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Guns, Hoes ... and Potting Soil

The debut issue of Garden & Gun, “a glossy new lifestyle magazine from Charleston, S.C.,” faced a shaky start when it hit newsstands earlier this month, just days before the shootings at Virginia Tech.

Submitted by Whitney M Dipollina on Mon, 04/30/2007 - 1:23pm.

Urban Neighborhoods Welcome the Blogosphere

According to an article in the New York Times, gentrification and urban neighborhood blogs are proving to be a rather dynamic duo.

Submitted by Whitney M Dipollina on Mon, 04/30/2007 - 12:36pm.

Next Challenger: Circuit City + Napster

According to Reuters, Napster will be teaming up with the electronics music chain Circuit City to release a new digital music service.

Submitted by Whitney M Dipollina on Fri, 04/20/2007 - 6:36pm.

Don't Quit Your Day Job, Google

So apparently Google has plans to roll out a new mobile phone. I admit I’m not much of a tech geek, but I still think I’m missing what is just so great about this thing.

Submitted by Whitney M Dipollina on Fri, 04/20/2007 - 12:27am.

Debating the Value of Newspaper Blogs

Blogger Mark Evans writes about why newspaper blogs just don't work ... I'm not sure that I agree.

Submitted by Whitney M Dipollina on Fri, 04/06/2007 - 10:54pm.

All Dressed Up And No Place to Go

How suprising it is that the Miss America Pageant has been dropped again, leaving the program without a home for the second time in three years.

Submitted by Whitney M Dipollina on Sat, 03/31/2007 - 12:54am.

Giving a Voice to Those Who Have Fallen

The cover story for this week’s issue of Newsweek, "Voices of the Fallen," features the e-mails and letters of those soldiers who gave their lives in Iraq.

Submitted by Whitney M Dipollina on Mon, 03/26/2007 - 1:26am.

A School's Right to Censor?

In an effort to "keep the students safe," a Catholic school in Bloomfield Hills, Mich. has ordered that the children delete their MySpace pages or leave the school.

Submitted by Whitney M Dipollina on Sun, 03/25/2007 - 4:14am.

Sara Schaefer Muñoz's "Softer, Family-Oriented Version" of the Wall Street Journal

The Wall Street Journal’s Sara Schaefer Muñoz is the lead writer for The Juggle, one of the newspaper’s 12 currently active blogs, in which she discusses juggling work and family.

Submitted by Whitney M Dipollina on Sun, 03/18/2007 - 9:31am.

Rats Wreaking Havoc on More than Just Taco Bell

Since the release of the notorious news video featuring rats overrunning a Manhattan KFC/Taco Bell, widely viewed on websites like YouTube, the city’s Department of Health and Mental Hygiene has stepped up their inspections.

Submitted by Whitney M Dipollina on Wed, 03/14/2007 - 3:11pm.

Taking Radio to the Next Level...Or Not?

The newest digital music system allows you to personalize your own radio station to suit your musical tastes. But is this just another fruitless attempt to outdo the iPod?

Submitted by Whitney M Dipollina on Wed, 03/14/2007 - 7:04am.

TV Taps Into the Campus Crowd ... But Is It Too Late?

Since the new Nielsen System recently began including college students living on their own in their ratings surveys, television networks are refocusing their efforts on the kids on campus.

Submitted by Whitney M Dipollina on Mon, 03/05/2007 - 3:14pm.

Good, Old-Fashioned Porn

Student-run sex magazines are storming college campuses. But who wants to bother with a magazine when the internet's options are so much more expansive?

Submitted by Whitney M Dipollina on Mon, 03/05/2007 - 4:10am.

Lost Innocence

It comes as no surprise that fashion magazines are awash with advertising images of models with bodies so tiny they seem to belong to children. Marc Jacobs’ latest campaign, featuring Dakota Fanning, takes the fashion world’s obsession with infantility to the next level.

Submitted by Whitney M Dipollina on Fri, 03/02/2007 - 10:30pm.

The Diminishing Role of Parents

Univision will be hit with a record-setting $24 million fine over content labeled as educational programming for children, content which did not meet the FCC's standards.

Submitted by Whitney M Dipollina on Sun, 02/25/2007 - 8:35am.

I Don't Want to Be a Blogger

The Wall Street Journal's paygrade feature on blogging slaughtered any inkling I might have had previously regarding my future and blogging.

Submitted by Whitney M Dipollina on Tue, 02/20/2007 - 12:58pm.

I'll Take Lung Cancer If It's in a Cute Package

Camel's latest marketing campaign is all about the ladies. I was flipping through a magazine yesterday when I came across an advertisement I hadn't seen before.

Submitted by Whitney M Dipollina on Fri, 02/16/2007 - 1:59pm.

Campaigning Gets Honest?

With the ever-increasing prominence of blogging as a news form, its implications in the political world become all the more crucial.

Submitted by Whitney M Dipollina on Sun, 02/11/2007 - 8:50am.

Competitive Spirit

NYU Athletics is finally beginning to attract some much-deserved fans. The Mother Theresa of Washington Square News apparently doesn’t approve of their behavior.

Submitted by Whitney M Dipollina on Sat, 02/10/2007 - 10:18pm.

When "Lost" Means "Out of Touch"

A recent New York Times article written by Alessandra Stanley picked at the fans of television shows like “Lost” and “Heroes,” going so far as to claim that viewing these supernatural programs is a sign of "social decline".

Submitted by Whitney M Dipollina on Sat, 02/10/2007 - 11:56am.
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