I think the Philadelphia Inquirer is doing at least one of its online videos right – mostly. The storied newspaper’s business section puts out a daily, noontime, three to five-minute news show called Philadelphia Business Today, and it has developed into one of the best newspaper-produced videos online. What are they doing right? What are [...]

Dan Rubin is asking for your advice. The metro columnist for the Philadelphia Inquirer, a big urban daily newspaper, wants you to tell him what direction Blinq, his blog, should go. Rubin is crowdsourcing advice on Web 2.0 and, unfortunately, is getting mostly garbage comments from Philly.com’s noted crowd of bottom-feeders – the reasons why [...]

Here’s a brand. Trudy Rubin is what’s left of the once glorious international presence of the Philadelphia Inquirer. She just returned from another tour of Iraq, where she has further cemented her reputation as a top global-reporting force. Her Worldview column and her blog are musts for those following American presences in the Middle East [...]

You gotta give something to get something, man. So, I’m tired of newspapers ignoring the details of an RSS feed. In a mobile world, I have to believe that choosing what Internet news, information, and blog updates come to you will be the future. So why aren’t newspapers figuring out the details? Number of Views:124

Philly.com – the online home of the Inquirer and the Daily News – launched a new redesign last week. Our man Daniel McQuade of Philadelphia Weekly’s Will Do blog has some thoughts. Well, well! Philly.com went a redesigned and… well, they got rid of the changing front page via Javascript, so the redesign is an [...]

The outspoken sports commentator, former Philadelphia Inquirer columnist and all around scourge of a whole lot of people gets a whole lot of guff here in Philadelphia, and elsewhere.Not the least of which are his being annually taunted at the NBA draft.See video of it in 2006… And 2007… So, even after being canned by the Inquirer and derided [...]

New Philadelphia Police Commissioner Chuck Ramsey unveiled his comprehensive crime fighting report early this month. Lots was made of  initiatives to pump in new cops and lessen homicide totals with direct action, but a smaller plan is in the works. An old suggestion by city cop Edward McLaughlin for Philadelphia to conform with most of Pennsylvania [...]

Graduates of Philadephia’s Northeast High School beware. More than 50 live chickens were let loose in the high school, forcing the school to close, the Philadelphia Inquirer is reporting. Not even joking. Security cameras show a handful of “culprits” gained access to the school around 9:30 p.m. last night, along its Cottman Avenue entrance. They [...]