And in other Belo-related news: Dallas Morning News reporter Steve McGonigle is trying like hell to keep from becoming a government witness in its case against the Richardson-based Holy Land Foundation. The trial against seven former Holy Land Foundation and Development officials, charged with funding Hamas-supported terrorist activities prior to…
Yesterday, the Dow Jones-published Barron’s suggested that Belo Corp. ought to bite the bullet and just separate its broadcast and newspaper divisions, echoing last week’s advice from Citigroup analyst Eileen Furukawa. The way Barron’s figures it in this subscription-only story, TV stocks are hot and newspapers are not, and if…
Evan Smith, editor of Texas Monthly, reads Unfair Park. So proud. And The New York Post reads Unfair Park. So…proud? –Robert Wilonsky…
Looks like plenty of folks took Citigroup analyst Eileen Furukawa’s advice yesterday and bought Belo. Trading Markets is reporting that Belo’s stock is at a 52-week high at this very moment, after it “broke out on Tuesday” — hmmm, wonder why. It opened at $21.60 this morning and is already…
Regarding that Belo Corp. stock you’ve been eyeing: Buy, buy, buy. So says Citigroup analyst Eileen Furukawa this morning, who’s upgraded the stock from “hold” to “buy” just because it’s so damned cheap — $20.62 at opening bell this a.m. Furukawa says Belo’s stock is worth picking up just for…
Completely by accident — well, sorta — we just found some Dallas Morning News subscription ads online. They’re alternating with other advertisements right here — why, we have no idea. Unless it’s part of that Belo-Yahoo! deal. Or someone at Belo’s still trying to translate this. –Robert Wilonsky…
It must be one happy Tuesday over at the Fort Worth Star-Telegram. First, Heather Landy was named a finalist for the prestigious 2007 Gerald Loeb Awards for Distinguished Business and Financial Journalism, for her story “Radio Shack CEO’s Resume in Question.” And now comes word that arts writer and critic…
Because Byron Harris needed more encouragement… With KTVT-Channel 11 giving into the Dark Side of the Force and KXAS-Channel 5 peddling fear and face creams, yeah, it’s easy to write off local TV news as the Brockmans leading the Burgundys down the primrose path. But all is not lost: Thirty…
A couple weeks back, WFAA-Channel 8 weatherman Pete “The Big” Delkus appeared on KTCK-AM’s “The Hardline”; turns out, the boys at The Ticket have a big ol’ man crush on the heir to Troy Dungan’s throne. And with good reason: He’s as smart-ass former ball player whose career as a…
Finally. At last. The case concerning The Dallas Morning News’ phony circulation numbers is no longer in legal limbo, where it’s resided for the past three years. Because today, a federal judge refused to dismiss the lawsuit, despite Belo Corp.’s best efforts to get the case tossed. So what does…
Ever since we posted this item about the new vice president of news at KTVT-Channel 11 — guy by the (fake?) name of Regent Ducas — we’ve been hearing all kinds of horror stories about the goings-on at the local CBS affiliate. We’re looking into them, and so’s yer ever-trusty…
Slate’s Jack Shafer is not impressed with Newsweek’s slice o’ cheese this week. To wit: How much journalistic feebleness can you pack into a 700-word story about illicit drugs? The latest issue of Newsweek explores the limits with its article “Stopping a Kid Killer: A concoction called ‘cheese’ has led…
Because they’re too cool to walk at ad agencies… Well, congratulations and all to imc2, the Dallas-based virtual ad agency that markets on the Interwebs such big-money clients as 7-Eleven, Inc., Kellogg’s, Johnson & Johnson and Procter & Gamble. Advertising Age has once more chosen imc2 as a “top 10…
And wouldn’t you just know it. If you want a glimmer of the actual truth about our fair city, all you have to do is read an actual newspaper: today’s New York Times. In the National Report, correspondent Ralph Blumenthal has a very nicely put together story about Laura Miller…
You see this story in The Dallas Morning News yesterday, about the fact Dunkin’ Donuts plans on opening up to 125 locations in the area as soon as it can get off its jelly-filled ass? Well, like, that’s all well and good; dunno if they’re going after the Starbucks crowd,…
Wait, didn’t Time already name SMU prof Susanne Johnson as person of the year? Hey, it’s time to take whatever flipped-up-collar Polo-shirt snot-ball stereotypes you may still have about SMU students and toss them in the trash .. or at least store them in the closet for an emergency. The…
The fish tank is getting cloudy. Good thing I’m not a goldfish. Last night I made dinner on a camp stove and smoked up the entire house. Everything smells like seared olive oil and teriyaki sauce. I got dressed in the dark this morning, which some people say I do…
Don’t know about y’all, but my neighborhood, in southwest Dallas, looks like a hurricane plowed through. We haven’t had power since about 7 p.m. last night, and large trees are in the streets, on cars, on houses and on sheds. Some very large trees were completely uprooted. When the storm…
The U.S. military is cracking down on soldiers who write or post to blogs, Wired reported yesterday. In the piece, a milblogger named Matthew Burden says this action represents “the final nail in the coffin for combat blogging…No more military bloggers writing about their experiences in the combat zone. This…
Some Friends of Unfair Park have asked today why the current debate over the Trinity Parkway hasn’t received any substantial coverage in Dallas’ Only Daily. This sneak peek at tomorrow’s editorial page, courtesy Dallas Morning Views, should provide at least part of your answer: Tomorrow’s editorials TRINITY – Building on…
You know who’s happy about the news of The News’ steep drop in circulation numbers? Um, Tom DeLay, that’s who. Says so right on his blog, which is, surprisingly, not called The Emasculated Douchebag. “The old media, with its three main news networks and daily papers of record in the…
Looks like that Editor & Publisher sneak peek at The Dallas Morning News’ circulation numbers last week was way, way off — by, oh, 9 percentage points. This morning, the Audit Bureau of Circulations released the newspaper biz’s spring numbers, and Dallas’ Only Daily had what looks to be the…
