Blog Gridlock!

By Megan Garber   Nov 21, 2008 at 12:23 PM

The eminently quotable Michael Kinsley has a nice piece, in this week's Time, about blog gridlock (a topic we explore... More

Salon Rakes the Muck

By Megan Garber   Nov 21, 2008 at 11:27 AM

Last month, Salon published an article investigating the deaths of Army Pfc. Albert Nelson and Pfc. Roger Suarez, two soldiers... More

Is This Where We Are?

By Megan Garber   Nov 21, 2008 at 11:23 AM

Wednesday night, Abraham Biggs, a 19-year-old Florida resident, overdosed on a toxic combination of benzodiazepine, a depressant used to treat... More

Blame It on the Black Star

By Megan Garber   Nov 21, 2008 at 10:17 AM

Remember the, um, slightly ironic biography PublicAffairs released last year? The one about disgraced president Richard Nixon, written by disgraced... More

The Bold and the Bootyful

By Megan Garber   Nov 21, 2008 at 10:10 AM

Jon Stewart and "senior anti-piracy correspondent" John Oliver poke fun at the media's, er, ARRRsenal of inane pirate puns in... More

Dept of Bizarre Gigs

By Megan Garber   Nov 21, 2008 at 09:46 AM

Apparently, Ani diFranco did an impromptu set yesterday...at the Wall Street Journal newsroom. Gawker has the bizarro details of the... More

So You Think You Can Dance…Dance…Dance

By Megan Garber   Nov 21, 2008 at 09:06 AM

So yesterday was Chris Matthews's much-anticipated appearance on Ellen. Anticipated, of course, not for the interview, but for the dancing.... More

Brian Lehrer on Crowdsourcing

By Megan Garber   Nov 20, 2008 at 03:01 PM

Another note from the Consumer Revolution conference: Brian Lehrer, of New York City's public-radio station, WNYC, spoke about his station's... More

John Darnton on Those Watchdog Web Sites

By Megan Garber   Nov 20, 2008 at 02:01 PM

Another note from the Consumer Revolution conference: John Darnton, a forty-year veteran of The New York Times, has his doubts... More

Leaving on a (Private) Jet Plane

By Megan Garber   Nov 20, 2008 at 12:03 PM

Yesterday's irony-laden meeting between the House Financial Services Committee and Detroit's Big Three: what Dana Milbank and his Washington Sketch... More

Bob Garfield on Aggregation

By Megan Garber   Nov 20, 2008 at 11:17 AM

Another saucy bit from the Consumer Revolution conference: Bob Garfield on aggregation. "We're soon going to see aggregators of aggregators,"... More

David Cay Johnston on Bloggers

By Megan Garber   Nov 20, 2008 at 11:02 AM

At today's Consumer Revolution on the Web conference (hosted by Consumer Reports and CJR), David Cay Johnston, speaking on a... More

Couric on that “Vast Variety of Sources”

By Megan Garber   Nov 20, 2008 at 10:18 AM

Katie Couric, guesting on Letterman last night, talked about those awkward-if-not-disastrous Sarah Palin interviews. Including: Palin's refusal to reveal which... More

Career Paths, Bizarro World Edition

By Megan Garber   Nov 19, 2008 at 03:28 PM

Generally speaking, a mailroom is the place where you begin your career. Except at the Newark Star-Ledger, that is--the paper... More

Kristol: “I’m a Fan of the Blogosphere”

…and other takeaways from today’s IFC media panel

By Megan Garber   Nov 18, 2008 at 05:08 PM

Earlier today, the Independent Film Channel hosted a panel discussion pegged to tonight's premiere of The IFC Media Project. Moderated... More