AltWeeklies Wire
Snyder Suesnew

It's Super Bowl week, but instead of preparing to take on the AFC champions, Dan Snyder is taking on a newspaper article. Several months after he was the subject of a Washington City Paper cover story, the owner of the Redskins has filed suit.
Washington City Paper |
Michael Schaffer |
02-03-2011 |
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Fish In A Barrelnew

Betsy Rothstein's Fishbowl D.C. is the gossip column the beltway media deserves.
Washington City Paper |
Moe Tkacik |
12-02-2010 |
Media
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Media Matters Wants You to Drop Fox Like It’s Hotnew

Days before the Jon Stewart/Stephen Colbert rallies, a bevy of advertisements for the campaign against Fox News Channel hit stations across the D.C. Metro system last night.
Washington City Paper |
Alex Baca |
10-26-2010 |
Media
D.C.'s College Newspapers Are Thriving -- and Not Just Because of Sudokunew

Real newspapers are losing readers by the minute, especially those labeled "college-aged." Yet amid the industry death march its farm system thrives. According to a 2006 report in the Wall Street Journal, readership and revenue of college papers has generally held steady or grown in recent years.
Washington City Paper |
Alec Mouhibian |
08-21-2008 |
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"The Painmaker"new
AltWeeklies Award - News Story -- In-Depth
Washington City Paper |
Ryan Grim |
04-21-2008 |
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"Keeping Up With the Joneses," "Incorrect Change," and "Principle Playa"new
AltWeeklies Award - Music Criticism
Washington City Paper |
Sarah Godfrey |
04-21-2008 |
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"Impressions of Adams Morgan, Saturday Night"new
AltWeeklies Award - Illustration
Washington City Paper |
Greg Houston |
04-21-2008 |
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"Black Guide to Georgetown"new
AltWeeklies Award - Format Buster
Washington City Paper |
John Metcalfe |
04-21-2008 |
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"Death of a Salesman"new
AltWeeklies Award - Feature Story
Washington City Paper |
Jason Cherkis |
04-21-2008 |
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"Mind Your Manors"new
AltWeeklies Award - Editorial Layout
Washington City Paper |
Pete Morelewicz |
04-21-2008 |
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The Incredible Wicker Motorcyclenew
AltWeeklies Award - Cover Design
Washington City Paper |
Pete Morelewicz |
04-21-2008 |
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"Objects of Scorn," "Memory Pictures," "Poise II Men"new
AltWeeklies Award - Arts Criticism
Washington City Paper |
Jeffry Cudlin |
04-21-2008 |
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The Washington Post's Cozy Year with the Fenty Administrationnew
Just after the New Year, we submitted a records request for all e-mails sent to Washington Post employees from high-level mayoral aides and communications staffers during 2007. Call it the Year of Scooping Effortlessly.
Washington City Paper |
Mike DeBonis |
03-06-2008 |
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New Editor Pushes Evenhandedness at the Washington Timesnew
John Solomon is stripping loaded language -- think "illegal aliens" -- from the Moonie paper.
Washington City Paper |
Erik Wemple |
02-28-2008 |
Media
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One Mission, Two Newsrooms at the Washington Postnew
The scrum for control of the Post's future shuffles back and forth across the Potomac River. Editorial types work downtown, while their dot-com associates, do their biz in the Arlington offices of Washingtonpost.Newsweek Interactive, the online publishing subsidiary of the Washington Post Co.
Washington City Paper |
Erik Wemple |
02-14-2008 |
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