The Media Drop

For those of you who think the whole Judith Miller situation wherein she is being punished for not revealing her government source for the leaking of a CIA agent’s name is a good thing, then perhaps you’ll be pleased about the fact that the Cleveland Plain Dealer is “holding back” two stories that the publication […]

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The Associated Press has a story Monday about a battle between three small-town newspapers, the River Cities Beacon, Dayton Dispatch News and River Cities Star in Dayton, Kentucky.

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Is it just me, or does the concept of David Lee Roth, among other deejays, replacing Howard Stern not bode well for Infinity’s programming schedule?

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The Memphis Business Journal informs that the Commercial Appeal, Memphis’ daily newspaper, will lose its president and publisher at month’s end.

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I have to note that I’m very impressed with ESPN’s 6 p.m. “SportsCenter” tonight, which started off with a three minute report from ABC reporter Stephanie Sy from London, covering today’s bombings. The show continued after that with further discussions about security, including that of sporting events in London later this week and American events […]

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On Thursday, PR Newswire notified its members via email that it would be opening up its US1 and UK newslines to entities “whose operations or personnel have been directly affected” by the bombings in London, England. In other words, companies who wanted to announce certain things about their businesses, missing staff, found staff, or anything […]

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Snagged this from Roxanne, thought it would be a good idea after reading this post from Pegasus News. Feel free to snag it yourself and use it on your own site.

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About half an hour ago, I was greeted by the voice of British PM Tony Blair addressing the world about multiple bombings across the London transit system that are apparent terror attacks. It is unclear how many deaths have happened, as some sources state two fatalities, but MSNBC is carrying coverage from ITN stating up […]

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This afternoon, New York Times publisher Arthur Sulzberger, Jr. released a statement about the decision made by staffer Judith Miller to not reveal her source to a grand jury and go to prison. Sulzberger reflects on the point when shield laws were created by many states, and hopes that Congress will create a similar situation […]

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Speaking on MSNBC’s The Abrams Report this evening, Dan Abrams says “In this world, if we keep having a lot of [Special Prosecutor Patrick] Fitzgeralds out here, we’re going to have the press reporting on press releases for companies and the government.”
He follows that up by stating that “discretion” is the key, and that most […]

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