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“Gerry the Grinch” Website Receives Cease-and-Desist Letter

It would appear the fake Gerry Lenfest has the real Gerry Lenfest’s attention. In the aftermath of the layoffs at Philadelphia Media Network — which […]

City Life

Daily News Cover Compares Trump to Hitler

[Updated at noon with comment from editor] Nothing subtle about this: Wow. Check out the Philadelphia @PhillyDailyNews cover depicting the GOP front runner. pic.twitter.com/4V05L47wzO — […]

City Life

“Gerry the Grinch” Parody Takes Aim at Newspaper Layoffs

https://twitter.com/GerryTheGrinch/status/670239786196713472 A website and Twitter account dubbing Gerry Lenfest a “grinch” hope to persuade — or maybe just embarrass — the owner of Philly’s biggest […]

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Mike Dunn on the Empty Desks in City Hall’s Pressroom

(Editor’s note: This is an opinion column from former KYW City Hall reporter Mike Dunn.) Decades of history can be found in the press room […]

City Life

Cecily Tynan Beats Hurricane Schwartz in Long-Range Winter Forecast Battle

Thursday was pretty much the Super Bowl of the local weather wars, with 6 ABC gale force goddess Cecily Tynan delivering her yearly Winter Weather […]

City Life

Watch: Daily News Staffers Rock Out to “Crazy Train”

Daily News columnist Helen Ubiñas says the video above was inspired by Jennifer Pownall‘s campaign to raise awareness (and funds) of brain tumors. The Rock […]

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Newspaper Guild Offers to Buy Philadelphia Daily News

The union that represents journalists at Philly’s biggest newspapers is — once again — offering to buy the Daily News, this time in the wake […]

City Life

Layoffs Slam Philly.com, Daily News Hardest

As expected, layoffs were announced at Philadelphia Media Network on Wednesday afternoon — nearly 50 journalists and other workers at the Inquirer, Daily News, and […]

City Life

Big Layoffs to Hit Inquirer, Daily News, Philly.com

Philadelphia Media Network will lay off 46 members of the Newspaper Guild, the guild notified members Monday afternoon. Journalists at the company — which owns […]

City Life

The Daily News Isn’t Dead. Yet.

They’re writing the Daily News’ obituary. Again. Friday’s news that the newsrooms of the Inquirer, Daily News, and Philly.com are merging has prompted a new […]

City Life

Philadelphia Inquirer, Daily News Newsrooms to Merge

Updated with comment from PMN. See below. The newsrooms of the Inquirer, Daily News, and Philly.com will merge, the publisher of the papers told reporters […]

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WATCH: Adam Joseph Can Barely Handle This Local Haunted House

HalloweenWATCH A GROWN MAN SCREAM!Here is a piece for FYI Philly I did on the Bates Motel & Haunted Hayride. Does anyone look good when […]

City Life

Temple, Philly Newspapers in Project to Create “Paperless” News Future

Philly’s major daily newspapers are getting ready to take a big step away from “paper” — and they’re doing so with the help of Temple […]

City Life

Merging Daily News, Inquirer Newsrooms Would Be Dumb

The first day I walked into the newsroom at the Daily News, one of the editors pulled me aside to share an insight on the […]

City Life

Terry Egger Named New Publisher of Philadelphia Newspapers

Terry Egger, former publisher of the Cleveland Plain Dealer, has been named the publisher at Philadelphia Media Network, overseeing the Inquirer, Daily News, and Philly.com. […]