AltWeeklies Wire
The NYC Cable Monopolynew
In most of the city your alternatives for cable are most likely Time Warner or ... Time Warner. If you live in the Bronx or eastern Brooklyn, Cablevision's got you covered. Either way, you're kinda screwed.
New York Press |
Becca Tucker |
09-06-2007 |
Media
The Top 10 Stories the Media Missed This Past Yearnew
This year's Project Censored presents a chilling portrait of a newly empowered executive branch signing away civil liberties for the sake of an endless and amorphous war on terror -- and for the most part, the press wasn't paying attention.
San Francisco Bay Guardian |
Amanda Witherell |
09-05-2007 |
Media
Glossy Mags Distort Image of Food as Much as Womennew
Everyone knows how fashion photographers and their set designers and airbrushers cause bodily harm by distorting the image of women, but few think about how the same people cause similar problems with their framing of food.
NOW Magazine |
Wayne Roberts |
08-31-2007 |
Media
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FCC Threaten PBS, Ken Burns With Big Finesnew
Filmmaker Ken Burns's The War, a 14-hour documentary about World War II, features four controversial words -- two "fucks," one "shit," and an "asshole" -- stations who air the uncensored versions face up to $1.3 million in fines per broadcast.
Boston Phoenix |
Staff |
08-30-2007 |
Media
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San Diegans Protest Clear Channel's Elimination of Progessive Talk Radionew
Protesters show support for KLSD 1360-AM as top execs consider a change to an all-sports format.
San Diego CityBeat |
Eric Wolff |
08-30-2007 |
Media
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Lou Golden, the King of Weirdnew
The former Weekly World News editor talks about the birth -- and death -- of a supermarket tabloid.
New Haven Advocate |
Christopher Arnott |
08-28-2007 |
Media
'The Smart Set' is All Setnew
Drexel University's new online publication experiments with audaciously long stories.
Philadelphia Weekly |
Cassidy Hartmann |
08-27-2007 |
Media
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The Suit Behind the Chicago Reader's Salenew
The old owners of the Reader weren't just out of ideas -- they were facing an ugly lawsuit from one of their own.
Chicago Reader |
Michael Miner |
08-27-2007 |
Media
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Colorado Prison Keeps Prisoners In & Reporters Outnew
Officials have denied every single media request for a face-to-face interview with supermax prisoners from January 2002 through May 2007.
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Kevin Martin, from N.C. to the FCCnew
Unlike his predecessor as FCC chairman, Michael Powell, Martin is not an anti-regulation ideologue in lockstep with Republicans and telecom companies.
Radio for the Peoplenew
The FCC will open a one-week window in October during which nonprofit community groups in the U.S. can file applications to create new, full-power, noncommercial FM radio stations.
New York Press |
Amy Goodman |
08-16-2007 |
Media
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Durbin Presses for Investigation into Brad Will's Murdernew
The senator from Illinois has written to the State Department, asking that they formally investigate last year's killing of the independent journalist in Mexico.
Illinois Times |
R.L. Nave |
08-16-2007 |
Media
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MormonWiki: Shining 'Good Light' on the Churchnew
At MormonWiki, one person's collaboration is another's editorial control.
Salt Lake City Weekly |
Jonah Owen Lamb |
08-15-2007 |
Media
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Citizen Bronsteinnew
Why does the San Francisco Chronicle's editor want to emulate the pioneer of yellow journalism?
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