Eye on The Record

On July 6, 2016, Gannett, the nation's biggest newspaper chain, paid the Borgs $40 million for North Jersey Media Group (The Record of Woodland Park, Herald News, NorthJersey.com, (201) magazine and 50 weeklies). Stephen A. Borg, publisher for a decade, oversaw the biggest downsizing ever. Local news declined, errors mounted and most employees were denied raises. Gannett replaced Editor Deirdre Sykes, revised The Record's website and redesigned the print edition, cutting another 350-plus jobs.

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Monday, August 9, 2010

Bill Pitcher gets down with readers

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The Second Helpings blog on northjersey.com carries a farewell written by Bill Pitcher on Aug. 6, his last day as food editor of The Record of Woodland Park. He refers to it as 50 things that have crossed his mind, and obviously, he didn't do any editing before writing them down.

It's long-winded, and he couldn't resist slapping the hands of restaurants for typos (without acknowledging he made many mistakes in stories and on the blog himself).

Keep your eyes peeled. Pitcher throws lots of curve balls, fast balls and screw balls. Here is the link:

Bill Pitcher's farewell