Media
Fake Fox News Commenter Scandal Worse Than You Thought
Earlier this week, the world learned that Fox News was fighting back against the lamestream media and its loyalists by planting fake good-PR trolls in […]
Media Matters, the Organization that Called Out Fox’s Fake Commenters, Is a Liberal Goon Squad
Yesterday, my fellow Philly Mag blogger Joel Mathis was able to rile up the ire of the left with his post “Fox News Used Fake […]
Inquirer Cockfight! How Old, Out-of-Touch Men Ruined a Newspaper
The tragic kabuki dance being played out by the owners of the Philadelphia Inquirer shares a dubious distinction with the Inky staff – all the […]
Legal Battle Over Ousted Inquirer Editor Begins Today
The showdown between Philly’s newspaper owners Lewis Katz and George Norcross will begin its first major proxy war in the Court of Common Pleas today […]
Fox News Used Fake Online Commenters to Counter Bad Publicity
Apparently when they said, “We report, you decide” during the last decade or so, the folks at Fox News didn’t actually mean it. Media Matters […]
Have All the Parties in Charge of the Inquirer Sued Each Other At This Point?
Here we go again. Bob Hall—the publisher who fired Inquirer editor Bill Marimow last week against the wishes of two of its owners, Lewis Katz […]
Norcross Files Countersuit in Marimow Firing
Philly.com reports: “George Norcross, one of two managing directors of Interstate General Media, which owns the Philadelphia Inquirer, Daily News and philly.com, filed a lawsuit […]
Christie Beat Writer Matt Katz Leaving Inquirer
Word got out today that Matt Katz, the Inquirer‘s well-respected Chris Christie beat writer would be leaving the paper to cover The Governor at WNYC, New […]
New York Times’ David Carr chimes in on the Marimow firing, weeps
David Carr, whose beacon shines in particularly bad situations in media, wrote his Sunday Media Equation column on the firing of Inquirer editor Bill Marimow, […]
A Judge Will Decide Bill Marimow’s Future. The Inquirer’s Outlook is Murkier.
The fight over Bill Marimow’s job is not a fight for the future of the Philadelphia Inquirer. It’s a fight over how much dignity the […]
Inquirer Owners Suing Inquirer Publisher
Just when you thought the bizarre management situation at the Philadelphia Inquirer couldn’t get any more heated, this happens: Lewis Katz and H.G. “Gerry” Lenfest, two of the […]
Marimow Change.org Petition Gets Required Signatures
A petitioner called “Citizens for Marimow,” who may or may not be affiliated with “Friends of Bill,” has a Change.org petition calling for a “review” […]
Philadelphia Newspaper Journos Reminded: Please Don’t Talk to the Media
The coverage of strife at the Inquirer, Daily News, and Philly.com in the last two days—in the wake of Inky editor Bill Marimow’s latest firing—has […]
Union Head: Inky Journos Don’t Actually Hate Philly.com
An email appeared in my inbox this afternoon: Joel, Let me be real clear, none of the Journalists at the Inquirer or Daily News “Hate” […]