He was just an extraordinary guy who was as passionate about his family as he was about newspapers.

We looked on the net, spoke to family and friends and checked out the best-buy tables in the newspapers. We noticed that the Yorkshire Building Society was number one in the best buys, so we decided to find out if it would lend to us.

[James Packer said this week that new technology had made the newspaper game] very scary ... Newspapers have never operated in a more dynamic and challenging, fragmented environment [but they're a] fantastic vehicle for news, entertainment and for advertising, and they will remain so.

Let me tell you, he was a very fair, very shrewd, very bright, very friend, very family-oriented. He was a very good partner . . . a visionary type of guy.

They send an Allegheny County Child & Youth Services family worker to the house to see what is going on. CYF is overwhelmed now and they have to prioritize what they can do and what they can't do. We have to keep an open line of communications with the family. We have to connect with families and that takes a lot of patience to be more successful.

I am baffled by the complete lack of respect shown to Mr. Bell and his family. You owe an explanation to the community and for the effects on his family.