With budgets tight and the world increasingly connected by the Internet, state lawmakers and publishers are wrangling over whether the future of public notices should include paying for ads to run in newspapers.... Read more»
Today on Buckmaster - Pima County Administrator Chuck Huckelberry is the Friday Focus Newsmaker. Then, it’s the Reporters’ Roundtable featuring Sarah Garrecht Gassen of the Arizona Daily Star and Dan Shearer of the Green Valley News. Plus, Weekend Watch with Matt Russell, “The Culinary Cruiser.”... Read more»
News companies and their executives donated more than $350,000 to conservative super PACs in 2011, according to financial disclosure forms filed Tuesday with the Federal Election Commission.... Read more»
Every Feb. 2, it’s time for the obligatory Groundhog Day story. Here in the Sentinel newsroom, we’d rather watch the same old Youtube videos than check whether some rodent is having a bad hair day. Enjoy!... Read more»
Today on Buckmaster - It’s the Friday Focus interview with state Sen. Al Melvin. Also, the Friday Reporters’ Roundtable with Dylan Smith of TucsonSentinel.com and Mark Evans of TucsonCitizen.com. Plus, “The Culinary Cruiser” Matt Russell has the Weekend Watch.... Read more»
The Federal Bureau of Investigations is seeking to develop an early-warning system based on material “scraped” from social networks.... Read more»2
Today on Buckmaster — Washington contributor Terry Bracy breaks down the State of the Union. Also, a newsmaker interview with Stuart McDaniel, Republican candidate for Pima County Supervisor in District 1. Then, our Blogger Beat spotlights David Safier and Blog for Arizona. Plus, the Assistance League’s upcoming antiques appraisal fundraiser.... Read more»
A former CIA agent had been charged with leaking classified information about fellow officers to journalists.... Read more»
A federal judge gave the nod Monday to a plan that puts off the day of reckoning for newspaper chain Lee Enterprises, the publisher of the Arizona Daily Star, St. Louis Post-Dispatch and some 50 other newspapers. Lee now has more time to pay off its $1 billion debt.... Read more»1
The Onward State tweet that erroneously reported Joe Paterno’s death Saturday night and led to an avalanche of false reports in other outlets was based on the work of two student reporters: One was snookered by a false email, and one overstated his knowledge of the events.... Read more»
It’s been two years since TucsonSentinel.com hit the Internet, two years of long hours, quick lunches and lengthy City Council meetings. Since our launch, we’ve gained a reputation - both local and national - as the news website that gets it first, and gets it right. Some two-year-olds are just learning to walk. I believe we’re hitting our stride.... Read more»4
Today on Buckmaster - We start things off with a Friday Focus interview with TUSD Governing Board President Dr. Mark Stegeman. Then, it’s the Reporters’ Roundtable with Mark Evans of the TucsonCitizen.com and Sarah Garrecht Gassen of the Arizona Daily Star. Plus, the Weekend Watch with the Culinary Cruiser himself, Matt Russell.... Read more»
Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid postponed a procedural vote that would decide the fate of the Protect Intellectual Property Act or PIPA.... Read more»1
Republican presidential hopeful Newt Gingrich used Thursday night’s lively CNN TV debate to criticize the media and deny a report that he asked his former wife for an “open marriage.”... Read more»1
If done wrong, anti-piracy legislation could restrict the rights of Internet users across the country – and put U.S. diplomats in a very awkward position.... Read more»
Internet activists may have won this round in the battle over SOPA. But the fight ain’t over yet.... Read more»2
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