Inquirer
Buyout Period Extended at Inquirer and Daily News
Just over a week ago, we gave you details of the buyouts offered to Inquirer, Daily News, and philly.com staffers. That 14-day buyout period was […]
Governor Tom Corbett Doesn’t Like the Idea of Ed Rendell Owning the Inquirer
Tom Corbett was on The Dom Giordano Show on 1210 AM today when he criticized Ed Rendell for attempting to buy the Philadelphia Media Network. […]
10 Inquirer and Daily News Journalists Who Should Not Take the Buyout
Like news of a weekend murder in Southwest Philadelphia, the plundering of the newsrooms at 400 N. Broad has become de rigueur—sad to hear every […]
Ed Rendell: Our Very Own Rupert Murdoch!
Poor Ed Rendell. He feels like everyone is picking on him for trying to control, er, buy the Philadelphia Inquirer and Daily News. As Rendell […]
Inky and Daily News Owner Antics Are Pathetic
Why all the Sturm and Drang about potential new owners for the Inquirer? Judging by recent history, whoever closes that particular dealYo won’t stick around […]
Ed Rendell Didn’t Think He Was Talking to a Reporter
When I was managing editor of Philadelphia Weekly in the largely predigital 1990s, readers frequently came by the office to give us tips. Some panned […]
Someone Must Have Waterboarded Ed Rendell
Someone Must Have Waterboarded Ed Rendell. The former guv had announced that he was done speaking to the media about his potential deal to purchase […]
Should the New York Times Take Over for the Inquirer?
Has there been a more depressing week for Philadelphia media in recent memory? In the last few days, we’ve learned that A) the separate identities […]
Inky, Daily News and Philly.com Journalists Circulate Anti-Censorship Petition
A petition began circulating last night amongst journalists at the Philadelphia Media Network denouncing censorship. The move comes in the wake of management decisions that […]
Inquirer and Daily News Keep Investigative Reporters
This is How the Inky, Daily News and Philly.com Will Consolidate Coverage. This morning, an Inquirer piece explains how the editorial coverage of the Inquirer, […]
Inquirer Staffers Want Out, Buyout Details Emerge
Today is the first day of the 14-day buyout period for Daily News, Inquirer and philly.com personnel, and three Inquirer newsroom employees have volunteered to participate, […]
Buzz Bissinger Questions Ed Rendell’s Inquirer Motives
In an op-ed in the New York Times, Buzz Bissinger–as in the Pulitzer Prize winning journalist, author of the Ed Rendell-centered Prayer for the City, […]
Inky and Daily News Cutting 37 Jobs
Inquirer and Daily News to Cut 37 Positions From Edit/Art Staffs. Yesterday afternoon, Victor Fiorillo learned that the Philadelphia Media Network, the papers’ parent company, […]
Mass Layoffs Imminent at Inquirer, Daily News? [UPDATE]
This afternoon at 4 p.m., members of the Newspaper Guild labor union will meet with Philadelphia Media Network, the company that owns the Inquirer, Daily […]
HughE Dillon: Greg Osberg Crowned Mardi Gras King
For the fifth year, the Epilepsy Foundation Eastern Pennsylvania (EFEPA) hosted its Annual Mardi Gras Gala, complete with beads, masks and boas for guests. This […]