>Newspaper union wants The Philadelphia Inquirer to pay $100,000 and to restore him as a columnist at the paper, meanwhile The Inquirer continues to ignore the arbitators ruling. Source: Richard Prince’s Journalism The dispute between sports commentator Stephen A. Smith and the Philadelphia Inquirer escalated when the Newspaper Guild of Philadelphia took the dispute to […]
>President Obama takes questions from seven reporters from the black press aboard Air Force One on their way to the NAACP convention in New York.“As our first black president, Obama made a great point about the need for blacks to take more personal responsibility and stop making excuses for failure. But what some black Americans […]
> After 149 years and 311 days, the Rocky Mountain News published its final edition last Friday, on February 27, 2009. Could this be a lesson for radio? The owners of The Rocky Mountain News, Scripps, Inc., decided to close down the newspaper serving the Denver, Colorado since 1859. The economy is one reason for […]
>Let’s Try Daily Newspapers and Broadcast Network Television The NPR and 90.9 FM WHYY show Radio Times with Marty Moss-Coane takes a look at recent developments in the media including the Tribune Company’s bankruptcy filing, and how the media and journalism will survive in this economic crisis. The guest also discuss NBC’s decision to scrap […]