AltWeeklies Wire
GateHouse Media: Red All Overnew
The new owner of Springfield's daily has been gobbling up small papers and piling on debt.
Illinois Times |
R.L. Nave |
03-28-2007 |
Media
Tags: media
Bad News?new
Despite tough times for newspapers, owners of Copley's Midwest properties could be getting cash cows.
Illinois Times |
R.L. Nave |
11-09-2006 |
Media
Tags: media
The Alternativenew
Illinois Times reporter Dusty Rhodes won't have to surrender a copy of a confidential investigation of two Springfield police detectives, a judge ruled this week.
Illinois Times |
Roland Klose |
10-06-2006 |
Media
Tags: media
Cartoons and Culture Clashnew
The editors of the University of Illinois' newspaper, who were suspended for running the controversial Muhammad cartoons, defend themselves.
Illinois Times |
Fletcher Farrar |
03-03-2006 |
Media
Tags: media
"Rediscovering Kate Bush," "Case of the Missing Heart," The Stuff That Dreams Are Made Of"new
AltWeeklies Award - Music Criticism
Illinois Times |
Rene Spencer Saller |
01-20-2006 |
Media
True Britt: Bomb-Throwing Cartoonist Is a Sweetheartnew
Finding a decent full-time gig as an editorial
cartoonist has become harder, which helps explains how award-winning cartoonist Chris
Britt's career has taken him to smaller and smaller newspapers -- until he ended up at a sleepy, conservative daily in the Midwest.
Illinois Times |
Dusty Rhodes |
11-18-2005 |
Media
Tags: State, Journal-Register
Activists Combat Corporate Media With Alternativesnew
As newspapers lose readers and consumption of mainstream media continues to decline, independent media -- often run by volunteers -- is sprouting all over America.
Illinois Times |
Joan Villa |
05-23-2005 |
Media
Are You an Idiot? Blame the Medianew
Broadcast journalism has never been this awful. That's because most of the major broadcast outlets have been gobbled up by a handful of companies in recent years.
Illinois Times |
Rod Helle |
04-15-2005 |
Media
Tags: media
Lee Enterprises Becomes Major Media Forcenew
Lee Enterprises' acquisition of St. Louis-based Pulitzer Inc. makes it a significant player in Illinois.
Illinois Times |
Todd Spivak |
02-05-2005 |
Media
Left-Wing Coalition Tries to Hit Sinclair in Pocketbooknew
The group, led by Media Matters for America, has launched a national letter-writing campaign to Sinclair Broadcast Group's advertisers that charges the company with misusing the public airwaves.
Illinois Times |
Todd Spivak |
01-10-2005 |
Media
Creator of Anti-Kerry Documentary Had Troubled Careernew
Sinclair Broadcast Group is ordering its 62 stations to air an anti-John Kerry documentary next week. The producer, Carlton Sherwood, created another controversial report 20 years ago that resulted in his TV station issuing a retraction.
Illinois Times |
John K. Wilson |
10-15-2004 |
Media
Sound Patrolnew
AltWeeklies Award - Music Criticism
Illinois Times |
Rene Spencer Saller |
07-02-2004 |
Media
