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LEO Editor: Former Editor's Candidacy Presents Challengesnew
Louisville Eccentric Observer |
02-01-2006 4:48 pm |
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LEO Founder Runs for Congressnew
John Yarmuth, founder and former executive editor of the Louisville Eccentric Observer, will run in the Democratic primary for Kentucky's 3rd Congressional District seat, which is currently held by Republican Anne Northup. Although Yarmuth sold LEO to Times Publishing in 2003, he has continued to pen a regular column for the paper. (LEO is suspending the column as long as Yarmuth remains in the race.) Michael Clingaman, the executive director of Kentucky's Republican Party, told The Courier-Journal that Yarmuth is "the most liberal of the liberals, and he's bragged about it in print for 15 years."
The Courier-Journal |
01-31-2006 1:18 pm |
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LEO Founder Puts His Money Where His Mouth Isnew
Thanks to George W. Bush's capital gains tax cuts, John Yarmuth saved a lot of money when he sold Louisville Eccentric Observer last year -- money he's now using to defeat Bush. The founder and executive editor of LEO spent half that money contributing to the Kerry campaign, and now he's spending the other half to buy local TV time for a political ad that makes his case against the incumbent: "With record federal deficits and a war in Iraq, cutting taxes for fortunate people like me was the wrong priority," Yarmuth says in the ad.
Louisville Eccentric Observer |
10-20-2004 4:07 pm |
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Times Publishing Buys LEOnew
A subsidiary of the Erie, Pa. company,
formed in March to invest in alternative
newspapers and headed by Art
Howe, acquires Louisville's
alt-weekly only months after its purchase
of Cleveland Free Times. Pam
Brooks, a longtime Louisville
resident and publishing executive, is the
new publisher, replacing Blanche
Kitchen Brewer, who is retiring. "It
was time," explains LEO Executive Editor
and co-founder John Yarmuth.
"My concern is the best
interest of this paper, and it supersedes
all personal agendas."
Louisville Eccentric Observer |
07-16-2003 12:16 pm |
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