AltWeeklies Wire
The News Wars Are Comingnew
If it's fight or die on the new media landscape, does anyone think traditional media won't fight? The classic portents of serious battle are converging.
Chicago Reader |
Michael Miner |
08-17-2009 |
Media
The Peculiar Challenges of Archiving Newspapers in the Information Agenew
Newspapers are practicing a journalism that will probably turn out to be as different from tomorrow's as it is from yesterday's. Transitional periods are fascinating as they happen and damned hard later to reconstruct. How complete will the record be of this one?
Chicago Reader |
Michael Miner |
07-07-2009 |
Media
Here Comes the Judge: The Web's Anything-Goes Era Can't Last Forevernew
In short, pretty much anything goes on the internet. But many signs suggest the courts aren't happy with this state of affairs, and web hosts don't expect it to last.
Chicago Reader |
Michael Miner |
06-15-2009 |
Media
Does 'The Sun' Have Anything to Teach the Miserable Newspaper?new
Sy Safransky, The Sun's founder, editor, and publisher, doesn’t worry about advertising falling off because the Sun carries none. The readers, almost all of them subscribers, pay the freight.
Chicago Reader |
Michael Miner |
04-13-2009 |
Media
Voters Think the Media Favors Obama -- Do Endorsements Prove Them Right?new
Obama has rolled up the press like jitterbuggers rolling up a rec room rug. Not only have the dailies that always endorse the Democrat endorsed another, but reliably Republican papers have taken an existential leap into contrariness.
Chicago Reader |
Michael Miner |
11-03-2008 |
Media
A Former GM of Hoy Bets on New Mag for Next-Generation Chicago Latinosnew
Café bills itself as a "Latino lifestyle magazine," and the first issue came off the presses last week. It's a free bimonthly that the founders hope will go monthly next spring.
Chicago Reader |
Michael Miner |
10-27-2008 |
Media
Will the Chicago Tribune Endorse its First Dem for President This Year?new
I'm not at all sure the Tribune will endorse the Republican ticket. There are good reasons why it might not -- but also reasons anyone who wants to respect the Tribune should worry about.
Chicago Reader |
Michael Miner |
09-29-2008 |
Media
Fact and Opinion: It's All Just Content Nownew
Internet values are seeping into print journalism, and internet values reward instant punditry, the more flamboyant the better. Simple, solid reporting is OK, but flamboyance is what attracts page hits, and page hits attract advertisers -- enough of them, in a theoretical tomorrow, to keep journalism afloat.
Chicago Reader |
Michael Miner |
09-22-2008 |
Media
Why is Sam Zell the New Whipping Boy for Anti-Corporate Media Crusaders?new
I admire a gallant crusade as much as the next guy, but StopBigMedia.com has the ring of an army raised to fight the last war. Why should anyone in Chicago take up arms against big media when big media's already falling apart on its own?
Chicago Reader |
Michael Miner |
08-11-2008 |
Media
15 Candidates! We Can Help: The Reader's Guide to the Big Showdownnew
AltWeeklies Award - Format Buster
Chicago Reader |
Ben Joravsky |
04-21-2008 |
Media
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The Worksnew
AltWeeklies Award - Column-Political
Chicago Reader |
Ben Joravsky |
04-21-2008 |
Media
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Courtsidenew
AltWeeklies Award - Column
Chicago Reader |
Steve Bogira |
04-21-2008 |
Media
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"Alpana's Revenge"new
AltWeeklies Award - Arts Feature
Chicago Reader |
Nicholas Day |
04-21-2008 |
Media
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"Young Americans," "Mourning Edition," "Teenage Noir"new
AltWeeklies Award - Arts Criticism
Chicago Reader |
J.R. Jones |
04-21-2008 |
Media
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Testing the Right to Rantnew
As a developer sues neighborhood activists for defamation, a new law protecting citizen journalism gets its first day in court.
Chicago Reader |
Michael Miner |
04-07-2008 |
Media
