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Laura Schlessinger and baby of the deceased, Anna Nicole

UPDATE March 23, 2007: Laura Schlessinger, the Santa Barbara News-Press, Saks 5th Avenue and the recent tragic murder of a child in broad daylight. IT DOES MATTER WHAT PUBLIC FIGURES SAY AND DO. Schlessinger...

Internet users transformed into news reporters

I'm constantly amazed at the international reach of this story.   here is the Middle East Times in Egypt talking about our deal with the AP:"SAN FRANCISCO, CA, USA -- As picture-taking mobile telephones...

Santa Barbara, What Went Wrong?

"Up in sunny Santa Barbara, the plucky editors of the Santa Barbara Independent publish a letter from former NewsPress editor Bob Guiliano to Mayor Marty Blum. Seems Wendy McCaw(ful) wasn't happy with a story...

Laura Schlessinger will kill baby if Google killed Anna Nicole

Laura Schlessinger is not the only one to cash in on Anna Nicole. TMZ reports on the following from her bodyguard: "She always ... Googled her name, and she would read these articles that spoke badly about her,...

Laura Schlessinger and the Santa Barbara News-Press

After hearing "Dr" Laura on the radio last week, she was one of the last people expected to be seen in the media where she used the death of Anna Nicole and the uncertain life of an innocent baby... TO SELL A...

THE MOST TALKED ABOUT "SHACK UP" IN SANTA BARBARA

REDUX: santa barbara media blog December 28,2006 1. File Charges Against the News-Press By Barney Brantingham, December 28, 2006 "NLRB Cites Many Illegal Moves by Newspaper Management and Sets February...

Journalism Class Meeting Online at iTalkNews.com

Call it cyber-journalism. The Participatory Age has indeed reached the shores of the Philippines, a country which boasts it has one of the freest press in the world, as this journalism class uses as online blackboard another user-generated site, iTalknews.com.

Newspaper Publisher Tries to Thwart First Amendment

UPDATE: "Rally Galvanizes Santa Barbara News-Press Journalists" and Laura Schlessinger again rants and raves for the News-Press about blogs, anonymous and children to be tried as adults (“There is no question...

Laura Schlessinger, "screamgirl with a mascara wand"

The Village Voice..... La Dolce Musto..... by Michael Musto..... January 22nd, 2007 4:37 PM.........." A screamgirl with a mascara wand, Dr. Laura Schlessinger, approached Sirius host...

The Newspaper Dead Pool Growing

"More than 100 New York Newsday reporters and editors signed a letter of protest against their boss, Dennis FitzSimons for widespread cuts that have sliced about one-third of the paper’s editorial staff over the past three years. Can you imagine 100 employees at HP or...

Lebanon Buries a Dream

"As Pierre Gemayel is laid to rest and pro- and anti-Syrian factions square off for a confrontation, the modern Lebanese state appears to be on life-support. The rituals of martyrdom are sadly familiar to the Lebanese: Barely hours after the assassination of Pierre Gemayel,...

Readers, Commenters, Bloggers, Lend Me Your Ears

"I come to flank Digg, not confront them....... User-driven news stories now account for more than half of the content that is reported in the daily news cycle, and that trend shows no sign of slowing. Major print media have noticed, and are adapting their business models to...

The 30 Products and Services We Miss Most

"PC World Editors PC World editors fondly remember some of their technology favorites from bygone eras. Time and technology march on, but not without a few tears shed by our editors in memory of their favorite products and services of times past. Sure, we love our...

Wikipedia founder plans new edition online encyclopedia

"A co-founder of the Wikipedia online encyclopedia written in collaborative fashion by the Internet community announced he is launching a rival service edited by experts. A test version of "Citizendium" to be launched this week in Harmon, California will use experienced...
 

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