AltWeeklies Wire
Boy Butter's Tight Agendanew
The sex lube maker says Comcast won't air his racy ad in San Francisco.
Tags: media
Why Was Josh Wolf Freed, Anyway?new
Freelance journalist and blogger Josh Wolf has been free for more than a week, but the debate over why the federal government released him after 226 days in jail is only getting murkier.
San Francisco Bay Guardian |
Sarah Phelan |
04-11-2007 |
Media
Tags: media
TV News Asks Too Many Questionsnew
You can't turn on a TV anymore without news people asking you questions, which they are supposed to answer but never do.
Baltimore City Paper |
Brian Morton |
04-10-2007 |
Media
Tags: media
Does Viral Media Weaken the Press, or Empower the People?new
From Nero to Nixon, despots have feared the mob, so could the videophone/YouTube/Blackberry internet be the New Mob they must rightly fear?
Los Angeles CityBeat |
Mick Farren |
04-06-2007 |
Media
Tags: media
A River Runs Through Cox Landnew
And the Atlanta Journal-Constitution's boss fights for billionaires' right to steal public land and water in Montana.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
John Sugg |
04-05-2007 |
Media
Tags: media, Metropolis
Josh Wolf Freednew
The jailed journalist is set free after posting unedited video and getting assurance that he won't have to testify against anarchist group.
San Francisco Bay Guardian |
Sarah Phelan |
04-04-2007 |
Media
Tags: media
Boston's New Free Daily Has a New Writer: Younew
To hear the founders talk about it, BostonNOW isn't just trying to grab a piece of the commuter-freebie market. Instead, they say, they're going to save the newspaper industry.
Dig Boston |
Paul McMorrow |
04-04-2007 |
Media
Tags: media
'Guest Editor' Program Generated Buzz, Just Not the Good Kindnew
"Grazergate" is just another symptom of the celebrity-obsession disease increasingly infecting the L.A. Times and other "serious" media once thought to be immune.
Los Angeles CityBeat |
Natalie Nichols |
03-30-2007 |
Media
Tags: media
Boise Weekly Loses Open Records Casenew
Potentially damning records of a psychiatric hospital's troubles will remain closed to the public, despite a court challenge by the Boise Weekly.
Boise Weekly |
Shea Andersen |
03-29-2007 |
Media
Tags: media
Fair and Balanced -- Almostnew
NewsTrust, an online rating service self-touted as "your guide to good journalism," is still working on calibrating it's neutrality.
Tags: media
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
Big Boobsnew
Know-it-all media the world over got punked by the latest New Times parody, and now (sigh...) it's time to cop to the details.
Phoenix New Times |
Stephen Lemons |
03-27-2007 |
Media
Tags: media
Conrad Black Called to Accountnew
Will his trial shed light on exactly how the Chicago Sun-Times got screwed?
Chicago Reader |
Michael Miner |
03-26-2007 |
Media
Tags: media
Will Library of Congress Ruling Kill Web Radio?new
In one fell swoop, the entire idea of internet radio was pushed to the brink of collapse by the the obscure Copyright Royalty Board at the Library of Congress.
Los Angeles CityBeat |
Dean Kuipers |
03-23-2007 |
Media
Tags: media
'Balance' or Pandering?new
The Clarion-Ledger's version of balanced, "objective" reporting is Molly Ivins vs. Ann Coulter, the NAACP vs. the KKK.
Jackson Free Press |
Todd Stauffer |
03-22-2007 |
Media
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