AltWeeklies Wire
Koch Problem: Can the Dailies Quit It?new
Anyone who is still slaving away as a full-time employee at a daily newspaper in 2013 is doing it because she has no place else to go. And you can bet your bottom dollar that the Kochs know it, too.
Orlando Weekly |
Steve Schneider |
05-09-2013 |
Media
WMFE R.I.P.?new
As Orlando's sole PBS-member station prepares to sell out to a religious broadcaster, the community wonders what’s next for public television in the region.
Orlando Weekly |
Erin Sullivan |
06-01-2011 |
Media
First Shot: 'Bangkok Dangerous'new
If you're headed to the flicks this weekend, don't worry too much about finding a decent seat. The total of new wide releases comes to exactly one: Bangkok Dangerous.
Orlando Weekly |
Steve Schneider |
09-05-2008 |
Media
Happytown Deals With Local Politiciansnew
You know what’s fun? Having your head dipped in a chocolate fountain with strawberries up your nose. You know what isn’t? National politics played out by local politicians in a law-office boardroom with no chocolate or strawberries in sight.
Orlando Weekly |
Billy Manes | Deanna Morey | Bob Whitby |
07-31-2008 |
Media
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The Orlando Sentinel Quietly Hacks Its Newsroom Staffnew
The disassembling of this city's once- proud daily newspaper, as foreshadowed almost a year ago when its parent company was taken over by a multimillionaire businessman with zero media experience, is now in full force, although the paper's powers that be would rather you didn't know about it -- at least not yet.
Orlando Weekly |
Jeffrey C. Billman |
07-24-2008 |
Media
Happytown Deals with Legal Weed and a Giant Ferris Wheelnew
In an online video explaining the Orlando Sentinel’s new redesign, editor Charlotte Hall insisted that they weren’t dumbing the paper down; rather, they were telling stories “more smartly.” And we totally believed her, until we saw the ludicrously vacuous “news” that filled the new Sentinel’s first few editions.
Orlando Weekly |
Jeffrey C. Billman | Billy Manes | Deanna Morey | Bob Whitby |
06-26-2008 |
Media
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Lou Pearlman Reveals His Get-Out-of-Prison Plannew
When U.S. District Judge G. Kendall Sharp handed Pearlman a 25-year sentence in May, Sharp also handed Pearlman "the keys to your jail cell." For every $1 million Pearlman came up with in restitution to his victims, Pearlman's sentence would be reduced by one month. He's in for 300 months. He's on the hook to the government for $200 million.
Orlando Weekly |
Bob Whitby |
06-12-2008 |
Media
Happytown: How Bad Are Things at the Orlando Sentinel These Days?new
We'll let an unnamed Sentinel staffer answer that one: "Apparently the depressing, winnowing months we've been through recently may soon be know[n] as 'the good ol' days.'"
Orlando Weekly |
Jeffrey C. Billman, Billy Manes and Deanna Morey |
06-12-2008 |
Media
Happytown: It'll be a Gender-Bending Weeknew
This year's Gay Days fest brings a welcome new addition -- Focus on the Family -- known best for its spittle-flecked morality rants -- is putting on its Love Won Out conference June 7, the very same day many a gay will be using a red T-shirt to "wipe one off"! The synergy is thrilling!
Orlando Weekly |
Jeffrey C. Billman and Billy Manes |
06-05-2008 |
Media
Gay Media Pioneer Chris Alexander-Manley Signs Offnew
When likable radio voice and perpetually busy GayDays.com entrepreneur Chris Alexander-Manley signed off for the last time from his weekly radio show, Gay Orlando Talk, he capped off a 15-year run that handily mirrored the ups and downs of the Orlando GLBT community.
Orlando Weekly |
Billy Manes |
06-05-2008 |
Media
Happytown Goes to an Obama Town Hall Meetingnew
Because we are good journalists committed to bringing you the news in an evenhanded manner, the Happytown™ Mobile Election Center yes-we-can–ed our way down South Orange Blossom Trail all the way to the Kissimmee Civic Center to cover Sen. Barack Obama's May 21 town hall meeting.
Orlando Weekly |
Jeffrey C. Billman, Billy Manes and Deanna Morey |
05-29-2008 |
Media
Happytownnew
Local political news.
Orlando Weekly |
Jeffrey C. Billman | Billy Manes | Deanna Morey | Bob Whitby |
05-15-2008 |
Media
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Happytownnew
Local political news.
Orlando Weekly |
Billy Manes | Deanna Morey | Bob Whitby |
05-08-2008 |
Media
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The Election That Won't Dienew
AltWeeklies Award - News Story (1500 words or less)
Orlando Weekly |
Jeffrey C. Billman |
04-21-2008 |
Media
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Feeding Frenzynew
AltWeeklies Award - Media Reporting
Orlando Weekly |
Leigh de Armas |
04-21-2008 |
Media
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