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The Solomon Scandals novel, politicians, the media, the Washington area, tech and other surrealism:

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April 29, 2010 Lorain, Ohio / Media

‘Red Hot Patriot’ play is B’way-bound for sure if Philly gross is any hint: $437K in single-ticket sales

The Molly Ivins play—remember, Molly was the uppity newspaper columnist with a dog named Shit and a sassy ‘tude to

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April 22, 2010 Media / Washington area life

Washington Post vs. Allbritton’s TBD Web startup plans: BOTH sides could do better

Mediaite has it right. Halfhearted measures like a kind-of local blog network are not enough to protect the Washington Post’s

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April 22, 2010 Media / The Solomon Scandals / Washington area life

Hyperlocal journalism: Georgetown publisher robbed—and eager to tell neighbors about it. Lesson for the Washington Post?

Update, 1:47 p.m.: Post rival’s local news strategy—a Poynter Institute item. – D.R. My online friend Beth Solomon, publisher of

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April 19, 2010 Media / The Solomon Scandals

Student newspaper raided at JMU: As if a slavery-blind Guv isn’t enough for Virginia

Virginia, where the governor honored "Confederate History Month" without at first even acknowledging the evils of slavery, has another winner

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April 16, 2010 Media

Death notice gouges: $450 for 182 words in the San Francisco Chronicle?

Alan "Newsosaur" Mutter balked at paying the $450 that the San Francisco Chronicle wanted to charge for a "one-day run

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April 13, 2010 Media

The original ‘Front Page’ newspaper movie: Free from the Internet Archive

Why wait for the original version of The Front Page to show up on The Tube? You can legally enjoy

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April 3, 2010 Media / The Solomon Scandals

Apple iPad: Another way to read ‘The Solomon Scandals’ and other books

The Solomon Scandals is mostly about yesterday, but e-books do show up briefly in the afterword. We learn about the

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March 30, 2010 Media

‘Romenesko’d’: Dan Bloom’s musical obit for ‘snail’ newspapers—or at least his op-ed about it

For the op-ed page and Web site of the Providence Journal, my friend Dan Bloom wrote partly about his song

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March 26, 2010 Media

Robot reporters crossed with mannequins?

Face it. Human journalists have flaws, and I don’t simply mean typos and other atrocities in print and online. Pity

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