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Thursday, March 11, 2004
SALON UPS THE ANTE.
One of the more heartening media developments of the past year is the
revival of Salon,
the pioneering webzine that downsized and struggled through the
dot-com bust. With new funding in place, Salon is now opening
a revived Washington bureau, to be headed by none other than Sidney
Blumenthal, ex of the Phoenix, the New Yorker, and the
Clinton White House.
Salon is also publishing
excerpts from a new book by former Boston magazine editor
Craig Unger called House of Bush, House of Saud, and is
partnering with MoveOn.org,
the London Guardian,
and the new liberal radio network, Air America.
Timothy Karr reported
the details earlier this week at Mediachannel.org.
And here is Salon editor/founder David Talbot's
letter
to readers.
Salon and Slate
are the two big survivors of the mid-'90s new-media boom. With
Slate occupying much the same neolib-cum-neocon ground
as the New
Republic,
Salon's renewed relevance is welcome news to everyone on the
left side of the political spectrum.
NEW IN THIS WEEK'S
PHOENIX. The battle against broadcast indecency has media
moguls running
scared, as they are all too
willing to sacrifice free speech on the altar of corporate
empire-building.
Also, for the past six years, one
of the Boston Herald's favorite targets was Mike
Barnicle. Until now, that
is.
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Dan Kennedy is senior writer and media critic for the Boston Phoenix.
