Sebastian Montes has written an outstanding article about the early history of the Gazette, which mirrors a good part of the post-war history of Gaithersburg. It’s a must-read for anyone…
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Post Keeps Shrinking
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On November 20, the City Paper reported that the Post was laying off about ten website employees as it merged that operation with the newspaper. One of the workers was…
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More on Marylandreporter.com
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In the wake of our revelations concerning the affiliations of Marylandreporter.com, publisher Len Lazarick has not responded to our story. But our investigation continues.On November 2, the same day we…
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Siemens Buys the Washington Post
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OK, just kidding. But maybe not. Check out their home page today, which had almost half of its screen area covered by two Siemens ads. It looks like they had…
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Four of Maryland’s biggest blogs – MPW, Rockville Central, Just Up the Pike and Annapolis Capital Punishment – ban anonymous comments. Why? Because none of us wants to enable the…
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Punches at the Post
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This goes into the category of “you gotta be kidding me.” Politico has details on a fist fight at the Post and the Washington City Paper has the background. Somewhere,…
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Paper or Pixel? Part Three
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By I.J. Hudson. Is there a difference in how much and what type of information we glean from paper vs. pixel? The physical newspaper exposes us to a wide range…
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Massive Interest in Gazette Cuts
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Earlier this morning, 41% of the visits to this blog consisted of direct entries to our “Gazette Makes More Cuts” post. Much of the traffic was directed by media watch…
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Paper or Pixel? Part Two
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By I.J. Hudson. Advantages/Disadvantages Paper advantages: Newspapers, like books, are physical things that have weight and, until laptops, Wi-Fi and the Kindle, were easier to take with you and to…
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Paper or Pixel? Part One
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By I.J. Hudson. Quick! On which page will you find the editorials/letters to the Washington Post? Which section of the Post is Metro? “Below the fold,” “Buried on page 23,”…