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How Will Inquirer, Daily News Cover George Norcross Deals in Six Months?

Ed Rendell may be gone from the group that bought the Philadelphia Inquirer and Daily News, but the tangled business relationships and political interests of […]

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Cartoonist Tony Auth Bid Farewell to the Inquirer

Tony Auth started his stint as the editorial cartoonist at the Inquirer in 1971. He won a Pulitzer in 1976, but has left the paper […]

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Philly.com Pulls Gossip Video About Governor Corbett’s Daughter [UPDATED]

What is it with Philly.com, the web offshoot of the Philadelphia Inquirer and Daily News? Last summer, management at company headquarters pulled Marnie Hall’s salacious […]

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Group Agrees to Buy Inquirer Parent Company for $55 Million

The parameters of the deal to shift ownership of Philadelphia Media Network to the group of investors led by George Norcross III, Lewis Katz and […]

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Still Waiting on Announcement of Inquirer, Daily News Sale

Still Waiting on Announcement of Inky Sale. The details of the sale of Philadelphia Media Network to a group of investors led by Gerry Lenfest […]

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Investors Offer $60M for Inquirer, Daily News, and Philly.com

Group Offers $60M for PMN. The group of investors headed up by Lewis Katz and George Norcross has offered to purchase the parent company of […]

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35 More Layoffs at Philadelphia Newspapers?

Less than two weeks ago, 19 employees of the Philadelphia Inquirer, Daily News and Philly.com found out that they were on the layoff list, with […]

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Former Inky Columnist Thinks Philly.com Sucks

This morning Tom Ferrick—a former metro columnist for the Inquirer—published a piece on Metropolis detailing the shortcomings of Philly.com. Mainly, he points out that hits […]

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Former Inquirer Editor Talks Woulda, Coulda, Shoulda

Nieman Journalism Lab recently asked a bunch of former editors to think about what they would do differently if they were still steering their old […]

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Inquirer Slips in “State of the Media” Report

For the ninth year, the Pew Research Center has released a report on the state of news media creatively titled, “The State of the News […]

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Is the Inquirer Ed Rendell’s Propaganda Machine?

Here are two facts about Ed Rendell: Until very recently, he was the front man for a group of investors that will probably soon own […]

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Inquirer and Daily News Layoffs Begin [UPDATED]

It was one month ago today that we broke the news of impending layoffs at the Inquirer, Daily News, and philly.com. The “voluntary separation” aka […]

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Greg Osberg: Maybe Not Such a Savior of the Inquirer?

Well, I must admit: I didn’t see all this coming. From the trainwreck Greg Osberg has made of his administration at Philadelphia Media Network to the […]

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Gerry Lenfest Replaces Ed Rendell as Chairman of Potential Inky, Daily News Investors

Lenfest Takes Over Investment Group from Rendell. Gerry Lenfest has replaced Ed Rendell as the chairman of the group of investors working on an exclusive […]

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Tony Auth, Pulitzer-Winning Cartoonist, Leaving the Inquirer for WHYY

In 1971, Tony Auth began his tenure as an editorial cartoonist for the Philadelphia Inquirer. In over 40 years at the Inky, Auth amassed many […]