Breaking news: One Southern Indiana CEO
Posted 5 hours ago

Just a few weeks after the exit of Joe Reagan from GLI, One Southern Indiana's CEO is on his way out, according to multiple sources.

Those insiders have confirmed Jody Wassmer's…

Breaking news: Sources say new One Southern Indiana CEO Jody Wassmer will depart this week
WSJ: David Novak interview
Posted 11 hours ago

This is what happens when a news organization has a million pageviews daily on its website and its newspaper has two million daily subscribers.

They get face time with the planet's…

WSJ’s David Novak interview: ‘Luck, being at the right place at the right time made me CEO of Yum! Brands’
Koch family to discuss their vision for Kentucky Kingdom Thursday after Fairboard meeting
Posted 12 hours ago

We got a media alert yesterday afternoon from executives at Holiday World, where the Koch family is trying to negotiate a deal Kentucky State Fairboard officials to take over Kentucky Kingdom.

Members…

The Kochs, Ed Hart, Harold Workman and the myriad mysteries surrounding Kentucky Kingdom’s wild ride to oblivion
Last minute: At Boom Time tonight, Susan McNeese Lynch, Marta Miranda and other execs discuss their creative lives
Posted 15 hours ago

The Main Louisville Library at Fourth and York is hosting "Boom Time - My Creative Life" tonight at 6 p.m.

Here's the release from the LFPL:

If you have a creative life…

Last minute: At Boom Time tonight, Susan McNeese Lynch, Marta Miranda and other execs discuss their creative lives
Ford media alert Ford 2013 Escape unveiled in Louisville Friday at
Posted 1 day ago

Just got this from Ford.

We're not sure we're supposed to turn a media alert into "news," but what the heck.

Louisville media are going to get the first look at the…

Ford media alert: Ford to unveil 2013 Escape Friday in advance of the Louisville New Car Show
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Health Care, News

NYTimes: Kentucky just one state in national Roman Catholic/secular reproductive health showdown

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At the same time Rick Santorum is counselling even married couples against using birth control, The New York Times has a story online looking at the tension between financially strapped secular hospital systems seeking to merge with successful Catholic Church-affiliated heath care systems and the restrictions that come with such deals. “Catholic Hospitals Expand, Religious Strings [...]

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Business, Made You Look, Media, News

Help wanted: Courier-Journal seeking publisher who can be ‘fruitful’ and multiply revenue

This could all be yours.

Our ever vigilant Curtis Morrison got hold of this “help wanted” ad for the Courier-Journal, an advertisement that we think reveals more than Gannett Co. Inc. really wants you to know. That corporate isn’t all that interested in what happens at Your Hometown Newspaper. The ad – this could be your next job, Brian Tucker! [...]

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Blogs, Dining, Words to Chew On

Gravity Head takes off Friday, Papalinos Pizza slice party Sunday

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A fun week for dining out is shaping up. Once you get past today’s Fat Tuesday feasts here’s what you have to look forward to this weekend. The Gravity Tailgate Breakfast: At least three decades have passed since I drank a beer at 7 a.m., but now there’s a reason to consider an early morning [...]

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Business, Dining, News

GMeals opening at Holiday Manor Feb. 27, the third location in four weeks

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This didn’t take long. It was only a month ago – January 25, to be exact – our intrepid Steve Kaufman had the scoop that John Shaw-Woo was starting GMeals, a new carry-out cuisine company with a top chef in the kitchen. Make that “kitchens.” Shaw-Woo announced the opening of the third GMeals location in [...]

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Business, News

Susan Pullen-Swope resurrects old Main Street church as Marcus Lindsey, downtown’s newest events space

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Having a wedding or event of historic proportions? At least historic from your perspective? Then, Susan Pullen-Swope has just the historically significant venue. Louisville-based entrepreneur Pullen-Swope has just opened The Marcus Lindsey after a year of renovating the converted, desanctified Victorian church sanctuary at 801 E. Main St. In three weeks since The Marcus Lindsey received [...]

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Blogs, Dining, Words to Chew On

GQ magazine votes Louisville ‘Manliest Town in America’

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Well, I’ll be darned — as you may be — Louisville was chosen “Manliest Town in America” by GQ Magazine. Didn’t see that one coming, but I’m not put off by the mag’s choice either. Kinda cool any way you look at it. The article, written by Brendan Vaughan, runs in the book’s March issue [...]

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Blogs, Dining, Words to Chew On

Get your Mardi Gras on at Fat Tuesday feasts set for tomorrow

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If you’re eager to let the good times roll on Fat Tuesday before you settle down into your Lenten sacrifices (never understood that “sin first, sacrifice to make up for it” mentality, but history is what it is), here are a few places you can get your feast on before you fast for the next [...]

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Blogs, Dining, Words to Chew On

Mayan Café hosting Spanish wine dinner on Feb. 27

Bruce Ucán, Mayan Cafe

The Mayan Café will host a Spanish wine dinner Monday, Feb. 27, at 6:30 p.m. Chef and co-owner Bruce Ucan will pair four courses of his Yucatan cuisine with four Spanish wines from the Zuazo Gaston & Raventos wineries. Cost is $55 per person. On the menu: Champagne cocktail, Reventos Brut Reserve Kentucky bibb lettuce, [...]

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