Will Bunch, longtime Philadelphia Daily News reporter, Attytood blogger and author of important recent books on Reagan and the current rightwing uprisings, alerted me tonight that he had published an "open letter" to the reported "next owners" of his pap

I don’t remember the first time I opened a newspaper, but I can recall the feeling of its ubiquity, its daily presence throughout my childhood. Although those days often blended into each other, there was always The New York Times and Newsday sitting on

  Dear next owner of Philadelphia Media Networks...whoever you are, I've been meaning to write you for a couple of weeks -- it's been hard what with all the confusion not only about what we're allowed or not allowed to say but also the non-stop swir

Ed Rendell calls to deny a report from the Naked Philadelphian's Laura Goldman that he and his investment partners no longer intend to purchase the Philadelphia Media Network, which includes the Philadelphia Inquirer, Daily News, and Philly.com. Goldman

Free speech is an integral aspect of the American Dream. It’s possibly the first and most utilized right in the United States, and one that is often taken for granted. It's appropriate for any city to lose this basic right. If nowhere else, the city of P

Former Gov. Ed Rendell on Saturday disputed a report that he and a group of business and political leaders might not buy the company that owns The Inquirer, Philadelphia Daily News, and Philly.com, and he lashed out at critics who challenged their intere

Former Gov. Ed Rendell on Saturday disputed a report that he and a group of business and political leaders might not buy the company that owns The Inquirer, Philadelphia Daily News, and Philly.com, and he lashed out at critics who challenged their intere

Analysts predict the move would cut prize winnings called purses by 30 percen

Over 300 members of the editorial staffs of the Philadelphia Inquirer, Daily News and Philly.com today put their names to a statement today condemning the censorship practiced by the paper's management over the impending sale of the paper. If the paper i

The following statement was released tonight by journalists at the Philadelphia Daily News, Inquirer, and Philly.com: As Philadelphia Media Network goes up for sale, hundreds of journalists at The Philadelphia Inquirer, DailyNews and Philly.com have sign

As Philadelphia Media Network goes up for sale, hundreds of journalists at The Philadelphia Inquirer, Daily News and Philly.com have signed a public statement insisting that the integrity of news reporting at the papers and web site must be guaranteed. I

Noting that Democrats had failed to provide a lasting funding source during 8 years under Governor Ed Rendell, Corbett said: "For them to call on me and say, 'We need to fix this problem in the first 14, 13 months you're in office ... It's ballsy." Democ

Update: Official statement on behalf of over 300 Philadelphia Media Network employees, after the jump. Philadelphia Media Network journalists speak out for editorial integrity As Philadelphia Media Network goes up for sale, hundreds of journalists at The

Gov. Tom Corbett this morning said Democrats who have criticized him for not offering a plan to boost funding for Pennsylvania’s crumbling transportation system are "ballsy." Democrats didn’t fix what has been called a transportation funding crisis when

The possible sale of the Philadelphia Media Network — publisher of the Inquirer, the Daily News, and Philly.com — has sparked a debate over editorial independence. That’s because the potential buyers include powerful local Democrats like former Pennsylva

The Philadelphia Inquirer ( http://bit.ly/zlyBcZ) reports editors for t

The Associated Press | PHILADELPHIA Philadelphia's two major newspapers will start cooperating under a restructuring plan that comes as a group of local powerbrokers make an ownership bid. The Philadelphia Inquirer ( http://bit.ly/zlyBcZ ) reports edito

It has been apparent for some time that ex-conservative David Brock has been masquerading as a "media critic" while at the service of the Democratic Party. But the head of Media Matters has officially dropped the mask of media critic by creating a so-cal

The good news about Philadelphia newspapers is that there are Philadelphia newspapers — two of them, even. Just a couple years ago, when Michael Sokolove wrote this magazine story about The Philadelphia Inquirer and The Philadelphia Daily News and their