AltWeeklies Wire
Does 'Mother Jones' Know Best?new
Foundation funding and collaboration, touted as the way forward for news, have their own pitfalls.
Chicago Reader |
Michael Miner |
11-30-2009 |
Media
Dead Sexy: 'Girls and Corpses,' a Magazinenew
Girls and Corpses began online before also going to print, parodying Maxim, Cosmopolitan and other sexed-up lifestyle magazines. Instead of a pretty girl posing suggestively with a bottle of shampoo, you'll see her nuzzling a remarkably authentic fake corpse. It's transfixing. You don't know what to look at first, or whether to laugh or cry or vomit.
L.A. Weekly |
Gendy Alimurung |
10-30-2009 |
Media
Jerry Powers, the Man Behind 'Ocean Drive,' Refuses to Surrendernew
After 15 years as publisher of one of America's best-known glossy magazines, Powers was recently pushed out by the new owner, Niche Media. Now he's at war with his former partners. On one front, he has sued Niche in federal court for illegally trying to silence him. Meanwhile, the widow of former Ocean Drive investor Derick Daniels has accused Powers of swindling her out of millions of dollars.
Miami New Times |
Francisco Alvarado |
10-19-2009 |
Media
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 |
Media
How a High-gloss Mag About Mixtapes is Actually Making Itnew
Foundation was started by three street-smart guys with no publishing experience, no money and no distribution.
Philadelphia Weekly |
Kate Kilpatrick |
07-21-2008 |
Media
Four Reporters Emerge in Round 3 of Wimblehacknew
Karen Tumulty of Time, Howard Fineman of Newsweek, and Elisabeth Bumiller and James Bennet of The New York Times prove arrogant enough to move on to the Round 4 of the competition for worst campaign journalist.
New York Press |
Matt Taibbi |
11-01-2004 |
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