Media Mutt
Platform Agnostic
Submitted by Al Diamon on Wed, 10/10/2007 - 6:00am.
October 10, 2007
The Bangor Daily News is facing a crisis. What was once the state's largest daily newspaper - in the early 1990s, circulation held steady at close to 80,000 copies a day - has now slipped to a distant number 2 behind the Portland Press Herald, with the BDN struggling
The Bangor Daily News is facing a crisis. What was once the state's largest daily newspaper - in the early 1990s, circulation held steady at close to 80,000 copies a day - has now slipped to a distant number 2 behind the Portland Press Herald, with the BDN struggling
Numbers in the Wind
Submitted by Al Diamon on Sun, 10/07/2007 - 5:23pm."Carrabassett Valley - A small, grassroots group dedicated to protecting the Boundary Mountains in northern Franklin County from a proposed 44-turbine wind farm is all alone in its opposition."
- first sentence of an October 4, 2007 story by (Waterville) Morning Sentinel staff writer Betty
New Camera Angle
Submitted by Al Diamon on Thu, 10/04/2007 - 8:29am.
October 4, 2007
The Lewiston Sun Journal got so much national exposure after the Drudge Report and other sites carried links to its coverage of photographer Russ Dillingham's capture of a wanted fugitive that its Web site couldn't handle the traffic. And not only did Dillingham apprehend
The Lewiston Sun Journal got so much national exposure after the Drudge Report and other sites carried links to its coverage of photographer Russ Dillingham's capture of a wanted fugitive that its Web site couldn't handle the traffic. And not only did Dillingham apprehend
Dearth No More
Submitted by Al Diamon on Wed, 10/03/2007 - 1:55pm.
October 3, 2007
For several weeks, the letters pages of Maine daily and weekly newspapers have been filled with well-crafted, thoroughly researched, thoughtful missives on topics both great and small. You know, the kind of letters written by people who listen to lots of public radio and/or
For several weeks, the letters pages of Maine daily and weekly newspapers have been filled with well-crafted, thoroughly researched, thoughtful missives on topics both great and small. You know, the kind of letters written by people who listen to lots of public radio and/or
Pol Replaces Pol
Submitted by Al Diamon on Sun, 09/30/2007 - 8:04pm.
September 28, 2007
It didn't take WGAN Radio in Portland long to find a replacement for Ethan Strimling, the Portland state senator who resigned as the co-host of the weekly "Inside Maine" program on Sept. 22 to pursue a bid for the Democratic nomination for Congress in Maine's 1st District.
It didn't take WGAN Radio in Portland long to find a replacement for Ethan Strimling, the Portland state senator who resigned as the co-host of the weekly "Inside Maine" program on Sept. 22 to pursue a bid for the Democratic nomination for Congress in Maine's 1st District.
The envelope, please
Submitted by Al Diamon on Wed, 09/26/2007 - 6:17pm.
September 26, 2007
I like to win awards as much as the next egomaniac. But I've never bought into the idea that submitting my work to a panel of judges in some other state - people with no knowledge or understanding of the issues and personalities of importance to Maine - was a credible
I like to win awards as much as the next egomaniac. But I've never bought into the idea that submitting my work to a panel of judges in some other state - people with no knowledge or understanding of the issues and personalities of importance to Maine - was a credible
Signing Off
Submitted by Al Diamon on Mon, 09/24/2007 - 12:29pm.
September 24, 2007
Democratic state Sen. Ethan Strimling of Portland has resigned as co-host of a weekly talk show on WGAN radio. The Saturday morning program, which also features former Republican state Sen. Phil Harriman of Yarmouth, has lately been the subject of criticism from myself
Democratic state Sen. Ethan Strimling of Portland has resigned as co-host of a weekly talk show on WGAN radio. The Saturday morning program, which also features former Republican state Sen. Phil Harriman of Yarmouth, has lately been the subject of criticism from myself
The Media R Them
Submitted by Al Diamon on Tue, 09/18/2007 - 8:33pm.
September 17, 2007
The Portland Press Herald has owned the story about financial problems in the Portland school system ever since the mini-scandal broke in July. In part, that's because the newspaper has devoted a lot of space (some would say too much of it) to the controversy over an
The Portland Press Herald has owned the story about financial problems in the Portland school system ever since the mini-scandal broke in July. In part, that's because the newspaper has devoted a lot of space (some would say too much of it) to the controversy over an
Blowing Hot Air
Submitted by Al Diamon on Mon, 09/17/2007 - 6:44am.
September 17, 2007
It certainly looked as if the Morning Sentinel had a big scoop on its front page on Sept. 15. The headline in the Waterville daily read "Foe now backs Black Nubble," a reference to the controversial wind power project proposed for that western Maine mountain.
Somebody
It certainly looked as if the Morning Sentinel had a big scoop on its front page on Sept. 15. The headline in the Waterville daily read "Foe now backs Black Nubble," a reference to the controversial wind power project proposed for that western Maine mountain.
Somebody
Uncivil Defense
Submitted by Al Diamon on Fri, 09/14/2007 - 9:54pm.
September 14, 2007
The trouble with free speech is it's so damned … er, free.
The Portland Press Herald is finding that out the hard way. Columnist Bill Nemitz complained in the newspaper's Sept. 14 edition that some readers of the Press Herald's Web site are engaging in
The trouble with free speech is it's so damned … er, free.
The Portland Press Herald is finding that out the hard way. Columnist Bill Nemitz complained in the newspaper's Sept. 14 edition that some readers of the Press Herald's Web site are engaging in
