Huge thanks to Sac Press and Taylor and Brandon in particular for this great write-up of the exhibit.

Thanks for the follow-up on last month's informative event! One small problem, however, is that the caption "SMC Sac members kind enough to volunteer at the registration desk" is incorrect. The person seated at the table is The California Museum's stellar staff member, Scott.

We are really looking forward to Tuesday and seeing everyone at the Museum to learn more on this fascinating topic!

As a personal friend of the sisters Ling for about 30 years, I ask that fellow Sacramentans support Laura as a member of our community, regardless of your political and international relations sentiments. The vigil's aim is to show a support for the Ling and Lee families, who are undoubtedly very distraught over the situation. Thanks in advance to anyone who comes out tonight in a show of support. :)

Voxpopuli & Exjourno: Agreed. The McClatchy greed is the ultimate problem and it's unfortunate that local residents end up screwed by losing their jobs and local news coverage. Outsourcing news coverage to Malaysia is just as bad as outsourcing tech support to India. Sad. What happened to American ethics?

Media consolidation is only a good idea if you can afford it, which McClatchy could not. They immediately had to sell of The Minneapolis Star to cover the billion dollar buy. Bad, bad, bad idea.... Like evey other "evil-doer" in the circle of corporate CEO Mephistoles, Pruitt is guilty as charged and unfortunately The Bee's employees pay the ultimate price. This makes McClatchy no different than AIG or the endless list of companies who's greed has almost destroyed our economy and the spirit of America's working force. We will see them in hell for sure, and it is sad that this is going on in our own backyard. I hope to read another piece on Mr. Pruitt's poor business decisions here on Sac Press, 'cuz you know The Bee ain't gonna cover that. (hint, hint Colleen!!)

The big mistake they made was buying Knight-Ridder a few years back. They were never able to recover from that and then the financial crisis is a blow they just can't financially stand. It is unfortunate, I hate to see so many locals lose their jobs. Also worth nothing The Bee has a not-so-great reputation amongst advertisers for being difficult in terms of negotiating ad buys and running insertions. When I bought print from them, the billing was wrong every month. They consistently overcharged my clients and did not run at least one ad per week. Now that there are multiple media outlets in Sacramento (including Sac Press) competing for the same share of ad dollars, advertisers can choose to work with more cost-effective and less hassling media. Based on my experience, I can see how the decrease in advertising revenue happened and also contributed to The Bee's overall financial woes. Might I suggest Sac Press do a follow-up piece on their declining ad revenue's contribution to the layoffs??