AltWeeklies Wire
Derf Ends 24-Year Run of Comic Strip 'The City'new

Cleveland cartoonist Derf Backderf published the final installment of "The City" today.
Cleveland Scene |
Eric Sandy |
05-15-2014 |
Media
First Day Without Plain Dealer Home Delivery Sucksnew

Reports indicate that it's been taking upwards of an hour for the e-edition to load on iPads. What a way to inspire confidence in an already tortured, livid audience base.
Cleveland Scene |
Sam Allard |
08-05-2013 |
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Tags: Cleveland Plain Dealer
Can The Cleveland Plain Dealer Be Saved?new

In short, no. Cleveland will soon be left without a daily newspaper.
Cleveland Scene |
Vince Grzegorek |
12-07-2012 |
Media
Hell to the Chiefnew

The new editor of The Plain Dealer in Cleveland faces mixed reviews and an uphill battle.
Cleveland Scene |
Afi-Odelia E. Scruggs |
01-20-2011 |
Media
Tags: Debra Adam Simmons, Plain Dealer
Satan or Saviornew
AltWeeklies Award - Media Reporting
Cleveland Scene |
Thomas Francis |
04-21-2008 |
Media
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Blue Mobnew
AltWeeklies Award - Investigative Reporting
Cleveland Scene |
Aina Hunter |
04-21-2008 |
Media
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A Worker Scorned ...new
And a sexual harassment complaint against The Plain Dealer.
Cleveland Scene |
Denise Grollmus |
07-17-2006 |
Media
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Unfit for Printnew
Did The Toledo Blade sit on Coingate until after Bush won?
Cleveland Scene |
Lisa Rab |
06-12-2006 |
Media
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Dear Cleveland ...new
You're so uncool -- just ask the local media.
Cleveland Scene |
Ron Rajecki |
03-06-2006 |
Media
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Sports World Fires Back at Roger Brownnew
A sportswriter discovers that taking shots at athletes is a no-no in Cleveland.
Cleveland Scene |
Michael C. Fitzpatrick |
08-30-2005 |
Media
Speaker for the Deadnew
An award-winning obituary writer describes life on the death beat.
Cleveland Scene |
Rebecca Meiser |
08-09-2005 |
Media
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A Story Too Hot for the Cleveland Plain Dealernew
In the face of criticism, Plain Dealer Editor Doug Clifton defended his decision to withhold "two stories of profound importance" from Northeast Ohio readers. Scene publishes one of them this week.
Cleveland Scene |
Staff |
07-20-2005 |
Media
Black Newspapers Cry Racismnew
Across the country, black newspapers are crying discrimination because two companies -- Kohl's Department Stores and T-Mobile Wireless -- don't spend enough money with ... black newspapers.
Cleveland Scene |
Kevin Hoffman |
01-12-2005 |
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