AltWeeklies Wire
Blogger Charged With Cyberstalkingnew
Online paeans to a Kansas City newscaster's breasts landed a registered sex offender in jail.
Riverfront Times |
Ben Westhoff |
07-06-2005 |
Media
Oops, Some Fell for Paper's Hoaxnew
Some readers were convinced that Kansas City's new downtown arena would be redesigned as a memorial to Confederate war dead, but the bloggers figured it out.
Readership Drops for Miami's Black Papernew
The once-vibrant Miami Times has been withering ever since Rachel Reeves took over the publication from her father.
Miami New Times |
Rebecca Wakefield |
07-06-2005 |
Media
Tags: Miami Herald, Jr., after Miami police officer William Lozano, and Garth Reeves, black motorist Arthur McDuffie, Clement Lloyd, Former Miami Times reporter Wilson Louis Bahamian-born publisher Garth Reeves and his Indo-Guyanese managing editor, Garth Reeves, Garth Reeves and his daughter Rachel Reeves, Henry E. S. Reeves, Jonathan Postal, Mohamed Hamaludin, race riots, Sr. (left)
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
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Two-Timed by Timenew
Time Inc. weakened the press when it decided to turn over Time reporter Matthew Cooper's notes and other materials to a federal prosecutor.
The Village Voice |
Sydney H. Schanberg |
07-05-2005 |
Media
Extinguished Journalistnew
Described as a "distinguished journalist" on the dust jacket of his new book about Hillary Clinton's sexuality, Ed Klein for the past 14 years has been gossip columnist for Parade, writing under the pseudonym Walter Scott.
The Village Voice |
Sydney H. Schanberg |
07-01-2005 |
Media
SF Weekly Cuts Deal with Clear Channelnew
Two anticompetitive chains seek to dominate concert ads.
San Francisco Bay Guardian |
Tim Redmond and Kimberly Chun |
06-29-2005 |
Media
Tags: media
Woodward's Debt to Deep Throatnew
If a story turns out to be a career maker, shouldn't the source share in the rewards?
The Village Voice |
Sydney H. Schanberg |
06-24-2005 |
Media
PBS or just BS?
A GOP-run CPB means the USA is SOL.
Only an ideologue would miss the point that publicly funded broadcasting is good for the public.
Birmingham Weekly |
Courtney Haden |
06-21-2005 |
Media
Fun With Numbersnew
One of the most loaded statistics around, sex-offender recidivism rates, is also one of the most commonly misstated.
Steal This Prosenew
A good journalism student plagiarized five stories printed in Florida daily papers and forged a recommendation letter.
New Times Broward-Palm Beach |
Chuck Strouse |
06-13-2005 |
Media
Memo to Mainstream Medianew
A media critic has a three-word response to the frenzy that followed revelation of the long-secret identity of Deep Throat: Downing Street Memo.
Seattle Weekly |
Geov Parrish |
06-08-2005 |
Media
Tags: media
"Lost & Found"new
AltWeeklies Award - Drugs Reporting
Terror Alert, Miami Stylenew
In covering the arrest of anti-Castro militant Luis Posada Carriles, reporters hungry for a "War on Terror" scoop collided with a White House anxious to woo the Cuban-exile community.
Miami New Times |
Brett Sokol |
06-07-2005 |
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
