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Water And A Seat

benjiwatson wrote 4 days ago: Incense be damned. The Rev. gave my wake one  curious sniff as I passed him in the foyer, storming i … more →

Tags: Fiction, anarchists, Noam Chomsky, Stephen Malkmus, Incense, sqecial media

Changing Local News

andrewtytla wrote 2 months ago: Busy day in Utica, New York. When I lived in the mountains of Upstate New York in the early 80 … more →

Tags: WKTV, WYOU, fainting, Scranton, Utica, glenn beck

Do We Save Local TV News... Or Save Ourselves?8 comments

localtvnews wrote 3 months ago: But... We Ruled the World... How Can It Ever End? Clay Shirky’s recent column, “Newspape … more →

Tags: Local News 2.0, Rocky Mountain News, Newspapers, financial model, Clay Shirky, Economy

QUICK SHOW OF HANDS: Hold On Until It Gets Better, or Adjust to the New Normal?1 comment

localtvnews wrote 4 months ago: Time to Vote: the standupkid QUICK SHOW OF HANDS What do you think, local newsers?  Is all this fir … more →

Tags: Layoffs, cutbacks, permanent or temporary

Thanks for Stopping By

localtvnews wrote 5 months ago: There’s a lot to talk about in the local tv biz these days, and most of it’s rather depr … more →

Tags: Blog, Layoffs, mark joyella, New York Post

Vegas Station Benches Weeknight Sports

localtvnews wrote 5 months ago: The longtime local news formula of news, weather and sports has been sliced by a third at KVVU/Las V … more →

Tags: cutbacks, Sports, KVVU, Las Vegas, daily sportscast

Gannett to Newsers: You Will Not Work, You Will Not Be Paid

localtvnews wrote 5 months ago: The emails poured in from local newsers at Gannett stations Wednesday as they reeled from the compan … more →

Tags: Gannett, furlough

Chicago's Choppers on the Chopping Block

localtvnews wrote 5 months ago: Chicago’s air wars have gotten a lot less hardcore–with fewer birds in the air.  Phil Ro … more →

Tags: cutbacks, WFLD, wmaq, Chicago, choppers, Air Wars, FOX, NBC, sherri berg

Is This the Inevitable Answer: A Steve Jobs for Local Newsers, and iTunes for News?5 comments

localtvnews wrote 5 months ago: One of the first comments to come my way after the debut of localtvnews was the idea that the … more →

Tags: Local News 2.0, Journalism, New York Times, Steve Jobs, Apple, iTunes, David Carr

We're All in This Together

localtvnews wrote 5 months ago: Whether traditional television stations recover from the advertising setbacks that have forced layo … more →

Tags: Blog, brendan keefe, mark joyella

Friday Night (and I'm Blogging, WTF?!?!)

canyoukeepup wrote 8 months ago: So, I must again state how much I LOVE Shoparooni.  I stopped in again today.  It was only my second … more →

Tags: bizarre activities, I wish I was making this shit up, parenting/family, politics/social commentary, frivolity/silliness, recreation/hobbies, food/restaurants/shopping, Jewelry, people are funny, but not funny ha-ha

God, I can't wait for this day to be over

canyoukeepup wrote 8 months ago: I’m actually watching the news.  I NEVER watch the news.  What does it say about the target au … more →

Tags: bizarre activities, I wish I was making this shit up, politics/social commentary, people are funny, but not funny ha-ha, Newspaper, Marketing, Pets, Dogs, obama

Why NBC’s new 24-hour, local NY cable news channel will not work

Steve Boriss wrote 1 year ago: It sure seems like NBC is beginning to recognize that local broadcast’s days are numbered, as indica … more →

It's Enough to Give You Gas!

jeffro341 wrote 1 year ago: I grew up wanting a Jeep.  To have a rag top that could drive up the side of a mountain seemed to me … more →

Tags: Daily Rant, Life in general, bush, Congress, Election '08, Exxon, fuel, Fuel Prices, Gas

Hard for TV stations to "stay classy" as New Media transform local news into local entertainment

Steve Boriss wrote 1 year ago: Once upon a time, local TV stations offered the only way we could see video of news events outside o … more →

So What Does 'Local' Really Mean?1 comment

Rick Ellis wrote 1 year ago: This may sound like a question with a very obvious answer. But what does “local” really … more →

Tags: Local Online News, facebook, MySpace

Networks have closed-in from 50 miles to within 50 feet of competing directly with their local affiliates. Affiliates must take the full plunge into news or be pushed into oblivion.2 comments

Steve Boriss wrote 1 year ago: A report from the New York Post ought to send a chill down the spine of every local TV affiliate. … more →

Friday’s tragic news helicopter crash illustrates the customer-oriented culture that will help local TV news compete online

Steve Boriss wrote 1 year ago: Our hearts go out to the families of the four who died Friday when two Phoenix TV news helicopters c … more →

Mr. O'Connell-I want the weather, not your emotions1 comment

allthingsbuffalo wrote 3 years ago: As much as I love WGRZ’s weatherman, Kevin O’Connell he needs to keep his mouth shut a … more →


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