Ogden Newspapers, Inc. profile and media properties

Kendra Wegman    Valley Bend, WV

Posted at 11:59am on Monday, March 19, 2012

Dear Sir, Apparently from what I see above, your company is doing a bang up job at destroying papers & people.
The MORON, you have as editor at the InterMountain, took a piece that should have been a "letter to the editor" and printed it front page of the newspaper slandering staff at an elementary school, based on 1 unhappy parents "voice". I am an employee of the school system & I have children in elementary, middle, & high school in Randolph County. Your So-Called Editor, didnt do much in investigating his piece, had he done so he would have found that, although most of us may feel its not right-including me, by law, a child can be questioned during an "investigation" without their parents-IF LAW ENFORCEMENT IS NOT, I REPEAT NOT INVOLVED, & NONE WERE!!!!! Now parents are freaking out, talking to kids about it & if 1 gets mad at another they say/do inappropriate things. Example student a calls student b a dummy, student b says Im going to get my gun. Hello does anyone see a problem here???!!!! Kids can be VICIOUS! Student a gets mad at student b, student c, therefore she knows what it takes to get back at them. She tells b that c is going to do something bad to her, knowing full well that it will make b mad at c, and c will get in trouble. She doesn't care that she lied. People need to parent their children, NOT be a friend, make them feel entitled! they are being ruined!!! And like these parents ruining their children, you have allowed an editor to run wild with an accusation, without following up on the facts. Thank you sir for contributing to the decline of our society and mainstream media!!!!!!!!!!

Chris    West Virginia

Posted at 12:32am on Thursday, January 12, 2012

Ogden Newspapers Inc. ruin good newspapers. I know, I work for one. These guys are penny pinching boneheads. They will move in and soak up good papers, firing reporters and photographers for the sake of profit. Run these goons out of town.

Maria Lantz Frontera    Warren Pennsylvania

Posted at 9:59am on Thursday, November 17, 2011

Dear Mr. Ogden,

Hello! I spoke with you some months back about online comments vs. letters to the editor. I am writing about the letter that is pasted below. The Valley Voice is a very popular and treasured small town newspaper. Perhaps you know a student of journalism that has talked about starting a newspaper. Perhaps someone in your organization needs to cut their teeth on such a publication. If so, please let them know about the Valley Voice.

Sincerely,
Maria


Barry Keller Warren PA


Posted at 7:34am on Tuesday, July 26, 2011




To Whom It May Concern, 7-26-2011

I am writing to you in the hopes that you would be willing to buy another newspaper. I am referring to the Valley Voice in Sheffield Pa. They had the Sheffield Observer in the 1950s and 1960s and 1970s. In 1979, new people took it over and named it the Valley Voice. In 2010, they announced the desire to retire but did not do it. At the beginning of 2011, they said that their decision is final and that they are going to retired on Dec 31 2011.

They have run articles trying to find a buyer but so far, no one has come forward. This paper is vital to that community. It is a fine little town. They also have customers that they mail to all over the country. I would change or add some things if it were up to me.

My family is from Sheffield so that is why I am concerned about this. Would you please email me and let me know if you would be interested in acquiring this paper so that the town can keep it going? If so, I can give you the contact information for them unless you get it yourself.

The clock is ticking and a lot of people would like to see this paper continue far into the future. I would appreciate your reply to me.
Thank you very much for your consideration.

Sincerely,

Barry Keller..
Email blkkk@yahoo.com

Barry Keller    Warren PA

Posted at 7:34am on Tuesday, July 26, 2011

To Whom It May Concern, 7-26-2011

I am writing to you in the hopes that you would be willing to buy another newspaper. I am referring to the Valley Voice in Sheffield Pa. They had the Sheffield Observer in the 1950s and 1960s and 1970s. In 1979, new people took it over and named it the Valley Voice. In 2010, they announced the desire to retire but did not do it. At the beginning of 2011, they said that their decision is final and that they are going to retired on Dec 31 2011.

They have run articles trying to find a buyer but so far, no one has come forward. This paper is vital to that community. It is a fine little town. They also have customers that they mail to all over the country. I would change or add some things if it were up to me.

My family is from Sheffield so that is why I am concerned about this. Would you please email me and let me know if you would be interested in acquiring this paper so that the town can keep it going? If so, I can give you the contact information for them unless you get it yourself.

The clock is ticking and a lot of people would like to see this paper continue far into the future. I would appreciate your reply to me.
Thank you very much for your consideration.

Sincerely,

Barry Keller..
Email blkkk@yahoo.com

Richard Gadzina    Orwell, Ohio

Posted at 2:30pm on Wednesday, July 6, 2011

I find the Tribune Chronicle an abomination. I used to live in Warren, but recently moved to Orwell, north of Warren. I can't stand the right-wing idiots that run that misguided ship down there. The upper management there is a bunch of money-grubbing lunatics. I wish someone would buy this eye-sore of a "paper" and get some real diversity back in this paper. For now, I'm happy reading the Ashtabula Star Beacon, but I'll come back and read about my hometown once the morons leave the building in Warren.

Joshua Skye    Warren, PA

Posted at 6:10am on Thursday, January 6, 2011

The political agenda spouted by the Warren Times Observer is getting ridiculous. I was blocked and banned from the Facebook page (and other Warren pages I never even commented on) for telling the truth about Tom Corbett and calling the right-wingers there out on their lies. I got banned and blocked from the official website because I called a bigot a bigot one too many times in the forums. And now they have gone into overdrive printing letters to the editor that are unequivocally bigoted in nature! The steady stream of religious intolerance and homophobic prejudice is not only outrageous its just plain offensive. What is going on? They refuse to print any of my letters but Shannon Hannah and all these other lunatics get printed over and over and over again so they can express to the world just how nasty, uneducated and bigoted they are? I knew they were right-wing skewed, and all of their online reviews state it very plainly… but this is just disgraceful! I’ve called them shameless before, but really to exclusively give a fixed platform to the bigots of this community while ignoring any other voice is not just shameless… it’s contemptible!!!

lawrence wilson    vienna, wv.

Posted at 11:35am on Saturday, November 27, 2010

paper continues to censor my letters because i am critical of alleged policy of not publishing anything that goes against any one/ thing that pays for an ad in paper. this to include the alleged bum who just won as new state senator from our area. i am appalled that the alleged editors/ publisher of the News/ Sentinal can continue to keep their jobs while violating with alleged hypocrisy, bias and discrimination the rights of others to free speech. i know it only applies to government but the viewer choice/ letters page should be open to one and all.

lawrence wilson    vienna, wv.

Posted at 10:19pm on Friday, July 16, 2010

the editors to include spanner, cox and most especially jim smith (executive editor) have refused to print my submissions/ letters for most of the past year because i have taken such exception to how allegedly biased, bigotted, discriminatory and unprofessional jim smith is in his actions.
none of my letters use profanity; make threats or abuse anyone. i am very hard on public/ private figures who abuse their positions, mislead the public or use funds to disadvantage the public. the news sentinel in parkersburg has allegedly prostituted itself for every possible advertising dollar even when those companies have lied, cheated and misled the customers/ voters/ taxpayers. no criticizem is allowed for fear of losing those accounts.

jill    escanaba,Delta county

Posted at 7:04pm on Tuesday, June 22, 2010

I too was glad to see Rick go,but it was a big mistake to have Brian Rowell take his place. These to abuse their power and have been at the paper too long.

sara    escanaba, delta county

Posted at 6:50pm on Tuesday, June 22, 2010

I for one was happy to see Rudden leave.There were talented reporters who left the Daily Press on his account.