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October 10, 2010 Media / Washington area life

Pary Williamson and Quinn Bradlee: The wedding, at last

Seen the wedding announcement in the New York Times? By the time you read this, Josiah Quinn Crowninshield Bradlee and

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October 8, 2010 Media / Washington area life

The $1B Quarter Pentagon boondoggle, aka BRAC-133: More coverage from me after the election

Update: Jim Moran has since told me there was no quid pro quo, that the Indiana real estate developer’s contributions

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October 1, 2010 Media / Washington area life

‘Patch, the WalMart of News?’ Scourge of locally owned news sites? Plus, what-works tips

Will AOL’s Patch hyperlocal network drive out locally owned news sites here in the D.C. area and elsewhere? Tibby Rothman—no

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September 30, 2010 Media / Washington area life

On credentialism, income gaps and accidental elitism: Should I go after Tiffany’s ads?

Credentialism: A few months back I groused about credentialism in media and elsewhere, and I also urged the Washington Post

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September 29, 2010 BRAC-133: The Quarter Pentagon / Politicians / Washington area life

Quarter Pentagon debate: Engaged civic blogging in action, with detailed questions for pols

Update: Jim Moran has since told me there was no quid pro quo, that the Indiana real estate developer's contributions

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September 28, 2010 BRAC-133: The Quarter Pentagon / Politicians / Washington area life

Quarter of a Pentagon rises in my backyard: Media failure? And aren’t contractors’ campaign gifts worthy of mention?

Update: Jim Moran has since told me there was no quid pro quo, that the Indiana real estate developer's contributions

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September 22, 2010 Media / Washington area life

The Web metrics jungle: TBD hyperlocal site beats WUSA and Washington Examiner in ONE local Web measurement derby

TBD.com’s hyperlocal site is drawing more local Web traffic than WUSA-TV and the Washington Examiner and may close in on

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September 19, 2010 Media / Washington area life

News site traffic counts: Why hidden? Washington Post Quantcast statistics concealed from public

Update, September 20: The Washington Post tells me that it prefers to stick to Nielsen statistics in public. I’m checking

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September 18, 2010 Media / Washington area life

TBD hyperlocal news experiment in D.C. area: Still iffy, with mixed numbers from Alexa Web measurement service

Right here in the Washington, D.C. area, TBD is one of the most-watched rolls of the dice in American journalism.

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