Theatre Writer Frank Rizzo Amoungst Group to Depart Hartford Courant

According to The Laurel, a major staffing shake-up is underway at the Hartford Courant. Dean Pagani writes that four writers have opted for a buyout offer that was intended to reduce costs. Departing reporters include Java columnist MaryEllen Fillo, columnist Jim Shea, and most notably for theatre fans, arts writer Frank Rizzo.

Rizzo has written for the Courant for over thirty years. He has also contirbuted to such publications as Variety, American Theatre magazine, the Sondheim Review and The New York Times.

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The Hartford Courant is the largest daily newspaper in the U.S. state of Connecticut, and is often recognized as the oldest continuously published newspaper in the United States. A morning newspaper serving most of the state north of New Haven and east of Waterbury, its headquarters on Broad Street are a short walk from the state capitol. It reports regional news with a chain of bureaus in smaller cities and a series of local editions. Beginning in 2000, it was owned by Tribune Company, which later combined the paper's management and facilities with those of Tribune-owned WTIC-TV in Hartford. In 2014, the newspapers were spun off to corporate parent Tribune Publishing.

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