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Scott MacKay might be long gone from the ProJo, but the WRNI contributor returned to his old haunt on Smith Hill yesterday to offer a legislative preview for the radio station: The white-haired men dressed in Revolutionary era artillery uniforms were...
As I've written before , it's great that blogs such as Hard Deadlines and Rhode Island's 12th have sprung up to cover areas that tend to get short-shrift from the Prov-centric RI media. And last Sunday, during his appearance on Newsmakers...
John Carpilio , a veteran of local broadcasting, is no longer in his post as news director at WRNI , Rhode Island's public radio station. GM Joe O'Connor offered the following statement: With sadness today I have decided to let John Carpilio go...
Speaking of newspaper advertising, a ProJo reader recently pointed out to me some of the dubious ads that have been running in Rhode Island's statewide daily, such as a full-pager yesterday on A7, dramatically headlined, "Amish mantle and miracle...
Some of us remember when, not all that long ago, the august New York Times used to run little classified-type ads at the bottom of its front-page. Now, seeking to goose revenue amid industry-wide problems, the Times is going with somewhat larger ads in...
Providence Monthly is out with its annual list of "10 people you don't know now, but soon will." As is sometimes the case, a number of these putative under-the-radar-types are already familiar to close readers of the Phoenix. Julian Dash...
Louis Menand has a good read in last week's New Yorker about the rise of the Village Voice, the great granddaddy of the American alt-press, and the prominent role played therein by Norman Mailer. He was writing well before the letting go last week...
The brightest minds in media have yet to figure out a way to sustain journalism deep into the Internet age. With an op-ed in today's ProJo, Joel Brinkley offers this concept: When the [newspaper Web] sites were considered technological curiosities...
Asked how he sees his role as a blogger, Justin Katz, administrator of Anchor Rising , described a general feeling of treading the line between intellectual and comedian. He made the remark -- to which I can relate -- during a taping this morning of WPRI...
What better way to start the New Year than with a new cable station dedicated 24/7 to baseball? Hell, the debut this evening of the MLB Network even signifies the return of Hazel Mae. Sounds good. During the run-up in recent weeks, MLB Network has been...
My colleague Adam Reilly has a rundown of his top 30 : Granted, other years have had flashier media embarrassments (Jayson Blair, Stephen Glass, a complacent press cheerily abetting the march to war in Iraq — that sort of thing). But that doesn't...
Although staff cuts have delayed, if not killed, "In Her Shoes," the ProJo's women's initiative , women-centric Web cites are increasing in number and prominence, reports Women's Wear Daily (h/t Romo ). Though most of the media is...
. . . There's no truth to the rumor that the New York Times is putting its stake in the Red Sox up for grabs on StubHub .
As we now know, Pat Crowley is taking on the reins at RI's Future from Matt Jerzyk. I talked with these two for a Q+A in this week's Phoenix : Jerzyk's choice of a successor (for undisclosed terms) makes good sense, on a number of levels....
Come and find out tonight (6-9) at the Wild Colonial, to celebrate Matt Jerzyk and to learn who will be the new owner * of RI's Future . Matt, who's planning to focus on his legal career, deserves a lot of credit for building the blogosphere and...
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