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PD says reduction is driven by digital
Region braces for big bucks in oil, gas Eastern part of Ohio will receive billions in business from new pipelines and facilities
Publisher outlines the strategy behind decrease in paper’s home delivery
By DAN SHINGLER dshingler@crain.com
By JAY MILLER jmiller@crain.com
The future is digital, and the top executive of The Plain Dealer says the newspaper — make that news organization — intends to have the digital future figured out sooner rather than later. That’s the key reason for the decision to end home delivery of the newspaper seven days a week in favor of driving news consumers online Egger for local news and features, Plain Dealer publisher Terrence Egger said. During a 30-minute interview last Friday, April 12, in his fourth-floor office in The Plain Dealer’s Superior Avenue headquarters in downtown Cleveland, Mr. Egger also fleshed some details of the new strategy. A key to the publication’s future is an electronic edition of the print newspaper that will give readers the ability to scan and turn pages on their computer screen. Mr. Egger, who has been the newspaper’s president, publisher and CEO since May 2006, said a new, improved e-edition will be rolled out in a few weeks. See PD Page 22
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Hundreds of executives from construction companies, engineering and architectural firms and other service providers gathered in Canton and Pittsburgh this week to hear a single message from oil and gas midstream developers: Get ready for billions of dollars of development in and around eastern Ohio — and be prepared to participate, because there is plenty of work to go around.
“There is such limited infrastructure up this way, and clearly there are big solutions that are going to cost big dollars.” – Russ Kovin, vice president, Enterprise Products MARC GOLUB
appears to be the hottest trend on tap. In the hope of capitalizing on Northeast Ohio’s growing reputation as a hops-friendly region and perhaps to make a few bucks doing what he loves, Paul Benner last November opened the Cleveland Brew Shop — the city’s first supply store dedicated solely to the home brewer.
The executives met last Tuesday, April 9, at the Canton Regional Chamber of Commerce’s Oil & Gas Midstream Seminar, and April 10-12 at the North American Prospect Expo (NAPE) East in Pittsburgh. At both events, representatives of the midstream companies developing pipelines as well as processing and storage facilities talked of their big plans for the Utica and Marcellus shale regions and their need for help in executing them. “There is such limited infrastructure up this way, and clearly there are big solutions that are going to cost big dollars,” Russ Kovin, vice president of Houston-based Enterprise Products, told the Pittsburgh audience. Mr. Kovin’s company, which develops pipelines and storage and processing facilities, has $7.5 billion in midstream projects currently under way across the United States.
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Paul Benner opened the Cleveland Brew Shop last November.
HE’S TAPPING INTO A BOOMING MARKET Cleveland Brew Shop is capitalizing on area’s thirst for craft brews with a do-it-yourself touch By TIMOTHY MAGAW tmagaw@crain.com
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iven the horde of craft breweries in the area serving up foamy and intoxicating beverages, it’s no secret locals of all stripes like to guzzle down beer. And, as of late, stirring up a batch from the comfort of one’s own home
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