AltWeeklies Wire
Advice—Lots of Advice—for Jeff Bezosnew
We asked various journo types, from public radio hosts to media empire queens, to offer Jeff Bezos their two cents on how to run the Washington Post. Normally we'd advise the owner to stay the hell out of editorial operations. Now we ask Bezos to ignore that advice so he can follow all this advice on how to meddle most effectively.
Washington City Paper |
Jonathan L. Fischer, Guy Raz, Tyler Brûlé, Mark Athitakis, Mike Riggs, Arianna Huffington, Dan Kois, Kara Swisher, Mario R. García, Ryan Kearney, Mike Paarlberg, Betsy Rothstein, Jason Cherkis, Ted Scheinman, Andrew Beaujon and Benjamin R. Freed |
08-15-2013 |
Media
Tags: Jeff Bezos
DCIFF's Films Big on Fixing, Healing, & Coming of Agenew
Now in its 10th year, the D.C. Independent Film Festival is bookended by nostalgia trips: It kicks off on March 6 with a feature riffing on John Ford's The Searchers and ends on March 16 with The Clash Live: Revolution Rock, which captures the punk act from 1978 to 1982. But in between, DCIFF is still all over the place.
Washington City Paper |
Matthew Borlik and Mark Athitakis |
03-06-2008 |
Movies
What Happened to Our Show?new
For four seasons The Wire reinvented the crime drama. Now the viewer's the victim.
Washington City Paper |
Mark Athitakis |
02-01-2008 |
TV
Joe McGinniss Jr., the Desert Sonnew
The first-time novelist grapples with Vegas' dark side -- and his father's legacy.
Washington City Paper |
Mark Athitakis |
01-24-2008 |
Author Profiles & Interviews
Daddy Dearestnew
For all the intelligence and care that Clinch has brought to getting the story right, Finn's final moral -- that racism is hateful and self-consuming -- feels shopworn.
Washington City Paper |
Mark Athitakis |
02-23-2007 |
Fiction
Tags: Finn, Jon Clinch
