By Adam Pagnucco. In Part Two, we looked at changes in total operating budgets and enrollments for Maryland’s top eight school districts: Baltimore City and Anne Arundel, Baltimore, Frederick, Harford,…
Is WAMU Really Focusing on Audio?
By Adam Pagnucco. WAMU management may have tried to put a positive spin on its layoffs and closure of DCist last week, but the truth is ugly. Using Twitter and…
New MoCo360 Owner Discusses Plans
By Adam Pagnucco. The CEO of Today Media, which announced its purchase of MoCo360 and Bethesda Magazine on February 9, has begun to discuss his plans for the outlets with…
By Adam Pagnucco. Part One described our methodology and provided basic statistics on total operating budget and enrollment. Let’s look at recent increases in school budgets. Regular readers will recall…
Miner Apologizes to Saul
By Adam Pagnucco. A Miner Detail founder Ryan Miner, who sought a peace order and a harassment charge against Takoma Torch founder Eric Saul, has apologized and claims he has…
By Adam Pagnucco. The Montgomery County State’s Attorney’s Office has issued a statement on the handling of criminal allegations against Takoma Torch founder Eric Saul. Saul discussed this issue on…
By Adam Pagnucco. Public school funding is a hot topic and we have certainly written a lot about it. Last spring, the county council voted to raise property taxes by…
When is a Tweet a Crime?
By Adam Pagnucco. Eric Saul, the founder of the satirical website Takoma Torch, has been charged with one count of criminal harassment by the State of Maryland. According to Saul,…
WAMU Lays Off Staff and Shuts Down DCist
By Adam Pagnucco. Axios, the Washington Post, Washingtonian and Radio Insight are reporting that WAMU is laying off staff and shutting down DCist, which it bought in 2018. The news…
Is WAMU in Trouble?
By Adam Pagnucco. The local media world is buzzing tonight that WAMU 88.5, the NPR station based at American University, could be in big trouble. An email allegedly written by…