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J Troplong "Jay" Ward, U.S. Television Cartoon Pioneer (1920-1989) "Jay basically just wanted to have fun, and to laugh his way through life, and to go to the Lakers games"— Skip Craig, longtime employee of Jay Ward Jay Ward was born in San Francisco, California with only the letter J for a first name—this was supposed to allow him to pick whatever name he liked (at least, whichever one he liked that started with J, one supposes). He picked "Jay."* Thus began the life of a great eccentric ...

What Animation Does Comcast Own? A continuing series in which we map out what major corporations own in terms of characters, studios, and distribution platforms. This week’s company is Comcast Corporation, the telecom titan that also has a major presence in media and entertainment, thanks to its ownership of NBCUniversal and Sky. The company owns Hollywood icon Universal Pictures, major animation studios Dreamworks and Illumination, a portfolio of streamers and broadcasters, a library of famo...

Jay Ward, longtime president of Ward Lumber Company of Jay, has been thinking about transitioning his 130-year family business for over two decades. In consul

Ward Lumber has been operating in Jay, New York since 1890. May 07, 2021 — Ryan FinnertyEmployee-ownership can prevent job losses and closures when North Country business owners retire Standing outside Ward Lumber in the Adirondack town of Jay, you could easily confuse the company’s namesake, Jay Ward, for a small-town mayor. Over the course of a 30-minute, Ward repeatedly pauses to greet an incoming customer by name, complete with inquiries about family members and life over the past year...

Every ’90s Blockbuster Movie Ranked Thirty years on, the 1990s has solidified its stature as one of the magical decades in filmmaking, much like how we view the ’30s and the ’70s. Precisely, this Gen X-decade pulled together the Hollywood studio power of the ’30s and the groundbreaking creativity of the ’70s, crocheting commercialism and art into the movie behemoths we speak of in legend as the ’90s blockbuster — which we’ve now ranked all by Tomatometer! First off, in putting ...

JAY — The employees of Ward Lumber have made history by purchasing the 130-year-old business as a worker-owned cooperative. The transaction marks the first e

White Team Beats Purple in Spring Game 23-14 Share this story Photo by Carmen Mandato/Getty Images The LSU football team concluded its spring practices Saturday with the 2021 edition of the annual L Club Spring Football Game, which was won by the White team 23-14. With LSU short on healthy scholarship running backs the quarterbacks were the stars of the spring game and Myles Brennan and Max Johnson both made compelling cases to be the starter come September 4 against UCLA. Brennan, Johnson, TJ...

Baton Rouge / louisianaradionetwork.com Apr 17, 2021 8:41 PM LSU Football Coach Ed Orgeron wants the Tigers offense to be as explosive as it was in 2019 when the Tigers won a national championship with Heisman Trophy winning quarterback Joe Burrow. In Saturday’s spring game, Orgeron saw signs of that 2019 offense as LSU’s four quarterbacks combined to throw for 512 yards and four touchdowns. Sophomore Max Johnson had the best statistical day out of the four, throwing for 180 yards and two t...

WEEKEND GAMETHREAD: UT-San Antonio Share this story After the shame of the stunning losses to Oral Roberts (who followed up their victory with a shutout loss to #9 Oklahoma St at home in the midweek to drop their record to 4-8) last weekend, LSU rebounded with stronger play in a long midweek against Texas Southern and UNO. The goal for this weekend has to be to get better outings from the pitching staff, both starters and relief, and make any lineup adjustments before the start of an SEC slate ...

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