AltWeeklies Wire
Sheriff Joe Arpaio's Information Blockadenew
The sheriff's made a career of stonewalling critical media -- the public's right to know be damned.
Phoenix New Times |
Ray Stern |
12-18-2007 |
Media
Tags: media
Broadcast Newsnew
Would the push to ease FCC regulations really serve the public?
Metro Times |
Staff |
12-18-2007 |
Media
Tags: media
'Bilal Is No Insurgent'new
A Philadelphia Daily News photographer rallies behind his jailed Iraqi colleague.
Philadelphia Weekly |
Morgan A. Zalot |
12-17-2007 |
Media
Baseball Bonuses and Bungled Bowlsnew
When will the sports press get out of the sports business?
Chicago Reader |
Michael Miner |
12-17-2007 |
Media
Tags: media
Meet the Wikipediansnew
Wikipedia doubled its number of articles in just 18 months. But who are the "Wikipediots" writing them? And why do they do it?
Boston Phoenix |
Mike Miliard |
12-14-2007 |
Media
Tags: media
A Bright Future for U.S. Newspapers, Not the U.S.
The internet isn't the future of newspapers. Print is.
Exodus at the State Journal-Registernew
Top editors and publishers bail after GateHouse acquires Illinois dailies.
Illinois Times |
R.L. Nave |
12-06-2007 |
Media
Tags: media
Is the Examiner Stealing Web Content?new
Most of the "Around San Francisco" columns disappeared from the paper's site after I asked the author by phone about what appeared to be work from other news sources, pasted verbatim and without attribution, into her column.
Tags: media
Zines Never Died, They Just Got Craftiernew
The conventional wisdom is that the "zine explosion" of 10 years ago ended with a whimper. But if zines are dead, why do we still get dozens of them sent to our office each year?
Metro Times |
Michael Jackman |
12-04-2007 |
Media
Tags: media
Who Says There's No Money in Journalism?new
Profit-driven news executives cash in while editors and writers do more with less.
New Haven Advocate |
Andy Bromage |
12-04-2007 |
Media
Tags: media
Can Online Media Be Profitable?
Internet evangelists have blind faith in a future beyond print. The numbers tell a different story.
Tags: media
Was Reagan a Racist?new
Pundits bitch-slap each other over a 27-year-old campaign speech.
Chicago Reader |
Michael Miner |
12-03-2007 |
Media
Tags: media
Suffrage Net Citynew
The web has become key to presidential politics -- we rate the candidates on how they've put Al Gore's invention to use.
Boston Phoenix |
Mike Miliard |
11-29-2007 |
Media
Tags: 2008 presidential election, 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
Free Content: Worth Every Cent
Content is dead. Aggregators collect the bucks. But what kind of quality can freebie freelancers create?
Tags: media
