They say seeing is believing, so in this time of “print-is-dead-pundancy,” the folks at the Los Angeles Times passed along a few jpegs of people lining up outside their headquarters yesterday to buy issues featuring Barack Obama’s history victory. The papers, of course, sold out most of their regular newsstand copies, so people waited on […]

Some interesting grass roots street media is popping up in the wake of Barack Obama’s election.
Check out this poster, which was pasted recently on Melrose Avenue in L.A.

Not the heist you may be thinking of. A diamond heist. At least that was the hilarious and incredibly topical storyline Comedy Central’s “South Park” came up with last night — one night after the election. If you didn’t see it, head immediately to this link and watch it for yourself: http://www.comedycentral.com/press/press_releases/2008/110608_spbuzz_aboutlastnight.jhtml . In the […]

The New York Media Information Group’s already spinning on the implications the Obama Administration will have long-term on the media industry and will be holding a panel discussion (”The Next President and the Media: Who’s Really In Charge Here?”) next Thursday (Nov. 17th) at (where else?) the Time Warner Center.

The panel, which takes place from […]

Barack Obama won’t be sworn in until January, but his administration already is proving beneficial to the media industry – especially print media outlets. Yes, Obama is known for his digital acumen, but I’ve already gotten reports from two major newspaper publishers – The New York Daily News and The Washington Post that […]

This is so unfair.  Last night I was filled with so much hope for the future, the promise of America, a better world for us all.
 
And then my bus was late.  And there was too much traffic on my commute.  Come to think of it, this is a pretty lousy cup of coffee.
 
So change is […]

by Diane Mermigas
I wrote this email to my four children Tuesday morning, Election Day. I know it reflects the sentiments of many of my peers, which is why I share it with you now…
I am so proud to be an American today.
I was the first in line to vote at the polling place down the […]

John McCain gave a very gracious speech tonight, flirting with soaring oratory that so defined his opponent in this election.  It was a fine, heartfelt address that probably would have suited his cause better had he broken it out during the campaign, rather than after.
 
A bit later, Barack Obama addressed the nation as the next […]

CNN has just called it.  Barack Obama makes history as the 44th President of the United States.
 

The Obi Wan Kenobi Award for Wisdom in Political Punditry goes tonight to CNN’s David Gergen.
As a man who has opeated at the most senior levels in the White, who teaches at Harvard (and who holds an honorary degree from Ball State!) and who is utterly and equally at ease either delicately dissecting the complexities […]