In this month’s Philadelphia magazine, former CityPaper news editor Jeff Billman covers the forthcoming William Penn Foundation-funded news institute at Temple University and notes its roots in Technically Philly’s News Inkubator pitch: …Quality journalism costs money to produce; these sites need both enough readers to attract advertisers and somebody to sell them ads. And that’s [...]

As part of a push for a broader readership, back in March Technically Philly announced a content partnership with Philadelphia magazine and its new daily blog. Fellow co-founder Brian James Kirk has been writing most of the weekly posts, as he’s still freelancing. But last week, I filled in, penning a short feature on five [...]

When I hear from community members, readers and casual observers of the topically-focused, community-orientated Technically Philly news site I’ve helped grow over the past 14 months or so, I hear about it being a platform. Yes, we offer the coverage on the city’s technology policy and trends in the region’s digital divide like no one [...]

Philadelphia Wedding is a beautiful glossy quarterly ancillary of the Philadelphia magazine brand, and, as I tweeted yesterday, I am thrilled to say I have the back page essay in the most recent issue on newsstands now. A former girlfriend with a suddenly hyphenated name e-mailed me recently. Buried three paragraphs down, she alerted me [...]

A host of people smarter than I am call Philadelphia magazine home. Better writers, reporters, editors, designers, photographers and more. I suspect they know worlds more about the business model, their print product and Web presence, but I can’t help but think Phillymag.com has a lot of work to be done. Their lessons are worth [...]