney General of Hawaii.
The Honolulu Advertiser was founded in 1856. Gannett purchased the paper in 1993.
Gannett Co., Inc. (NYSE: GCI) is an international news and information company operating on multiple platforms including the Internet, mobile, newspapers, magazines and TV stations. Gannett is an Internet leader with hundreds of newspaper and TV Web sites; CareerBuilder.com, the nation's top employment site; USATODAY.com; and more than 80 local MomsLikeMe.com sites. Gannett publishes 83 daily U.S. newspapers, including USA Today, the nation's largest-selling daily newspaper, and more than 650 magazines and other nondailies including USA Weekend. Gannett also operates 23 television stations in 19 U.S. markets. Gannett subsidiary Newsquest is the United Kingdom's second largest regional newspaper company with 17 daily paid-for titles, more than 200 weekly newspapers, magazines and trade publications, and a network of Web sites.
OPI is a private company that owns and publishes the Star-Bulletin daily newspaper, Midweek and other weekly newspapers and magazines. OPI also manages Internet sites and is engaged in commercial printing. The company was established in 2001. Its majority shareholder is Sound Publishing Holding Inc., a subsidiary of Black Press Ltd. Local shareholders include Jeffrey and Lynn Watanabe, Duane Kurisu, Larry and Claire Johnson, Island Holdings Inc., Daniel Case, and CS Wo and Sons Ltd.
Friday, September 5, 2008
Temporary Life Jacket
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Tuesday, September 2, 2008
Monday, September 1, 2008
One Snap and Clear
Auntie MariaLani brings you da news:
Aloha Kakahiaka!
Hoo, wee! We get hurricane next doah but de beeg news is da tornadoes in our back yards..
Planny wind all ovah- and tunda and lightnings too!
Jest like da Warriors, no?
Da birdies are flying and whispering da news on dis last day before da Warrior Beat going open again. Coach Mack says Inoke Funaki- dat cute, happy feet, no-quit-give-hope braddah going start for our first home game with Weber State dis Saturday!
He going get one week for get ready for Weber State. Funaki is one fourth-year junior who led Kahuku High School to a State title-- and no wonda he get da spirit- he wen do his church mission before college. Good boy!
Not only dat- how about Adam Leonard!
Dat braddah wen sack Tebow in da Swamp.
He not only talk- he get da job done on da field- no wondah he stay one team captain, eh?
Das why- when he go tell his teammates aftah da game: "this (Florida) game does not define us," you know he get the beeg pic-cha.
I hope he had get through to da odda braddahs- One Snap and Clear, Brahs!
We got to look FORWARD, not keep looking behind.
No forget our GOALS, eh?
100% GRADUATE
WIN DA WAC
PLAY ONE BOWL GAME!
Ok, Warrior Fans, now we gotta get pumped up for da First Tsai-ko Gate of da Season and CHEERING for OUR WARRIORS on Saturday!
Aloha Kakahiaka!
Hoo, wee! We get hurricane next doah but de beeg news is da tornadoes in our back yards..
Planny wind all ovah- and tunda and lightnings too!
Jest like da Warriors, no?
Da birdies are flying and whispering da news on dis last day before da Warrior Beat going open again. Coach Mack says Inoke Funaki- dat cute, happy feet, no-quit-give-hope braddah going start for our first home game with Weber State dis Saturday!
He going get one week for get ready for Weber State. Funaki is one fourth-year junior who led Kahuku High School to a State title-- and no wonda he get da spirit- he wen do his church mission before college. Good boy!
Not only dat- how about Adam Leonard!
Dat braddah wen sack Tebow in da Swamp.
He not only talk- he get da job done on da field- no wondah he stay one team captain, eh?
Das why- when he go tell his teammates aftah da game: "this (Florida) game does not define us," you know he get the beeg pic-cha.
I hope he had get through to da odda braddahs- One Snap and Clear, Brahs!
We got to look FORWARD, not keep looking behind.
No forget our GOALS, eh?
100% GRADUATE
WIN DA WAC
PLAY ONE BOWL GAME!
Ok, Warrior Fans, now we gotta get pumped up for da First Tsai-ko Gate of da Season and CHEERING for OUR WARRIORS on Saturday!
Sunday, August 31, 2008
Preseason Reflections
Tsai-kos on TV
Pride. sums it up: Congratulations to the Warriors for making a fine showing in their football game against Florida. As some Tsai-kos have said, I agree that we made a better showing today than we did in the Sugar Bowl. We went head to head with Florida for a full fifteen minutes before the dam broke open. We can look at what we did for the first fifteen minutes of the game and build on that. We can look at the other forty-five minutes and see that we need to eliminate the big plays, and tighten up the special teams.
The effort was good which is always important. A lot of what we saw today was simply great speed and athleticism on the part of the opponent. There were some things that happened in today's game that we will not see for the rest of the year. The interception that Inoke threw would be a completion in the WAC. That was a great play on the part of the Florida's DB, that we will not see later in the season. The punt returner will be doing that to NFL teams on Sundays in a few years.
I'm not trying to make excuses. I'm just trying to point out that we will have a very good football team. The last two games that Hawaii played were against fast athletic football teams, the type that we will not see in awhile. The Hawaii players can now face any other team that they play knowing that they played against great teams with great players in Georgia and Florida. They can be confident that Boise, Fresno, Nevada, LaTech, Cincy, and Wazoo, will not intimidate them.
The defense looked real good today. The offense did real well too. I like the way Ron Lee will keep defenses honest and keep them off-balance. Once the passing game comes around, we will be a force to reckon with offensively. The special teams will need lots of work, but I'm sure Ikaika Malloe is doing that right at this moment.
The most important thing for the football program right now is to be a consistent winner in the WAC. We need to put together a string of WAC championships and make sure that we can beat the Boise States, Fresno States, Nevadas, and LaTechs on a consistent basis. That is where our focus should be.
We shouldn't worry about BCS bowl games and top twenty rankings. Those things will come as a result of you succeeding at what you are supposed to be doing. If we can win the WAC on a consistent basis, we will be a top twenty or twenty-five team on a yearly basis.
August 30, 2008 11:47 PM
August 30, 2008 11:47 PM
