News
The Inky and DN: Just Like Gawker?
The Inquirer and Daily News recently installed some new technology in their newsrooms—flatscreen monitors running a web analytics service called “Chartbeat,” which displays the stories […]
Losing Gil Spencer: Another Blow to Philadelphia Journalism
The last great tabloid newspaper editor died last week. Given the current state of journalism, Philadelphia will never see another editor like F. Gilman Spencer. […]
Philly’s Fight Against Corruption Gets Its Heroes
Rumor has it Philly Police Commissioner Charles Ramsey might move back home to Chicago. Ramsey came to Philly by way of Chicago (with a stop […]
The DN’s Christine Flowers Takes on DOMA, Fails Miserably
Daily News resident right-wing blogger-person Christine Flowers has an, um, interesting take on the Obama administration’s decision not to fight challenges to the constitutionality of […]
The Politics of Crime Reporting
The Los Angeles Times is causing hubbub on its website because of a data-gathering project, the Homicide Report, that’s keeping track of every killing in […]
Let Us Now Praise the Inquirer and Daily News
“Life is a constant oscillation between the sharp horns of dilemmas.” —H.L. Mencken I say, big ups to the Inquirer and Daily News! And when’s […]
HughE Dillon: The Daily News Hosts a Sexy Singles Party
Thursday night was the Daily News 2010 Sexy Singles party at the Waterworks Restaurant. I arrived a bit late, after a party out on the […]
Shakeup Up at R2L Figures to Benefit Devil’s Den
R2L’s chef de cuisine Alex Urena has left the restaurant before it even opened and landed at Devil’s Den in South Philadelphia. Urena has an […]
Quick Bites
Slate, the gastropub on 21st Street between Chestnut and Sansom finally opens tomorrow at 5pm. The Chef is Eric Paraskevas, former chef de cuisine at […]
Mid-Day Snacks & Nibbles
Tinto has been expanding towards, but not entirely into, the corner of 20th & Sansom for what seems like an eternity and finally, the expansion […]