AltWeeklies Wire
Don't Blame the Fluffnew
Are Americans "distracted" from the news or do they just not want to hear it? Also: the passing of a pioneering gay publisher and editor.
Chicago Reader |
Michael Miner |
05-14-2007 |
Media
Tags: media
The Last American Newspaper Bureau in Canada Closes Up Shopnew
You read right: not a single American paper will staff Canada -- on the bright side, the AP "maintains a full-time bureau." Covering a country 4,000 miles wide, I guess that bureau works the phones a lot.
Chicago Reader |
Michael Miner |
04-23-2007 |
Media
Tags: media
Roll Over, Colonelnew
The Chicago Tribune has a long and bumpy history with area Jews -- now it's owned by one.
Chicago Reader |
Michael Miner |
04-16-2007 |
Media
Tags: media
Conrad Black Called to Accountnew
Will his trial shed light on exactly how the Chicago Sun-Times got screwed?
Chicago Reader |
Michael Miner |
03-26-2007 |
Media
Tags: media
Four Comedians Walk Into a War ...new
Ray Hanania slayed them in Israel -- but his friends are costing him gigs back here in the States.
Chicago Reader |
Michael Miner |
02-26-2007 |
Performance
Tags: performance
The Public Sentiment Machinenew

The GOP's latest round of automated letters to the editor.
Chicago Reader |
Michael Miner |
02-20-2007 |
Media
Tags: media
Publish and Perishnew
The Independent Press Association went out of business January 2, taking some small publishers down with it.
Chicago Reader |
Michael Miner |
02-06-2007 |
Media
Tags: media
Don't Mention Itnew
The Sun-Times went easy on Macy's over the holidays.
Chicago Reader |
Michael Miner |
01-17-2007 |
Media
Tags: media
The Entitlement Defensenew
Shareholders should have known Conrad Black had a lifestyle to maintain when they bought into his company.
Chicago Reader |
Michael Miner |
01-08-2007 |
Media
Tags: media
Something for Nothingnew

A PR newswire is funding a journalists' speakers bureau, but everyone involved says there's no quid pro quo.
Chicago Reader |
Michael Miner |
12-19-2006 |
Media
Tags: media
The Perils of Punditrynew
There's always someone in the real world who knows your subject better than you.
Chicago Reader |
Michael Miner |
12-04-2006 |
Media
Tags: media
The New Rulesnew
While the Chicago Tribune steadfastly ignored it, news of Malachi Ritscher's self-immolation spread virally.
Chicago Reader |
Michael Miner |
11-27-2006 |
Media
Tags: media
LA Times to LA: Save Usnew
The Tribune's prima donna sister reacts to the latest insult from Chicago.
Chicago Reader |
Michael Miner |
11-22-2006 |
Media
Tags: media
Sloppy Secondsnew
How our recent revelations on Congressman Jerry Weller spread through the media (or didn't).
Chicago Reader |
Michael Miner |
11-06-2006 |
Media
Tags: media
Gitmo Justicenew
Military lawyer Charles Swift talks about defying the Bush administration.
Chicago Reader |
Michael Miner |
10-16-2006 |
Crime & Justice
Tags: crime & justice