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July 19, 2010 Media / Washington area life

How Washington Post and New York Times could outgun hyperlocal sites like TBD and Baristanet

In 2004 Baristanet—the lively hyperlocal network that helped inspire similar operations in several states—started writing up picnics, schools and other

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March 4, 2010 Media / The Solomon Scandals / Washington area life

Washington Post iPhone app panned by gutsy WaPo technology writer: Symptom of worse woes?

Update, March 19: Hooray! The Post app in its current form now lets you change type size more gracefully. Tap

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November 13, 2009 Media

Should the New York Times ditch its sports section?

In The Solomon Scandals, Jon Stone reflects on sports team preferences as an indicator of character. George McWilliams, the executive

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February 14, 2009 Media / The Solomon Scandals

Will politicians grow more crooked if newspapers dwindle in number and influence?

How good are newspapers as corruption-fighters or -preventers? As noted in The Brass Check, a Chicago Tribune reporter actually tried

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