Get ready for a domino effect that will include daily papers across the country. But hey… good news for trees, right? From Chicago Breaking News… Chicago Tribune parent Tribune Co. filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection today in Delaware so it can restructure its debt. Much of its debt was incurred last year when real […]
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Taser Claimed It Had Arrangement To Review Newspaper Articles About…Tasers
Hot on the heels of last week’s feature on Taser use (and giving us an opportunity, yet again, to post this fabulous illustration) comes news that Taser International told investors it had worked out an agreement with two Gannett Papers to review their articles on Tasers before they went to press. Check it out at […]
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People Who Use Yahoo Instead of Google Search for the Darnedest Things!
Yahoo! has posted their top searches for 2008 (never mind that there’s still nearly a full month left in the year) and therefore it must certainly be an entirely accurate representation of what’s on the world’s collective mind. You’ll be pleased to see that information on Britney Spears and pro wrestling is much more sought […]
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What Happened To The Racial Profiling Committee?
I’m still waiting for any other local media outlet (and please, correct me if I’m wrong), to note the demise of the mayor’s controversial racial profiling committee. This week’s lede describes the last meeting of the committee, which first began meeting in January 2007, and has so far cost Portland taxpayers $87,000, if you didn’t […]
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David Yandell On Katu
Katu ran a story on David Yandell, who was featured in my In The Shadows column last week.
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Trend Setting Turkey
Remember the bikini turkey that starred in the Mercury‘s last food issue? How could you forget, right? The thing is an internet celebrity and has clearly become popular among Portland art directors. From the November issue of Exotic: The thing’s ubiquitous, and nobody seems to know where it originally came from. But, I just found […]
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It’s All My Fault: Rupert Murdoch Gives Verbal Spanking to Journalists/Editors
Rupert Murdoch weighed in at a lecture series over the weekend regarding the sharp descent in the business of newspapers with reaction to online sources and overall media technology. Basically, we’re stubborn. That’s what I gathered anyway. I already sent myself to the corner and went to bed without dessert, but you can check out […]
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All The Fake News That’s Fit to Print
Today in Manhattan liberal pranksters The Yes Men handed out thousands of copies of a fake New York Times. The paper, dated July 4, 2009, features stories of liberal dreams come true; it leads with “IRAQ WAR ENDS” and continues with stories on topics like universal health care, free state college tuition, and maximum wage […]
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Apparently I’m A Feminist
I loathe marketing. At best it serves to lie to us and at worse it preys upon the most basic fears and needs of the human race. Marketing designed to appeal to gamers — or, more specifically, some ad exec’s idea of what a gamer is — exemplifies this disgusting practice while constantly exploiting humanity’s […]
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Indymedia Posts Photographs Of Alleged Neo-Nazis
Indymedia has three pages of photos of alleged neo-nazis on its website. I’ve left a message with the voicemail number there, trying to find out how they came across the photographs, who they’re depicting, and so on, but so far, no response. One commenter on the site asks: “Is this for real?” The hatred here […]
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Historico!
I’ve been enjoying the Newseum’s roundup of today’s front pages from around the world. Now you can, too. I wish I lived in Panama: I think the Chicago Sun Times and the New York Post are my favorites so far.
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Quest for the One Paper
I woke up this morning with one goal: procure a hard copy of the New York Times to keep on hand for inspiration, posterity, and my possible future offspring, maybe. And two Safeways, three Starbucks, a New Seasons, a Barnes and Noble, a cigarette and magazine stand, and four of those little boxes that you […]