Media
Ted Beitchman Is Back With Fast Philly Sports (And Inga Saffron Is Not Amused)
Just when we’d almost forgotten about publisher, ex-convict, and colorful Philadelphia character Ted Beitchman, he has resurfaced with a new website: FastPhillySports.com. Beitchman is the publisher […]
Temple Alum Is New CEO of NPR
NPR reports: “Media industry veteran Jarl Mohn will be NPR’s new CEO, the organization’s board of directors has announced. Mohn, 62, currently sits on the board […]
Bucks Native Takes Helm at CBS Evening News
Philadelphia Business Journal reports: “Bucks County native and former local news executive Steve Capus was named executive producer of the CBS Evening News with Scott Pelley and executive editor […]
Amtrak Tells Young People to Visit ‘Fishtown, Pennsylvania’
A Buzzfeed post by “brand publisher” Amtrak has identified six neighborhoods you should visit — presumably on Amtrak — and one is in Philadelphia! It’s […]
Judge to Inquirer Owners: Let’s Have Us an English-Style Auction — You Have a Month
And there you have it. In a ruling issued on Friday, Vice Chancellor Donald F. Parsons of the Court of Chancery of the State of […]
Washington Post Seems Kind of Enamored of Well-Organized Drug Ring
An important out-of-town newspaper has written an article about Philadelphia, and it’s not the New York Times! On Tuesday, the Washington Post ran an article […]
Inga’s Zingers: Nine Great Quips from Pulitzer Winner Inga Saffron
Yesterday, the 2014 Pulitzer Prizes were announced, and Inga Saffron of the Inquirer won the Pulitzer for criticism! Saffron’s one of my favorite local writers, […]
Interview: Pulitzer Winner Inga Saffron Watches Philly Grow
Truth be told, Inga Saffron seemed a little embarrassed about appearing on Philly Mag’s list of the city’s 75 most-powerful people. (The issue is on […]
NYT Media Columnist David Carr Challenges Comcast Merger
New York Times media columnist David Carr today challenges the proposed merger of Comcast and Time Warner Cable, posing six “serious questions” that Comcast has […]
Suburban Philly Papers May Go On Sale
Nieman Journalism Lab is reporting that Digital First Media — which owns dozens of community newspapers nationally, including a few in the Philadelphia suburbs and […]
The Best Daily Paper in Town Is the Philadelphia Daily News*
First of all, let’s grant that journalists take awards way too seriously — but for obvious reasons: Circulation reports and page-view analytics don’t always provide […]
Philly.com Commenters Are Still Kind of Awful
Well, it’s been awhile since Philly.com adopted its new, troll-crushing commenting system. How’s that working out? https://twitter.com/ParentsUnitedPA/status/448488651941359616 Uh-oh. Well, how bad could the comments on […]
Federal Suit Filed Against Philly.com Over Ashton Kutcher, Mila Kunis Photo
Philadelphia Media Network LLC and Philadelphia Newspapers LLC have been sued in Federal Court over a photo of Ashton Kutcher and Mila Kunis that was […]
Newsroom Shaken by Norcross Campaign Solicitation
This is what inevitably comes of having a political boss as a newspaper owner, perhaps: The newsrooms of the Inquirer and Daily News are again […]
The Ultimate Philadelphia Klout Ranking
Klout, Inc. was founded in San Francisco in 2009. It measures online influence by using data from Twitter, Facebook, Google+, Instagram, WordPress and a bunch […]