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Update: Courier-Journal lays off 50 employees [News]

June 21, 2011 - 3:12pm

Sources are telling Louisville.com that 50 employees have been laid off at the Louisville Courier Journal, in what seems to be a nationwide two percent staff reduction by the Courier's parent company Gannett.

Sources are telling Louisville.com that 36 employees have been laid off at the Louisville Courier Journal, in what seems to be a nationwide two percent staff reduction by the Courier's parent company Gannett.

Sources tell Louisville.com that some of the cuts are coming from the the weekly Velocity publication and Neighborhoods section. At this point, our sources have told us that among those laid off were:

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Released last night, Facebook Places doesn't work in Louisville yet [News]

August 19, 2010 - 9:37am

by Zach Everson

And when it does, Velocity will have a six-part series on how to use it.

Like seemingly half the people in Kentucky, Facebook Places does not work.

The new feature, released just last night, is supposed to allow users to check in at a venue via their mobile phone, alerting their friends to their whereabouts. (You know, the same feature Foursquare, Gowalla, Loopt, Whrrl, Brightkite and Yelp already offer.)

Only Louisville-area Facebook users trying to check in receive a message, "This feature will be available in your region soon."

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5 reasons why the Courier-Journal's Velocity fails

September 11, 2009 - 8:04am

by Zach Everson

Entertainment alt-weekly little more than ad space for Fourth Street Live

Every Wednesday I pick up Velocity, The Courier-Journal's stab at combining an entertainment mag with an alt weekly. And every Wednesday, 10 minutes later, after scanning the magazine looking for something worth reading, I end up throwing it in the recycling bin, washing my hands and wondering why I bother.

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Feb 9	The 6th Annual Squeaky Wheel Tour featuring Sugar Lime Blue
Feb 9	Louisville Comedy at the Bard's Town
Feb 9	Hotel Nightclub's Hard Candy with Manila Luzon
Feb 10	Axton Series, Master Class with Brian Christian
Feb 10	Cancer Awareness Fundraiser at Ri Ra Irish Pub
Feb 10	CPR American Heart Association Healthcare Provider
Feb 10	Community Shopping Night at Just Creations
Feb 10	The InKY Reading Series at the Bard's Town
Feb 10	The Heartstrings Valentine Dinner Dance
Feb 10	Spanish NIght at BLU
Feb 10	Local Art in the Highlands
Feb 10	Ben Solle & Justin Lewis
Feb 10	InKY Reading Series with Katerina Stoykova-Klemer & Alyssa Knickerbocker
Feb 10	Robert Cray at Horseshoe Casino
Feb 10	Neulore @ The Rudyard Kipling
Feb 10	New Edition with K-Ci & JoJo
Feb 10	The As Yet Unnamed Theatre Presents "Angel Street"
Feb 10	Trey Songz with Big Sean in concert
Feb 10	Hotel California "a Salute To The Eagles"
Feb 10	Gold Fish Racing at Sully's Saloon