AltWeeklies Wire
Black and Whitenew
The New York Times Company's plan to put out a free weekly geared to African-American readers has defenders of the black press seeing red.
Boston Phoenix |
Mark Jurkowitz |
08-19-2005 |
Media
Tags: Gainesville, guardian
Redemption Talenew
Former conservative-media poster boy David Brock is trying to do the right thing with liberal media watchdog Media Matters. Should we trust him?
Boston Phoenix |
Mark Jurkowitz |
07-29-2005 |
Media
Tags: media
The Boston Globe/Red Sox Connectionnew
What happens when the biggest newspaper in town owns a financial piece of the biggest story in town?
Boston Phoenix |
Ian Donnis |
07-28-2005 |
Media
Lost in MySpacenew
The social-networking site MySpace.com has a staggering membership of 22 million. It logs nearly 7.5 billion page-views a month, making MySpace the fifth-highest-ranked domain on the Internet, surpassing both Hotmail and Google.
Boston Phoenix |
Camille Dodero |
07-21-2005 |
Media
Tags: media
Terror Diary: The Media Blitz on the London Bombingsnew
From cable news and the pundit shows to the dailies, here's how the US media covered the London bombings.
Boston Phoenix |
Mark Jurkowitz |
07-14-2005 |
Media
Tags: media
Grokster Blues: Marketing to Scofflawsnew
It’s hard to feel much sympathy for the folks at Grokster Ltd., Streamcast Networks Inc., and other file-sharing-service providers. After all, as Justice David Souter made clear in the Supreme Court’s decision Monday, their business plans were predicated entirely on users’ illegal behavior.
Boston Phoenix |
David S. Bernstein |
07-06-2005 |
Media
Tags: media
Targeting NPRnew
Despite studies that show public radio’s audience is diverse and its news coverage bias-free, the White House’s hatchet man threatens our most vital source of broadcast news.
Boston Phoenix |
Dan Kennedy |
06-07-2005 |
Media
The New York Times Goes Slummingnew
"Class Matters" -- the New York Times’ epic inquiry into the widening economic divisions of the new millennium -- appears to be a well-intentioned effort to reckon with a serious social condition. However, the New York Times is in no position to deliver.
Boston Phoenix |
Chris Lehmann |
06-02-2005 |
Media
Tags: media
Newsweek's Not the Issue; U.S. Policy Isnew
Newsweek's screw-up is a gift to right-wingers looking to blame the media for Bush's foreign-policy failures.
Boston Phoenix |
Dan Kennedy |
05-19-2005 |
Media
Tags: media
The Next Great Indecency Threatnew
The religious right (and a few liberals) already have broadcasters on the run. Coming up: Cable, satellite, and -- just possibly -- the Internet.
Boston Phoenix |
Dan Kennedy |
05-12-2005 |
Media
Tags: media
While Network News Flounders, the Present Belongs to NPRnew
Now that early-evening network news programming has sustained a series of body blows, it looks as if NPR -- certainly not cable -- is the wave of the future for serious news-followers.
Boston Phoenix |
Dan Kennedy |
04-15-2005 |
Media
An American Fatwanew
Media irresponsibility could place Michael Schiavo's life in danger for many years to come.
Boston Phoenix |
Dan Kennedy |
04-04-2005 |
Media
Tags: media
Worst Homicide Squad seriesnew
AltWeeklies Award - Investigative Reporting
Boston Phoenix |
David S. Bernstein |
03-31-2005 |
Media
Tags: media
High Times: the Magazine for Serious Cannabis Smokersnew
After a brief stint as a slick, celebrity-driven version of the Nation, the pot-appreciation magazine High Times is back to its roots -- and readers are inhaling deeply.
Boston Phoenix |
Camille Dodero |
03-21-2005 |
Media
Cardiac Kidsnew
Internet speculation about Bush’s and Cheney’s health poses a media dilemma. Plus, Barnicle’s Herald stint sours; what the sale of Slate means for online media; and Arthur Sulzberger changes his mind.
Boston Phoenix |
Dan Kennedy |
01-06-2005 |
Media
Tags: media
