A Newsstand Bailout
By Dylan Matthews - Jan 29th, 2009 at 2:19 pmIt looks like Out of Town News, the iconic newsstand in the middle of Harvard Square that’s been operating since the mid-1950s, might not close…
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What the Washington Post Considers Newsworthy
By Ned Resnikoff - Jan 29th, 2009 at 12:39 pmYesterday, Barack Obama made a throwaway line about how DC schools are too quick to cancel at the first sign of snow. Everyone had a…
Salmon’s Case For Nonprofit Newspapers
By Daniel Strauss - Jan 28th, 2009 at 12:12 pmFelix Salmon makes the case for the The New York Times and other major newspapers to go nonprofit:
What’s more, I suspect that the future…
Non-profit Newspapers
By Ned Resnikoff - Jan 28th, 2009 at 10:24 amThis seems like a pretty smart way to ensure the survival of those information-gathering goliaths we know as newspapers. Although if I were the owner…
The Times Looking for a Slightly Less Embarrassing Conservative Voice
By Jamelle Bouie - Jan 26th, 2009 at 2:21 pmNow that Kristol is done, it’s time for idle speculation as to who will replace him as the The New York Times‘ designated conservative. In…
Ding-dong, the [Wizard] is [Out of a Job]!
By Jake Blumgart - Jan 26th, 2009 at 1:45 pmAs Daniel noted, William Kristol no longer writes for The New York Times.
The Washington Monthly puts it best:
“His columns combined the three worst…
The End of a Bad Era: Kristol Leaves the Times
By Daniel Strauss - Jan 26th, 2009 at 1:14 pmLike the end to the nightmarish presidency his column often cheer-led, Bill Kristol’s time on The New York Times editorial page is officially over. I…
Sarkozy Values Newspapers, and So Should We
By Daniel Strauss - Jan 23rd, 2009 at 5:08 pmFrance’s president, Nicolas Sarkozy, has always been a little too showy for my tastes, and here he may just be trying to hog the spotlight…
Joe Scarborough Not Getting Any Less Irritating
By Ned Resnikoff - Jan 23rd, 2009 at 2:33 pmCheck out Ben Craw’s clever juxtaposition in the first half of this video between President Obama and Morning Joe got me wondering: Now that Obama’s…
Hard Times
By Jake Blumgart - Jan 23rd, 2009 at 12:22 pmFor those keeping track, the prestige of the newspaper industry has taken another hit. Carlos Slim, a Mexican tycoon of dubious morality, has given The…
Historic Coverage
By Jesse Singal - Jan 21st, 2009 at 11:58 amWhat’s that you say? You want to see today’s front pages of more than 600 newspapers from around the world? Sure thing.
What TPM’s Cooper Hire Means
By Daniel Strauss - Jan 21st, 2009 at 11:27 amWith the hiring of Matt Cooper it’s indisputable that Talking Points Memo is more than a publication of the far-left progressive media sphere. Cooper is…
Obama’s Journo Jam Sessions
By Jessica Hillyard - Jan 15th, 2009 at 11:39 amPresident-elect Obama made waves this weekend by attempting to have a seemingly clandestine meeting with a group of well-known conservative journalists. The gathering took place…
Get ‘im, Rick!
By Jesse Singal - Jan 14th, 2009 at 6:10 pmVia Wonkette, CNN’s Rick Sanchez verbally eviscerates Joe the Plumber. It gets somewhat personal. And awesome.
The Future of Historic Memorabilia
By Daniel Strauss - Jan 13th, 2009 at 6:16 pmVia Romenesko, The Washington Post is planning on printing 2.7 million copies of the paper on Inauguration Day. The word on the street is there…
