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The Star Tribune's Debt is Selling at Less than 60 Cents on the Dollarnew

The Minnesota newspaper's lien value has plummeted over the past year, showing flagging investor confidence.

City Pages (Twin Cities) | Jeff Shaw | 05-08-2008 | Media

Tags: journalism, media, business, newspapers, Star Tribune

Union Shuts Down West Coast Ports, But Media Misses the Historic Storynew

Workers, students, immigrants, and antiwar activists came together on May Day in San Francisco, but it was hard to tell from the next day's mainstream media coverage, which adopted its usual cynical view of the growing movement to end the Iraq War. Sure, there were articles, but each missed the main point: this was the first time in American history that such a massive job action was called to protest a war.

San Francisco Bay Guardian | Steven T. Jones and Amanda Witherell | 05-08-2008 | Business & Labor

Tags: Iraq, unions, protest, media, ports, International Longshore and Warehouse Union, May Day, business & labor

How Seriously Should We Take Rush Limbaugh's Fantasies of Riots in Denver?new

Anyone who dismisses the syndicated talk-show host as a credibility-free joke does so at his own peril. Although he's embarrassed and contradicted himself plenty of times during recent years, he still attracts an audience estimated at 13.5 million people per week.

Westword | Michael Roberts | 05-05-2008 | Media

Tags: 2008 presidential election, media, Democratic National Convention, Rush Limbaugh, Dan Caplis

In the World of Fair Housing, 'Discrimination' is in the Eye of the Beholdernew

Neither the courts nor the federal government have provided publications with clear, specific and comprehensive guidelines for what constitutes discriminatory advertising. As a result, many newspapers don't realize they're breaking the law until it's too late.

Seven Days | Ken Picard | 05-05-2008 | Media

Tags: media, discrimination, newspapers, classified ads, fair housing

Kidnapped Journalist Talks About His Ordealnew

The BBC's Alan Johnston refused to cover the Mideast conflict from comfort of a hotel, and was kept in a three-month captivity as a result.

NOW Magazine | Glenn Wheeler | 05-02-2008 | Media

Tags: BBC, media, Gaza, Israel, Palestine, kidnapping, Alan Johnston, Army of Islam, journalists

Panicked Newspapers Seek Salvation ... Will Madison's Capital Times Find it on the Web?new

Good luck, Cap Times. You'll need it. Converting from a six-day-a-week paid paper to an online news site is like jumping from a very high cliff into a very deep and mysterious pool.

Isthmus | Marc Eisen | 04-29-2008 | Media

Tags: journalism, media, newspapers, online journalism, Madison, Capital Times, web newspapers

4,000 Illegal Billboards Choke L.A.'s Neighborhoodsnew

The mayor and Los Angeles City Council have let the billboard industry flout the law -- in this case, a flat-out 2002 ban on new billboards -- so openly that activists in other big cities laugh out loud when they hear the latest tales.

L.A. Weekly | Christine Pelisek | 04-25-2008 | Media

Tags: media, Los Angeles, CBS, billboards, blight, Clear Channel