AltWeeklies Wire
Why Was Josh Wolf Freed, Anyway?new
Freelance journalist and blogger Josh Wolf has been free for more than a week, but the debate over why the federal government released him after 226 days in jail is only getting murkier.
San Francisco Bay Guardian |
Sarah Phelan |
04-11-2007 |
Media
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TV News Asks Too Many Questionsnew
You can't turn on a TV anymore without news people asking you questions, which they are supposed to answer but never do.
Baltimore City Paper |
Brian Morton |
04-10-2007 |
Media
Tags: media
Does Viral Media Weaken the Press, or Empower the People?new
From Nero to Nixon, despots have feared the mob, so could the videophone/YouTube/Blackberry internet be the New Mob they must rightly fear?
Los Angeles CityBeat |
Mick Farren |
04-06-2007 |
Media
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A River Runs Through Cox Landnew
And the Atlanta Journal-Constitution's boss fights for billionaires' right to steal public land and water in Montana.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
John Sugg |
04-05-2007 |
Media
Tags: media, Metropolis
Josh Wolf Freednew
The jailed journalist is set free after posting unedited video and getting assurance that he won't have to testify against anarchist group.
San Francisco Bay Guardian |
Sarah Phelan |
04-04-2007 |
Media
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Boston's New Free Daily Has a New Writer: Younew
To hear the founders talk about it, BostonNOW isn't just trying to grab a piece of the commuter-freebie market. Instead, they say, they're going to save the newspaper industry.
Dig Boston |
Paul McMorrow |
04-04-2007 |
Media
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Brian Tierney: Philadelphia Weekly's Rumored Biddernew
The Philadelphia Inquirer and Daily News boss is hoping to reinvent his public persona.
Philadelphia Weekly |
Steve Volk |
04-03-2007 |
Media
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Chass Cover-upnew
The slaying of 16-year-old high school student Jeremiah Chass by sheriff's deputies dominated front-page headlines of the Santa Rosa Press Democrat for a week -- seldom have I witnessed such inept and slanted journalism.
North Bay Bohemian |
Peter Byrne |
03-30-2007 |
Media
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'Guest Editor' Program Generated Buzz, Just Not the Good Kindnew
"Grazergate" is just another symptom of the celebrity-obsession disease increasingly infecting the L.A. Times and other "serious" media once thought to be immune.
Los Angeles CityBeat |
Natalie Nichols |
03-30-2007 |
Media
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Boise Weekly Loses Open Records Casenew
Potentially damning records of a psychiatric hospital's troubles will remain closed to the public, despite a court challenge by the Boise Weekly.
Boise Weekly |
Shea Andersen |
03-29-2007 |
Media
Tags: media
Fair and Balanced -- Almostnew
NewsTrust, an online rating service self-touted as "your guide to good journalism," is still working on calibrating it's neutrality.
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GateHouse Media: Red All Overnew
The new owner of Springfield's daily has been gobbling up small papers and piling on debt.
Illinois Times |
R.L. Nave |
03-28-2007 |
Media
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Big Boobsnew
Know-it-all media the world over got punked by the latest New Times parody, and now (sigh...) it's time to cop to the details.
Phoenix New Times |
Stephen Lemons |
03-27-2007 |
Media
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Gannett Shuts Down Vt. Printing Pressnew
Workers claim the media giant didn't want to invest in modernization -- or potential competition.
Seven Days |
Kevin J. Kelley |
03-26-2007 |
Media
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Conrad Black Called to Accountnew
Will his trial shed light on exactly how the Chicago Sun-Times got screwed?
Chicago Reader |
Michael Miner |
03-26-2007 |
Media
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