NEW YORK — A veteran New York City news anchor flubs a line and an obscene catch phrase goes viral on the Internet. Ernie Anastos of Fox affili...
Charles Warner | Posted 11.18.2009 | Media
At 11:00 p.m. Monday night, I watched the local news with veteran anchor Chuck Scarborough and Sue Simmons. It was dull, boring, formulaic, and old-fashioned.
Ethan Axelrod | Posted 11.15.2009 | Denver
Given Colorado's battleground status, the romantic place it holds in the national psyche as a symbol of the frontier, and a place of treasured natural beauty, Denver starts to make a lot of sense for the Huffington Post.
Huffington Post | Posted 11.11.2009 | Chicago
The local news site Chi-Town Daily News is abandoning its non-profit structure four years after launching, saying its business model is unsustainable....
HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 10.16.2009 | Media
An Alabama NBC station is reporting that a broom is standing on its own, "unsupported," inside a consignment shop. Yes. That is what is going on in t...
Huffington Post | David Stemler | Posted 09.25.2009 | Comedy
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Posted 08.30.2009 | Comedy
Reporter Rita Hooker of DeKalb, Texas received a lovely honor last week from the Kiwanis Club. She was named the 2009 Lay Person of the Year, meaning ...
Eric Alterman | Posted 08.17.2009 | Media
With much of the world of journalism focusing on the trials and tribulations of our great national newspapers, it's easy to forget the importance of Tip O'Neill's old adage: "All politics is local."
HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 07.26.2009 | Comedy
A Fox News' Cleveland affiliate has broadcast what has to be the most amazing "BEARS ARE ON THE LOOSE" report, ever. Seriously! These guys went all ...
Mike Hegedus | Posted 07.20.2009 | Media
Now don't get me wrong, there's nothing the matter with hiring attractive folks to work on news broadcasts. In fact, it has been happening for decades now. But where has that gotten us?
Posted 07.20.2009 | Green
Have you ever seen a bear reenactment video? If not you are in luck, cause WJW has a cardboard cut out with your name on it. (Note: The best part invo...
Forbes | Posted 07.09.2009 | Media
If you want a glimpse of what local news may soon look like in big cities with shrinking newspapers, head to San Diego. Here you'll find a Web news ve...
New York Times | BRIAN STELTER | Posted 06.11.2009 | Media
Plummeting profits are forcing local TV news operations to scramble for new business models. Starting Monday in Chicago, four stations' news departmen...
Huffington Post | Alex Leo | Posted 06.01.2009 | Comedy
Don't you just love local news? They bring us such gems as the man with the XXX license plate and candy that looks like drugs and now the traffic repo...
AP | DAVID BAUDER | Posted 05.28.2009 | Media
NEW YORK — Local TV news operations across the country are cutting jobs and slashing salaries. That hardly makes them unique during this recessi...
Peter M. Shane | Posted 05.22.2009 | Media
A national study on the information needs of communities in a democracy needs your help.
Baratunde Thurston | Posted 04.05.2009 | Comedy
The CBS affiliate in Birmingham, AL was not amused by a product I can vouch for as amazingly tasty: craque. It's a candy that is named for its addictive quality and packaged to look like its namesake.
Huffington Post | Alex Leo | Posted 03.20.2009 | Comedy
WPIX New York, the flagship station of the CW, ran a news package last night on a man with a sleazy license plate. Henry DeRossi is a 78-year-old fami...
Sharon Glassman | Posted 03.07.2009 | Living
Within days, the local newspaper became my mini Facebook. The woman who booked our band to play at the cinema was the paper's movie critic. Writers were friends; friends became writers.
HuffingtonPost.com | Seth Colter Walls | Posted 08.08.2008 | Politics
Late last week, as Barack Obama's trip abroad was dominating national media coverage, John McCain's campaign issued a retort for pundits who wondered ...
Chez Pazienza | Posted 06.12.2008 | Media
Alycia Lane, everyone's favorite bikini-clad, dirty picture-mailing, foul-mouthed, cop-slugging, news sex-kitten is back in the headlines again.
AP | Posted 11.18.2009 | New York