A long time ago, I wrote about a phillymag article about aspiring-Press Lord Brian Tierney and his plan to turn philly.com into MySpace. Color me as not impressed, but to be fair, I never was much of a fan from the beginning. Here was his grand scheme:
Full disclosure: I have friends who currently work for Tierney, have worked in the past (and were layed off and subsequently "temped" to avoid paying benefits). and know others who have worked there in the past.
I put a poll up PhillyFuture inquiring as to whether the collective Inky-Daily News/philly.com (hereafter referred to as the "Philly Press") have improved since Brian Tierney has taken ownership.
Personally, my feelings are mixed.
What are your thoughts? Do stop by the poll and vote.
Having never made an effort to either listen to or read Michael Smerconish, I foolishly tossed him aside with all the other Right-Wing Radio flunkies. After reading his inaugural Inquirer column, I came away suprisingly indifferent. He comes across as someone I largely agree with on a majority of issues, but I suspect if pushed for clarification, the differences would be more apparent.
In his "Suburban Manifesto" column in this Sunday's Inky (amusingly filed under Philly Women), he starts off predictably, stating that the editorial page is "[too] liberal too often", and that he is in not a "Kool-Aid drinker".
Karl reports the following at PhillyFuture:
Dan Rubin, the Inquirer's first blogger to engage the local blogosphere, announced the Inky was promoting him into a columnist position, and shutting down Blinq.
Congrats to Dan Rubin for the move, but as I said in his comments thread, Blinq should live – either with a new blogger keeping it on, or with Dan using it as a tool for his new column. The shuttering of the URL, of the community that rose around Dan's engagement at Blinq, is self-inflicted wound.
To which I say Inky management is STUPID STUPID STUPID!
