Media Mutt
Pressure's Off, Press Release's On, Political Label's Off, Program's On
Submitted by Al Diamon on Mon, 02/04/2008 - 7:20am.
Pressure's off: The Portland Press Herald will get a break from the withering criticism leveled at it almost every day by PressingTheHerald, the on-line outlet for pseudonymous blogger "T. Cushing Munjoy" (www.pressingtheherald.blogspot.com).
Gone - and Forgotten
Submitted by Al Diamon on Wed, 01/30/2008 - 12:47pm.
(I wrote the following column a couple of years ago, in hopes it would inspire readers to seek out Bill Clark's work on the dusty back shelves of used book stores and also to nudge the Maine Press Association into correcting a grievous oversight by finally installing Clark in the group's hall of fame.
New Face, New Place, New Cash
Submitted by Al Diamon on Tue, 01/29/2008 - 3:27pm.The Lewiston Sun Journal has finally filled its opening for a State House reporter. Rebekah Metzler started work on Jan. 28, filling a void that's existed since mid-November, when Jessica Alaimo departed the newspaper after just a few months on the job to join the Web site PolitickerME.com.
According
Friday Night Folly
Submitted by Al Diamon on Thu, 01/24/2008 - 7:39am.There's nothing I like to do more on Friday evenings than kick back and watch a nice public-affairs show on TV. Something with lots of long interviews about topics that have already been beaten to death in the rest of the media. Maybe a glass of warm milk and a cookie, too.
I'm lying, of course.
I
MaineToday.com Loses its Leader
Submitted by Al Diamon on Thu, 01/17/2008 - 9:33am.Joe Michaud, the president of MaineToday.com, the Blethen Maine Newspapers' Web site, announced his resignation on Jan. 16. Michaud will be leaving in April to become a consultant.
In a memo to staff, Chuck Cochrane, Blethen Maine's publisher, praised Michaud as "the key architect in formulating
Exclusive! You Won't Read this Anywhere Else!
Submitted by Al Diamon on Wed, 01/16/2008 - 8:45am.If you got all your news from WGME-TV, Channel 13 in Portland, you'd have an idea of what was going on.
But just an idea. You wouldn't want to get into an argument with somebody who'd read a newspaper. Particularly, a newspaper that covers Augusta.
By television news standards, that's not
Storm Clouds in the West
Submitted by Al Diamon on Thu, 01/10/2008 - 10:23pm.
The numbers look bad for the Seattle Times Co., corporate parent of the Portland Press Herald, Kennebec Journal in Augusta and Morning Sentinel in Waterville. According to a story in the Jan. 9 edition of the Seattle
Snow Job
Submitted by Al Diamon on Mon, 01/07/2008 - 1:57pm.
If you've visited the Sugarloaf ski resort in Carrabassett Valley, you may have seen WSKI-TV on the local cable system. Channel 17 carries programming promoting outdoor recreation in general and Sugarloaf in particular, although except for a somewhat-amateurish morning show (aired four days a week during
No names, please
Submitted by Al Diamon on Fri, 12/28/2007 - 7:03pm.Filed 12/28/07
Members of the Portland Newspaper Guild local at the Morning Sentinel in Waterville have been working without a contract since Jan. 31, 2006. As negotiations have bogged down, the dispute has gotten …
Anonymous.
Guild members are protesting by withholding
Partial Truth
Submitted by Al Diamon on Thu, 12/27/2007 - 3:27pm.
Filed 12/27/07
It was breaking news, the kind - according to its promos - Portland's WGME-TV thrives on.
Late in the afternoon of Dec. 26, the National Football League announced it would allow that week's game between the New England Patriots and the New York Giants to be shown
It was breaking news, the kind - according to its promos - Portland's WGME-TV thrives on.
Late in the afternoon of Dec. 26, the National Football League announced it would allow that week's game between the New England Patriots and the New York Giants to be shown
