AltWeeklies Wire
Paywall? Philly Papers' Elusive Effort to Make Journalism Paynew
The long-awaited Inquirer.com and PhillyDailyNews.com are online this week, liberating the dailies from the bikini-and-gossip-coated digital stinkpit of Philly.com and locking content behind pay walls, where readers will finally have to pay for it. Sort of.
Philadelphia City Paper |
Daniel Denvir |
04-18-2013 |
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Shop the Pressesnew
After weeks of censorship and rumors about the sale of the Philadelphia Inquirer and Daily News, the future remains murky.
Philadelphia City Paper |
Daniel Denvir |
02-23-2012 |
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Philly Anarchist Newspaper Keeps Delivering the News Nobody Else Sees Fit to Printnew
The Defenestrator is released quarterly, or as often as finances and personal schedules allow. It is one of the longest-running and few remaining anarchist publications in the U.S., and it began as a photocopied newsletter.
Philadelphia City Paper |
Matt Stroud |
09-15-2009 |
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Loose Canon: Once and Future Journalismnew
Matt Golas' news beat is Philadelphia's best: development. And he's living the journalist's dream of telling the truth without being badgered by bean counters.
Philadelphia City Paper |
Bruce Schimmel |
02-24-2009 |
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New Sustainability Mag Builds a Base in Phillynew
Living sustainably has been a buzzed-about notion for years, but given the economic uncertainty we're all steeping in at present, the idea's become trendy for an entirely new reason. Into the breach comes Grid, a fledgling magazine pointing "Towards a Sustainable Philadelphia.
Philadelphia City Paper |
Brian Howard |
12-02-2008 |
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Marketing 215: Making a Good City Greatnew
AltWeeklies Award - Special Sections
Philadelphia City Paper |
City Paper Staff |
04-21-2008 |
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The Revolution Will Be Digitizednew
The Media Mobilizing Project works to bring grassroots organization into the 21st century.
Philadelphia City Paper |
Doron Taussig |
03-18-2008 |
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What Would a New Open Records Law Mean for Pennsylvania?new
The state's current open records law is widely regarded as one of the worst in the country -- but that may be about to change.
Philadelphia City Paper |
Timothy M. Williams |
02-12-2008 |
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The Newsroom, 'The Wire' and the Bottom Linenew
Newsrooms are shrinking, and at the same time, the copy hole expands -- not in print, but online, where electrons are limitless and (virtually) free. But while we all figure this out, what is going unwatched?
Philadelphia City Paper |
Duane Swierczynski |
01-08-2008 |
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Down the News Holenew
Here, we look at some of the biggest pieces of nonsensical hoopla from the year just ended, find out what stories got shoved to the back pages to make room, decide whether their burial was intentional conspiracy, and assess which was really the more important story.
Philadelphia City Paper |
Shaun Brady |
01-08-2008 |
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Sticking It to Reportersnew
Madame Privacy is a dirty, low-down bitch -- don't trust her.
Philadelphia City Paper |
Bruce Schimmel |
01-09-2007 |
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You Can Do That On Televisionnew
After more than two decades, the credits may finally roll on the battle to make Philadelphia the last major American city to get public-access cable TV.
Philadelphia City Paper |
Jenna Portnoy |
06-13-2006 |
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Tale Chasersnew
In the annals of crimes against journalism, Nick Sylvester's composite bar scene in a recent Village Voice cover story is neither culturally significant nor journalistically shocking.
Philadelphia City Paper |
Bruce Schimmel |
03-28-2006 |
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Bennett's Choicenew
Was the Philadelphia Inquirer's decision to run "the cartoon" about bravery or braggadocio?
Philadelphia City Paper |
Paul Curci |
02-17-2006 |
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Editor Signals New Era at Philadelphia City Papernew
Duane Swierczynski, Philadelphia City Paper's new editor-in-chief, has written six nonfiction books and a mystery novel, and he still hasn't reached his mid 30s. Publisher Paul Curci hired him to lead the paper's smart, young writers to excellence.
Philadelphia City Paper |
Paul Curci |
10-26-2004 |
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