Tag: Newspapers

Tornoe’s Toon: The Death of the Funnies

Filed in National by on May 3, 2010 7 Comments
Tornoe’s Toon: The Death of the Funnies

Cross posted at Laugh!. Here’s my cartoon that appeared in April’s Editor & Publisher magazine. Comics and cartoons are always getting the short-end of the stick. They continue to be one of the most popular features in newspapers, yet they’re often the first things cut in order to save money. And the cartoonists themselves are […]

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WaPo Sells Access

Filed in National by on July 2, 2009 9 Comments

Big story broken by Politico today. The Washington Post is offering lobbyists access to the powerful (for a small fee, of course): For $25,000 to $250,000, The Washington Post is offering lobbyists and association executives off-the-record, nonconfrontational access to “those powerful few” — Obama administration officials, members of Congress, and the paper’s own reporters and […]

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