Bill Campbell, a legendary Philadelphia sportscaster who called Wilt Chamberlain’s 100-point game, has died at age 91.
The Inquirer seems to be ahead of the Times. Last Friday, The New York Times ran a column titled “The Bro Hug: Embracing a Change in […]
When this old world starts getting me down and people are just too much for me to face (doo-doo, doo-doo), I like to open the […]
There exists an unwritten rule in many of America’s newsrooms. It stipulates that when a journalist of sufficient stature departs his job, he is sent […]
Here’s how BillyPenn.com covered the A.J. Marsico sex assault allegation: You know the story: Boy meets girl, boy takes girl back to his office at […]
It’s not easy to find a woman leading a newsroom. Yes, women do ascend to the top spots of newspapers and magazines — but sometimes, […]
Philadelphia Business Journal reports that the Phillies have extended their contract with CBS Radio through the 2015 season. A three-year-contract, signed in 2012, was to […]
A familiar face is getting a new, high-profile gig. The Today Show reports: Sheinelle Jones has joined the TODAY team as the news anchor of […]
Tony Auth, who for four decades satirized the city’s foibles as the editorial cartoonist for the Philadelphia Inquirer, has died of cancer at age 72.
It’s been nearly a year since The Philadelphia Citizen debuted its website with a bruising eff-you to the local media establishment — but then not much […]
[Update 6 p.m.] Interstate General Media, the company that owns the papers and Philly.com, sends along a statement saying the donations are old news: In […]
BillyPenn.com, the online news organization slated to make its debut this fall, has announced its first reporter hire. Anna Orso, currently a reporter with the […]
In local blog news, I received confirmation this morning that Racked Philly is folding on Friday. The retail-focused site started off with regional coverage in New York, LA […]
Just a few days after Philadelphia Public Record publisher Jimmy Tayoun Sr. (pictured) shrugged off the Asian slurs that appeared in last week’s edition of […]
UPDATE 8/25 1:10pm: The editor responsible for the Asian slurs has been fired. For the full story, go here. ORIGINAL: The Philadelphia Public Record newspaper […]
