Inquirer
Philly.com to Split from Inquirer and Daily News
It’s hard to keep up with all the changes at the Inquirer, Daily News and Philly.com, what with all the layoffs, buyouts, redesigns, unfortunate staff […]
Philly.com Sucks Less, Still Needs Improvement
We spend a lot of time in these parts documenting and lamenting the decline of quality Philadelphia journalism, so let’s celebrate and give credit on […]
Monica Yant Kinney: “The Newspaper Industry Is Getting Smaller”
In yet another blow to the Inquirer’s editorial ranks, must-read metro columnist Monica Yant Kinney is leaving daily journalism for the Ivy-covered towers of Penn. […]
The Inquirer or the Philly Mob: Which Will Die First?
If you’ve been searching for Pulitzer-nominated mob reporter George Anastasia’s expert coverage of the Joseph Ligambi trial in the Philadelphia Inquirer, you’re looking in the […]
Inky Owners Sue Bart Blatstein
Interstate General Media Sues Bart Blatstein. The owners of the Inquirer say they deserve their security deposit back from the time period when they rented […]
Former Inquirer Editor the Most Clueless Man in America
Or so his wife says. Vernon Loeb, the former deputy managing editor at the Inky and current Washington Post metro editor who co-wrote the the […]
Petraeus Lives in Philly???!!!
If this isn’t an endearingly Philly headline, I don’t know what is: “Petraeus email trail has Philly link.” No matter what the big national story […]
Philly Newspapers Are Dying Faster Than Almost Every Other Major Newspaper in the Country
Now that Sandy has receded and the election is over, it’s time to turn our attention to another disaster: The incredible shrinking circulation of Philadelphia’s […]
Inky Series Said to Cause Prison Overcrowding
Phawker writer Jeff Deeney reports on conditions at Philadelphia’s House of Corrections, a jail built to hold a maximum capacity of 1,200 prisoners. On a […]
Philly Newspaper Guild Files Grievance Over Inquirer Reassignments
Interstate General Media, the company now running the Inquirer, Daily News and Philly.com, recently reassigned a bunch of longtime Inky reporters, seemingly hoping that they’d […]
Former Inky Paper Boy Reunited With Stolen Baseball Cards
More than six years ago, Pat McCrystal’s collection of baseball cards were stolen from his basement. He thought his three boxes of cards in binders […]
Philadelphia Inquirer Theater Critic Howard Shapiro Takes Buyout
On October 2nd, we told you that the Inquirer was making some very odd reassignments, most notably taking its full-time arts writer and theater critic […]
VIDEO: Watch a Pulitzer Winner Speed Read Green Eggs and Ham
If you’ve ever wanted to watch a Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist speed-read a Dr. Seuss book, then you’re in look. Kristen Graham—who simply crushes it on […]
Daily News and Inquirer Staffers Offered Buyouts
Less than a week after learning that several Inquirer reporters of a certain age had been reassigned to other geographic areas, with full-time theater critic […]
Details of the Inquirer’s Newsroom Shake-up
The latest newsroom upheaval at the Inquirer has put most of the staff in a foul mood, but at least one of those affected appears […]