AltWeeklies Wire
Don't Bet Against Rupert Murdoch's Success with 'The Wall Street Journal'new
The real question in the "war" between the Times Co. and Dow Jones is which entity is better equipped in the next decade to both make money and publish, in whatever form, a quality product. My money is on the Murdoch family.
New York Press |
Russ Smith |
06-26-2008 |
Media
The Green Ladynew
With a brutal recession looming, what's with the New York Times' odd obsession with overpriced clothes?
New York Press |
Russ Smith |
04-03-2008 |
Media
Tags: media
A Mid-Campaign Review of the Bozos on the Busnew
Surveying the deluge of atrocious media coverage of this year's presidential contest, it's difficult to winnow down the most egregious offenders.
New York Press |
Russ Smith |
03-20-2008 |
Media
Tags: 2008 presidential election, media
One Nation, Under vanden Heuvelnew
I kinda like the little liberal weekly. What's up with that?
New York Press |
Russ Smith |
02-28-2008 |
Media
Tags: media
The Times Ignores Real Issues in Stagehand Strikenew
It's curious to me how The New York Times justifies its blatantly frivolous treatment of the striking Broadway stagehands, instead concentrating on the inconveniences the shutdown has caused affluent New Yorkers and tourists who now won't be able to fork over the exorbitant ticket prices that a show like "Jersey Boys" commands.
New York Press |
Russ Smith |
11-29-2007 |
Media
Tags: media
All We Are Saying is Give Rupert a Chancenew
Why don't journalists let the possible Wall Street Journal acquisition play out in all its protracted negotiations and then offer analysis and opinion?
New York Press |
Russ Smith |
07-26-2007 |
Media
Tags: media
Sports Media Whiffs Againnew
From Josh Hancock's death to Barry Bond's 'roids to Roger Clemens' "class," the sports press proves itself inane.
New York Press |
Russ Smith |
05-17-2007 |
Media
Tags: media
Blinkered Economicsnew
When will Arthur Sulzberger Jr. take a vow of poverty?
New York Press |
Russ Smith |
04-12-2007 |
Media
Tags: media
It's No Longer 1980new
The New York Times sets a downsized agenda.
New York Press |
Russ Smith |
02-22-2007 |
Media
Tags: media
Lemann's Last Standnew
With a lazy article about "citizen journalism," Nicholas Lemann proves that George Custer lives on at The New Yorker.
New York Press |
Russ Smith |
08-10-2006 |
Media
Tags: media
Wanted: Readers Equipped to Read the New York Timesnew
It was said a generation ago that The New York Times was written so anyone with a sixth-grade education would be able to understand it. Now the paper, which uses headlines like "Lame Duck Confit," is probably not within the grasp of sixth-graders, or, for that matter, much of its readership.
New York Press |
Russ Smith |
12-09-2004 |
Media
Jonathan Franzen's Imaginary Friendnew
The novelist's fine essay in the Nov. 29 issue of The New Yorker is about the comic strip "Peanuts" and his own depressing childhood. How many people would admit to identifying with the loser Charlie Brown?
New York Press |
Russ Smith |
12-01-2004 |
Media
Vanity Fair Chief's Acceptance of Payment for Film Tip Was Benignnew
Vanity Fair chief Graydon Carter has, in my opinion, turned a little nutty in the past two years, with the usual throwaway editor's note becoming home to Noam Chomsky-like screeds about the Bush administration, but he's not a crook.
New York Press |
Russ Smith |
08-07-2004 |
Media
